CE.C&G.1.1.1-1.2


 * ===**Essential Standard(s)- Clarifying Objectives**===


 * Analyze the foundations and development of American government in terms of principles and values. **


 * CE.C&G.1.1 ** Explain how the tensions over power and authority led America’s founding fathers to develop a constitutional democracy (e.g., mercantilism, salutary neglect, taxation and representation, boycott and protest, independence, American Revolution, Articles of Confederation, Ben Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Sons of Liberty, etc.).

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Learning Target/Task Analysis**===
 * CE.C&G.1.2 ** Explain how the Enlightenment and other contributing theories impacted the writing of the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights to help promote liberty, justice and equality (e.g., natural rights, classical theories of government, Magna Carta, Montesquieu, Locke, English Bill of Rights, etc.). || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Anchor Standard/Mathematical Practice(s)**=== ||
 * ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Information Technology Standard**=== || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Revised Bloom's Level of thinking**=== ||

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 * Describe how the tensions over power and authority led America’s founding fathers to develop a constitutional democracy. (1.1)
 * Explain how the Enlightenment and other contributing theories impacted the writing of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights to help promote liberty, justice, and equality. (1.2)

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Essential Vocabulary**=== French and Indian War Salutary neglect Proclamation of 1763 “No taxation without representation” Quartering Act Stamp Act Stamp Act Congress Declaratory Act Albany Plan of Union Sons of Liberty Boston Massacre Committees of Correspondence John Peter Zenger “shot heard round the world,” Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Ben Franklin George Washington || Magna Carta Montesquieu Locke Parliament common law Mayflower Compact House of Burgesses town meeting social contract natural rights common good civic virtue classical republicanism First and Second Continental Congress Fundamental Orders of Connecticut English Bill of Rights limited government republic monarch legislature precedent charter colony ||
 * ** CE.C&G.1.1 ** || ** CE.C&G.1.2 ** ||
 * Mercantilism

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Sample Assessments**=== ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Differentiation**===
 * Develop a timeline that details the chronology and significance of major events in British North America.
 * Create a poster depicting the contributions of Enlightenment philosophers to the formation of American republicanism.
 * Have students pretend to be Thomas Jefferson and write a persuasive paragraph urging their fellow delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence

Teacher helps in the synthesis of learning by reading anonymous student writings aloud to begin or end a class.
 * Question: How would you describe the origins of our bicameral legislature?
 * Question: Explain the significance of, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, in relation to the Declarationof Independence?

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Intervention:**

 * Modified Notes
 * Modified Assignments
 * Peer Tutoring

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Enrichment:**

 * Review games with clickers
 * Jeopardy to review material prior to formal/summative assessment

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Instructional Resources**===
 * Schoolhouse Rock
 * The Patriot
 * Road to Revolution []
 * Causes of Revolution []
 * Declaration of Independence Video clip []
 * Matt Damon reads the Declaration of Independence []

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Notes and Additional Information**===