Chapter 12, History Alive, Declaration of Independence

Chapter 12, History Alive, Declaration of Independence

Social Studies History Alive, America’s Past and Present

Objectives

·      To Identify the major events that led to the creation of the Declaration of Independence

·      To Identify the Second Continental Congress, its purpose and impact

·      To identify and analyze the popularization of Common Sense and its effect on Thomas Jefferson’s writing of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and the Patriot’s signing of the final document.

·      To analyze the impact of signing the Declaration of Independence

·      To Paraphrase the key passages from the Declaration of Independence

·      To identify the significance of the Fourth of July. (7/4/1776)

Vocabulary

Second Continental Congress

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Declaration of Independence

Author of the Declaration of independence

Delegates

Treason

Assignments

Homework sheet (12 points)

Classwork/ homework (5 points) Writing

Quiz (20 points)

March Updates 2016

March 2016 Updates

Important Dates

Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2016: Unit 5, EDM Test
Thursday, Mar. 24, 2015: Chapter 12, Declaration of Independence, cause and effect quiz
Friday, Apr. 1, 2016: Chapter 14, The Constitution, brief Quiz

Forget-Me- Not Dates

Monday, Mar. 21, 2016: Read-a-thon monies are due to the school office.
Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2016: Tappan and Scarlett Course selection sheets are due.
Friday, Mar. 25, 2016: No School, Good Friday
Monday, Mar. 28- April 1, 2016: Spirit Week
Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2016: Spring Pictures
Thursday, Mar. 31, 2016: Disability Awareness Workshops for 5th grade, 12:30- 3:30 PM
Monday, Apr. 4- Apr. 8, 2016; No School, Spring Break

Subjects at a Glance

EDM: We have just completed the lengthy Unit 5, Fractions. What a lengthy unit!  Unit 6, Investigations in Measurements and Decimal Multiplication and Division. This unit includes multiplying and dividing with decimals, measure data to create a line plot, and revisit volume.
Language Arts:
     Word Study: We are continuing our study of suffixes and their purpose.  We  also continued
      studying Latin and Greek roots. The latin and greek roots we are covered are ambi~, amphi~, gen~, foli~ , trans~, and inter.
      Reading Workshop: In the month of March, we have been studying biographies and memoirs.       Students are understanding how to analyze biographies and the themes of biography.
      Writing Workshop: Currently, we are reviewing how to write an essay as well as how to expand our ideas with the 4 E's: experience, evidence, emotion and examples. We have written a persuasive paragraph about the Declaration of Independence as well as an essay about our learning experiences at Howell Nature Center.
       Poetry Anthology: We are reviewing our literary elements and learning how to write poems with designated literary elements in each poem.
Social Studies: Due to the short length of time prior to a content assessment on the MSTEP, the state of Michigan standardized assessment, the pace of Social Studies information will be increased. Chapters 12- 15 will be given about one week in length with the exception of chapter 13. Chapter 12 , Declaration of Independence; Chapter 13, Revolutionary War; Chapter 14, Constitution; and Chapter 15, Bill of Rights. Students will also review basic economics terms, core democratic terms, and geography themes shortly after spring break. Homework must be completed, because it will be reviewed in class and used as an instructional tool. I will post separate blogs about each chapter.
Science: We are still completing the energy unit. This unit will be completed prior to spring break. After spring break and the MSTEP assessment, students will begin human body and motion.

Read-a-thon winner

We won the fifth grade title for Read-a-thon. I am so proud of the students who read relentlessly and achieved his or set goals. We will not have an official celebration until after the MSTEP assessment. We will have a decades party, 60's, 70's and 80's. The PTO will give our class $50 towards the cost of the party.

Unit 6, Investigations in Measurements and Decimal Multiplication and Division

 Vocabulary
base         exponent      Calibrate        data point      exponential notation         power of 10  
metric system           equivalent problems        line plot      

• Multiplies and divides decimals using models and strategies to explain the answers.
• Multiplies and divides decimals by powers of 10 and explains the decimals in placement answer.
• Uses and explains estimates for decimal multiplication and division problems.
• Organizes and represents data on line plots. 
• Solves problems involving fractional data on line plots. (Mixed numbers)

Wacky Week (Spirit Week) 

3/28- 4/1)
Monday Crazy Hair Day
Tuesday: Twin Day
Wednesday: Favorite Color
Thursday: Sports and College
Friday: Pajama Day and Small stuffed animal

R.O.C.K. (Road to College for Kids, Career Readiness for Kids)

Next week, the Equity Committee will host parents and guest for our annual Career Readiness for Kids. Parents are invited to schedule a mutually convenient time to discuss What does college mean to you? How did you prepare for College? How college changed your life?

Middle School is Approaching

Middle school is approaching soon.

Believe it or not, in just 3 months your child will officially become a 6th grader. This week, we met one of Scarlet's counselors, and on Friday, we will meet one of Tappan's counselors.  The purpose of the counselor visit is to review middle school courses and electives-outline and answer basic questions.  Both representatives will distribute course selection sheets. These sheets must be completed and signed by the parent and child. Return sheet by the following week of the orientation.

Tappan is typically the middle school attended by Pattengill alumni; however, Scarlet is now considered an IB, International Baccalaureate school. Its IB status gives students an opportunity to attend Scarlet as a school of choice. Below are the dates for parent orientations for both schools.

Scarlet Middle School

Parent and Student 

Orientation Night

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM

• Learn what IB means
• Meet faculty, staff and administration

Tappan Middle School 

Parent and Student 

Orientation Night

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Tappan's Auditorium, 2nd floor

• Meet faculty, staff and administration
• Learn expectations of Tappan

In early May, we will visit Tappan to tour the building and meet the sixth grade team. If child will be attending 6th grade, there will be a tour of Scarlet as well on the same day. Please notify our school and Scarlet's office so that we can arrange transportation and tour guide for your child.

Homework, Continental Congress

First Continental Congress, Library of Congress

First Continental Congress Homewok

In America, the word Congress means our government representatives who meet to discuss our nation and its problems. It includes both Senators and House of Representatives who are elected by the citizens of the United States via voting. Prior to our country beginning, a group of colonists met forming the first Continental Congress.

Write two paragraphs explaining the following:

What is the First Continental  Congress?
Who was a part of the first Continental Congress?
What caused this group to meet? (Explain all of the events leading to their meeting.
Why did this group choose its location?
What were the effects of this group's meeting?

How are the Congress of today and the first Continental Congress similar and different?

Below are links to help you write your paragraph.
Continental Congress
Kidport

Art show

A local community association

Youth Art Month  Showcase 

featuring 

Puma Thinkers of 2015-2016

In celebration of Youth Art Month, the Main Street Area Association and the Ann Arbor Public Schools Art Department invite you to a a reception followed by a self-guided tour of the artwork. The Honorable Christopher Taylor, Mayor of Ann Arbor and Dr. Jeanice Swift, Superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools will be in a attendance.

The former front of Footprints Store

Artwork showcase @Footprints Shoe 217 Main Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Reception held @ the Ark, 316 S. Main Street 12- 2PM with live music
Free parking downtown in Ann Arbor on Sundays

The artwork will be showcased here.

Chapter 11, Loyalist versus Patriots

Loyalist versus Patriots

The British are coming: The word was spread without TV

Chapter 11

Social Studies History Alive, America’s Past and Present

Objectives

1.     Describe the personal backgrounds of Loyalists and Patriots.

2.     Explain key arguments made by Patriots for independence and by Loyalists against independence with evidence.

3.     Describe who would have been a Neutralist.

4.     Name famous people on either side.

Assignments

T-Chart Homework (10 points)

Patriot and Loyalist description sheet (20 POINTS)

Technology Supplement
Loyalist versus Patriots

kid friendly debate
short comic clip on the debate

Patriots, Rebels, Congress -men, American Whigs, and Revolutionaries

George Washington- planter from Virginia, became the commander of the Continental Army and later the first President 



Patrick Henry- also from Virginia, a great orator- “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!” 



Paul Revere- silversmith from Boston, a secret agent of the Patriots, and on April 18th, 1775, made his famous midnight ride from Boston to Lexington warning the British were coming 



John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson were the writers of the Declaration of Independence 



Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman who helped the Patriots and gave them money and was a good soldier 



Nathan Hale- was a spy for the Patriots, and was caught by the British, before he was hung, he said “ I regret I have but one life to lose for my country” 



Crispus Attucks, a African American man, killed by the British during the Boston Massacre in 1770- this act pushed many others to join the Patriots

Abigail Adams- ran the family farm while husband John was at the Continental Congress, and encouraged the founding fathers not to forget the women of the country while they wrote the new laws of the country 




Mercy Otis Warren- she wrote plays that made fun of the British and books about the war 




Ben Franklin

Thomas Paine

Phyllis Wheatley- an African girl slave, of the Wheatley family, wrote poetry for the war effort 




Deborah Sampson- dressed as a man to join the army. Once discovered a year later she was given an honorable dischargeLoyalists , King’s or Tories

King George III
Thomas Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson

Flora MacDonald

John Burgoyne

Joseph Brant

       Benedict Arnold

"Poor England trying to control her unruly children"

Technology supplement
Loyalists vs. Patriot

Chapter 10, Growing Tensions

Chapter 10, Growing Tensions

Observe the changes of the Royal Proclamation of 1763

Chapter 10, Growing Tensions

Social Studies History Alive, America’s Past and Present

Objectives

1  To describe the feelings and frustration and loss of autonomy and relate to the experience of American colonists prior to the Revolutionary War.

    To Summarize the key events that created tensions between the colonists and Britain from 1754 to 1774. (Acts of Parliament)

    To Understand which events were causes and which were effects.

    To use a metaphor of a parent and child to describe the tense relationship that developed between the colonies and Britain after the French and Indian War (Great Britain with the colonist versus the French and Native Americans.)

Terms to Know (Take notes while reading.)

• ·      French and Indian War
• ·      Proclamation of 1763 
• ·      Stamp Act
• ·      Quartering Act
• ·      Paper Act
• ·      Sugar Act
• ·      Boston Massacre
• ·      Boston Tea Party
• ·      Intolerable Acts
• ·      First Continental Congress

Assignments

 Homework (10 points due 2/24

Quiz (12 points) March 4, 2016

Chapter 10 Storyboard Project score (20 points)  due Thursday, 3/3/2016
storyboardthat.com

Chapter 10 Storyboard Project score (20 points)

Storyboard one event from the tensions with Great Britain and the colonists (the section listed above) rank your top 3: Teacher and student select it.

Display the following information in the story on the storyboard;

·      Conflict – person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. society and person vs. nature (The CAUSE)

·      Main character (s) with personality traits- physical (look), intellectual (think), emotional (feel) and social (treat others)

·      Accurate geographical setting and history timeline

o   Historical context/ relationship: Provide evidence of the following: Great Britain, Colonists, Colonies, British soldiers, and Native Americans (You may include the French)

·      Appropriate tone and mood

·      Effects of the conflict (realistic and historically accurate)

·      Everything must be labeled either in speech, dialogue, monologue or bottom descriptor section.

Missing assignments: Will be highlighted on your child's sheet.

Chapter 7- chart, HW, colonial letter

Chapter 8 take home quiz, slave journal entries, inequality day

Chapter 9, group poem

Technology supplement activities
(Royal) Proclamation of 1763
Causes of the tension
Intolerable Acts for kids
Intolerable Acts