Today’s theme is

Power / Conflict

1. Native Am.s got along better with the French (than the British) in the 1760s because . . .

Closure: When the British and French fought their war in America, the Native Am.s fought on the British side.

Today’s theme is

Beliefs

2. Telling the colonists they couldn’t go over the mountains was right/wrong because. . .

Closure: The King passed the Proclamation Act to keep his colonists safe.

Beliefs

3. When (I think) the people in charge have made a mistake, I would…

Closure: Americans believe that we have the right to protest.

Today’s theme is:

Power

4. If a child doesn’t listen (gets into trouble) too often, I think their parent should…

Closure: After governing themselves, colonists were happy to let the King of England make all their laws.

Today’s theme is:

Power/ Conflict

5. I would go to war against my government if…

Closure: Revolutions occur when people are satisfied with their government.

Today’s theme is:

Beliefs/ Propaganda

6. Franklin’s “Join or Die” cartoon told the colonists to . . .

Closure: The above political cartoon called for each colony to form a separate government.

Today’s theme is:

Beliefs/ Propaganda

7. When I want to change someone’s mind I will…

Closure: The engraving above used to persuade colonists that the British troops were causing problems in America.

Today’s theme is

Beliefs/ Propaganda

8. I think political cartoons …

Closure: Political cartoons use symbolism, irony and humor to show the problems the King was

having controlling the colonists.

Today’s theme is

Power / Conflict

9. The American Revolution was fought because…

Closure: The King agreed to grant the colonists more rights if they cooperated with his demands.

Today’s theme is

Power

3. Reasons citizens pay taxes are..

Closure: Governments should not expect citizens to pay taxes.

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Today’s theme is

Power/ Conflict Cooperation

4: Some reasons my country would go to war are…

Closure: All wars are imperial wars, or wars over land.

Power/ Form

3. I can tell if there is a change in who is in charge by…

Closure: The change in power from France to Britain had little impact on the people being governed, including Native Americans.

Today’s theme is

Power/ Conflict Cooperation

3: If a new teacher took over this class I would/would not cooperate because…

Closure: Once a war is over, the new government must win support from the people it will govern or the conflict will continue.

Today’s theme is

Power/ Form

8: Ways I would use to get people to follow unpopular laws are…

Closure: King George III and Parliament chose to negotiate and use compromise to get colonists to pay unpopular taxes to Britain.

Today’s theme is

Power/ Conflict Cooperation

7: When school leaders and/or parents won’t listen to kids…

Closure: Americans found ways to protest when they felt the British monarch was not listening to them.

Today’s theme is

Beliefs/Propaganda

10: The film Johnny Tremain is/is not propaganda because…

Closure: Johnny Tremain showed only the colonial view of the Revolution so fits the definition of propaganda.

Today’s theme is

Culture/ Diversity

16. Some parts of British culture that we copied are…

Closure: So much of American culture was copied from the British that today there are no differences in our ways of life.

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Geography/ Location

13: It is best to have a government that is close by/far away because…

{Britain is}…so distant from us, and so very ignorant of us; they cannot govern us. To be always running three or four thousand miles with a tale or a petition, waiting four or five months for an answer, which when obtained requires five or six more to explain it in, will in a few years be looked upon as folly. T. Paine

London

Closure: Many Americans, like Thomas Paine, thought the British government was located too far away from America to be an effective government.

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Civil Rights/ Cause/Effect

14: Ways I could protest bad laws are…

Closure: According to the pictures above, Americans have often protested when they disagreed with their government.

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Beliefs/ Propaganda

15: I see uses of propaganda in…

Closure: Propaganda is not used in our country anymore.

Today’s theme is

Beliefs/ Propaganda

16: Looking at the picture below, I think protests can turn violent because…

Closure: The cartoon above shows that American protests were non-violent.

Today’s theme is

Power/ Form

17: Fill in the following chart.

Monarchy      Democracy  King makes decisions          Elected people make decisionsGood things:___________ Good things:____________________Bad things:_____________ Bad things:_____________________

Closure: The main difference between a democracy and a monarchy is how the decision makers get their jobs.

Today’s theme is

Power/ Form

Governments’ main purpose is . . .

Closure: The main difference between a democracy and a monarchy is how the decision makers get their jobs.

Today’s theme is

Culture/ Art

19: Sometimes I’m more likely to listen to a comedian’s message than a politician’s message because…We have an old mother that peevish is grown;She snubs us like children that scarce walk alone;She forgets we’re grown up and have sense of our own. B. Franklin

Closure: The poem above sent a message to the King about the colonists wish to have their own government.

Today’s theme is

Culture

Africans who came to America have contributed to our culture by…

Closure: Despite the horrific conditions of slavery, African Americans have added essential parts of our American culture.

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