This Week in Eighth Grade History (August 22nd-26th)

This week we will continue our look at 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 do so by examining some of the steps made in the colonial era towards self-government and towards freedom of religion. We'll look at the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the 'Glorious Revolution', the Mayflower Compact, Virginia's House of Burgesses, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut as steps toward self-government. We'll look at the Puritans of Massachusetts, the dissenters of Rhode Island, the Quakers of Pennsylvania, and the Roman Catholics of Maryland as important steps towards freedom of religion. 

We'll look at a few primary sources along the way and we'll be taking lots of notes in class. We'll likely have a quiz on Friday, some questions to answer and turn in along the way, and also a writing assignment.

I'll post more details on the assignments later in the week.