This week in eighth grade history, we'll continue with some work on primary and secondary sources and how best to analyze them. We'll also investigate Standard 8.1: Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
We'll look at the early colonial era in America. Why did colonists move there? What were the differences between the various colonies? We'll examine the Great Awakening and see what effect it had on life in the colonies. We'll examine some of the early colonial documents and how they began to put in place protection for certain rights. We'll look at the concept of rights in the Declaration of Independence, and the documents that influenced it (the colonial documents, the Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights, etc.)
There will likely be a quiz on Friday. You will be allowed to use your composition book, but only yours.
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