Unit 1 Creating a Nation / Growth and Conflict

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Pre-Colonial and Early Colonial History

Puritan Reading "Whip, Pillory, and Gallows: Punishment in Puritan Massachusetts"
Reading, click here. Questions, click here.
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Lecture: Unit 1 Part 1 Creating a Nation

To download the lecture sheet, click here.  To view the lecture, click below or here.

Ch. 1 Guided Reading assignment. For the handout, click here. (Not used in 2016)

Unit 1 Videos -- To make up films from class, watch the assigned video and take bullet-style notes on the key ideas from throughout the entire film or clip. Some films are not available online; see the teacher in class to get those; make them up at lunch or after school.


America: The Story of Us -- Episodes 1 and 2. See me for the film sheets, or click below.

Episode 1: "Rebels" -- Filmsheet, click here.

Episode 2: "Revolution" -- Video, click here. Filmsheet, click here.
There are two current links to the Ep. 2 video They are here and here.


John Adams -- Selections from Episode 2


Declaration of Independence Activity

Read the Declaration of Independence. Fill in the outline as you go. We did this together in class, so if you have questions, be sure to ask.  


Document is here.  
Outline is here.


Women's Rights: The Declaration of Sentiments 
(compared to the Declaration of Independence)

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Compare the two documents to fill out the T-chart. 

The Declaration of Independence is here. 
The Declaration of Sentiments is here. 
T-Chart is here.


Lecture: Federalists and Anti-Federalists

To download the handout for this and the next lecture, click here.


Lecture: Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

To download the handout for this and the previous lecture, click here.

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America Rock -- for links to historical videos from School House Rock, click here. 

Unit 1 Part 2 Lecture: Growth and Conflict 

To view the lecture, use the tools in the viewer below. For the lecture handout, click here. 

America: The Story of Us – Episode 3 "Westward"

The film can be found here. The handout can be downloaded from here.

Unit 1 Lecture 3: The Civil War

The lecture slides are here. The handout is here.
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America the Story of Us: Episode 5 "Civil War"
For video, click here or on video below. For film sheet, click here.


Unit 1 Lecture 4 Reconstruction

For the Reconstruction Lecture Sheet, click here.  For the lecture slides, click here, or use the tools below to view the slideshow.
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