How was our country founded

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• How was our country founded?

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Curriculum-Framing Questions

• Essential Questions
• Who were the first Americans?
• Who was Christopher Columbus and what how does he
  relate to American History?
• How did the Native Americans help the Pilgrims?
• Who was James Forten?
• Who was involved in the Revolutionary War and
  why?
• Who are the Pioneers and why did they travel west?

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Curriculum Framing Questions Continued

• Unit Questions
• Do you think the Pilgrims would have survived
  without the Native Americans?
• Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
• Why were British soldiers in Philadelphia?
• What are some similarities and differences
  between Martin Luther King Jr. and James Forten?
• Why do we celebrate the Fourth of July?
• What dangers did the pioneers face?

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Your Task

• To work cooperatively in a group to answer one of
  the essential questions
• As a group create a PowerPoint presentation to
  teach the class about the answer to your question
• As a group create a Publisher document including
  information about your question and answer for
  your class to keep

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How You Will Find Your Information

• By reading stories in our second anthology unit
  seven Our Country The Early Years
• Researching Web sites already selected by Miss
  Barnes and Ms. Gallaher
• Finding and checking out books in Lake Stickneys
  library

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Targeted Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to gain a greater
  understanding of American History through
  literature and Internet research.
• Students will be able to work co-operatively in
  groups to research and present to peers on one of
  the following topics Native American Life,
  Christopher Columbus, The Revolutionary War,
  Thanksgiving, The Fourth of July or Pioneer Life.

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Sources

• http//www.bcpl.net/etowner/anthem.html

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Have Fun!