S+Mountain,+Ryan

Office:212 Office Phone:717-3159 Office Hours:**3:00-4:30
 * Teacher:Mr. Mountain

=Summary of Unit= The American Revolution is a very significant war that has shaped the United States and made it what it is today. This unit will cover significant events such as, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. Also significant people will be covered as well such as, George Washington, and Thomas Paine. Terminology from this time period will also be used in order to allow for the full affect from this timer period. This unit will cover the beginning of the American Revolution and continue till the Articles of Confederation. This unit will show how people impacted the future of the United States and how our forefathers are responsible for how the United States of America is today. =Establish Goals= Maine Learning Results: Social Studies-E. History E1 Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns Grade 9-Diploma "American Revolution, 1775-1783." Students understand major eras, major enduring themes and historic influences in United States and world history, including the roots of democratic philosophy ideals, and institutions in the world. b. Analyze and critique major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in history of the United States and world and implications for present and future. =Students will understand that= •There were many causes leading up to the American Revolution. •The significance of the American Revolution. •The American Revolution was a long drawn out process. =Essential Questions= •Why did all the causes that lead to the American Revolution lead to an revolution? •How did the American Revolution affect how the United States is today? •How did the Revolution evolve overtime? =Students will know= •People:King George III, George Washington, Colonists, British, France, Samuel Adams, James Madison, John Jay, John Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Pain and Thomas Jefferson. •Terminology: Red Coats, Patriots, and loyalists. •Sequence and time lines: Sugar Act 1765, Townsend Act 1767, Boston Massacre 1770, Tea Act of 1773, Boston Tea Party 1773, Intolerable Acts 1774, Battle of Saratoga 1777, and Treaty of Paris 1783. =Students will be able to= •describe how the American Revolution has impacted your life. •design a plan the British could of used to stop war and the American Revolution. •Assume a role of an American Revolution character. •recognize both sides of the American Revolution. •illustrate a time line of the American Revolution. •Argue both sides reasons for fighting.

Performance Task Overview
You have been selected to be a contestant on the game show American History Hunter!!! The theme for the show this week is the American Revolution and the producers are asking you to choose a person from the Revolution. The producers are asking you to dress up as your character and get ready to tell the judges how you have impacted the American Revolution and use significant facts that will help you win the game show. The Judges ask that this be done using iMovie to make a video. Also the judges would like you to post your script and picture of you in your costume to the show's blog so that the viewers can get a taste of what the show will be like next week. Try to use five significant facts in your video and be creative if you want to win the show's prize of a historical trip of your choice!!!!

=Expectations= Students will be expected to show up to class on time and be prepared. However, if an emergency arises where one will miss class then the student will need a note from home. Students will have one day to make up late work. Students who need to miss more than one day for sickness or other related emergencies will get as many days they missed in order to catch up with class. If one feels they need more time then is required please feel free to come talk with me as I may grant you an a extension. Also tests, and quizzes will be allowed to be made up if necessary. However, students will be able to only make test and quizzes up to an 85.
 * Absences/Homework Policy**

Students are expected to participate in class and show enthusiasm in class discussion. Also students are expected to respect their classmates and give their full attention to whom is talking whether it is me or your classmates. Participation is also included on homework, showing up for class, and being prepared. This is what is expected and this criteria will also be included in your final grade.
 * Participation**

Plagiarism is something that will be discussed in my classroom many times and will not be tolerated in my classroom. Citing sources will also be discussed in my classroom and sources will be expected to be cited in papers and projects. Failure to not paraphrase or cite sources will lead to an automatic zero and other policy punishments under school districts handbook.
 * Plagiarism**

Hope you have a great year and enjoy your class!!!

=Benchmarks= Here is a list of assessments that will be expected of you throughout this unit and the total number of points you could earn throughout this unit. 525 points.

__**Attendance and Participation**__ **(50 points).** Students will receive 40 points toward their final grade if all homework assignments are passed in and contribute towards the class discussions. Also if a student comes to every class then they'll receive all 40 points. However, if a student misses a class and has an excused absence then no points will be taken away. If a student does not have an excused absence then points will be taken away.

__**Blogs**__ **(25 points)**. Blogs will be used as a way to self assess you as students and in order to get feedback on projects and assignments for myself. Also blogs may be assigned for students in certain projects to discuss group work or more specifically the product itself.

__**iMovie-Role Play Project**__ **(50 points).** iMovie project will be an assessment that will show the understanding of an American Revolution character and show his or her significance. You will be able to choose your character and portray that character and show his or her significance to the American Revolution and explain why without this person the American Revolution might not turn out the way it did.

__**Garageband-Podcast**__ **(50 points)**. You and a partner will create a script and argue both sides of the American Revolution. One partner will represent the colonists point of view, while the other partner will represent the British point of view. This will be helpful to learn both sides of the war and to understand the decisions that were made during the war.

Students will use picture and sounds to come up with a time line of important events from the American Revolution using comic life. One comic page will be made for that individual comic life.
 * __Comic Life__ (50 points).**

Quizzes will be used to check in with students to make sure they are understanding what is being covered in class and to make sure they are getting the reading that is assigned for homework. **(5 quizzes will be assigned in this unit).**
 * __Periodical Quizzes__ (20 points).**

After projects are presented or key events from this unit are discussed in a group discussion setting students will be expected to type a one page response on what they got from the discussion and how they felt the group discussion went. **(5 Group Discussions will be assigned in this unit).
 * __Group Discussion__ (20 points).**

__Unit Test__ (100 points).** This test will cover everything from the whole unit over the American Revolution and will cover only information discussed in class or in the reading.

__**Pre-assessment**__ This test will be given at the beginning of the year to see what students already know about the American Revolution that way students will be able to see what they have learned based on how well they do on the Unit test at the end of the Unit. This test will be graded and that is why it hasn't been awarded any points. However this test is technically covered under the participation section.

=Grading Scale= **A** (93 -100), **A-** (90 - 92), **B+** (87 - 89), **B** (83 - 86), **B-** (80 - 82), **C+**(77 - 79), **C** (73-76),
 * C-** (70 - 72), **D+**(67 - 69), **D** (63 - 66), **D-** (60 - 62), **F** (0 - 59).