THURSDAY--FEB. 4

US History
EQ:
What were the economic, social, and cultural effects of slavery?

CW:
video clip from Many Rivers: African slave trade; Middle Passage
discuss slave work discussion questions
slavery fact sheet and discussion
historical investigation: Why did the US Constitution allow slavery if the Dec. of Independence claimed that "all men are created equal"?
Missouri Compromise--1820
video clip from Many Rivers: "Rise of the Cotton Kingdom"
document analysis: "the happy slave"
video clip: Implements of control
handout and video clip: Nat Turner's Rebellion--1831 
life of free blacks and dehumanization of African Americans

HW:
review notes
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IB HOTA
EQ:
What were the significant causes of the American Revolution (1775--81)?

CW:
notes/discussion:
Navigation Acts--1651
French and Indian War's impact on American taxation
handout: tax burden facing the American colonies pre-Revolution:
Sugar Act--1764
Stamp Act 1765; Stamp Act Congress Resolves
video clip from Liberty!--impact of the Stamp Act (15:22--23:22)
Townshend Act--1767
philosophical foundations of the Revolution: The Opposition reading and questions
Boston Massacre--Mar 5, 1770
video clips from John Adams--Boston Massacre and trial

HW:
Text pp. 150-51; 154-58