January 2014

Apprentice

1. Read the Declaration of Independence: (a booklet will be given to you at the Jan. 8th class)     http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

2. Go to this site and read the Reasons for the Declaration of Independence and explore the blue titles at the bottom of the page. 

http://www.historyrocket.com/artifacts/declaration-of-independence/Reasons-For-The-Declaration-Of-Independence.html

3. Choose one of the ideas on this page to give a 3 to 5 minute presentation to the class.  

http://www.historyrocket.com/artifacts/declaration-of-independence/Reasons-For-The-Declaration-Of-Independence.html

Journeyman

1. Read Passage To America, 1750 (this is about one page.)

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/passage.htm

Write and email an essay that would show how you would have done on this trip.

2. Tape 8 pieces of paper together in landscape format. This is going to be a time line. Every piece of paper represents 25 years. Starting with 1600 and going to 1800. After the tape is on turn the paper over and crate a time line with the dates below:

1607: Jamestown settled  
1619: Africans arrive  
 1620: Pilgrims arrive
1622: Powhatan confederacy attacks Virginia
1624: Virginia becomes royal colony
1624: New Netherlands settled
1629: Cambridge Agreement
1630: Massachusetts Bay Colony founded
1634: Maryland granted to Baltimore
1636: Williams founds Providence
1637: slaves arrive in Massachusetts
1637: Pequot War
1639: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1630: Rhode Island formed
1643: New England Confederation formed
1650-1660: Navigation Acts
1652: Rhode Island passes anti-slavery law
1656: Quakers come to America
1662: Half-Way Covenant
1663: Carolina chartered
1670: Charles Towne established
1673: first post rider used
1675-1676: King Philip's War
1676: Bacon's Rebellion
1679: New Hampshire chartered
1681: Penn founds Pennsylvania
1682: Penn founds Pennsylvania
1682: La Salle claims Louisiana for French
1690: Salem Witch Trials
1704: Boston News-Letter founded
1730s: Great Awakening
1732: first public stagecoach line
1732: Hat Act
1733: Molasses Act
1733: Oglethorpe founds Georgia
1750: Iron Act
1754-1763: French and Indian War
1763-1765: Pontiac's Rebellion
1763: Royal Proclamation of 1763
1764: Sugar Act
1764: Currency Act
1765: Quartering Act
1765: Stamp Act
1766: Declaratory Act
1767-1770: Townshend Acts
1770: Boston Massacre
1772: Committees of Correspondence established
1773: Tea Act
1773: Boston Tea Party
1774: First Continental Congress
1775: Boone blazes Wilderness Road
1775: Second Continental Congress
1775: Continental Army formed
1775-1783: Revolutionary War
1776: Declaration of Independence

3. Choose a country, or culture, that had immigrants come to America.

-Show a map of the country they came from. 

-The map should have green caterpillar lines outlining the country. 

-Include the major geographic features of the country: rivers, mountains, lakes, bays, harbors etc… 

-If possible show where they come to in America and what were their reasons for immigrating. 

-Share something that they shared with the world, this could be anything from food to customs or dress... really anything.

Master

1. Look at this list of major battles of the Revolutionary War.

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles.aspx

-Pick a battle, come prepared to share why you picked that battle and why this battle was important.

-What were the pros and cons of each side and the outcomes for each side?

-You can use the computer, a video, a book or a presentation you made up.

November

We will be reading excerpts from 1776 by David McCullough for all class levels this month. In a survey of parents at the parents meeting and the following week, most families already have a copy. Those who do not can check it out from their library or borrow one as those who did not have a copy were few.

Apprentice
Read in Chapter 2 pages 20-28.
Do two of the following:

1. Note in your Reflections Journal several thoughts on the character of the American leaders.
2. Describe how you would want to be remembered as a leader. (Send this to Brother Fincher.)
3. Describe how you are preparing to become a leader. (Send this to Brother Fincher.)

Read in Chapter 2 pages 32-34.
Do two of the following:

1. Note in your Reflections Journal several thoughts on the character of the American soldiers.
2. Think about how we often judge people by their external characteristics. Note several scriptures that discuss this tendency. (Send this to Brother Fincher.)
3. (Send this to Brother Fincher.)

Read in Chapter 3 pages 70-71, 79-97.
Come prepared to discuss the importance of what happened at Dorchester Heights.

Journeyman

Read Chapter 5 in 1776.
Come prepared to discuss the following:

• How important is "intelligence"?
• What importance is there in protecting ourselves from all avenues of attack?
• Why do we sometimes assume that there is nothing to worry about from the Adversary?
• What is bravery?
• How would you describe the retreat of the Americans from Brooklyn Heights?

Master

Read Chapter 7, Sections II and III in 1776, pages 257-294.
Consider the following:

• What do you do when all seems lost?
• What does fortitude mean?
• Why do some so willingly abandon a cause?
• Why do some give their all for a cause?
• Describe the Hessians

October Inspirements

Apprentice

1) Read Johnny Tremain.
2) What most touched you in this work?
3) Do one or more of the following:

• Write at least two paragraphs about how this work touched you.
• Create an artwork that expresses how this work touched you. Come prepared to explain the meaning of the artwork.
• Write a vignette describing how this work touched you.

4) Create a map of Boston and the area around.

• You might draw the map, paint, use a collage, use a computer art program, wood carve, etc. 
• Note the towns and major geographic features.

Journeyman

1) Read Patrick Henry's famous speech.

• List three words that you might do a word study on. 
• Choose one or more and complete the word study.

2) Read the description of the Regulator Movement in North Carolina.
3) Consider the Following Questions:

• What were the main reasons for the Regulators' complaints?
• What actions were taken by both sides?
• Describe the effects of these actions. What principles would help in this type of situation?

4) Create a map of Virginia and North Carolina.

• You might draw the map, paint, use a collage, use a computer art program, wood carve, etc. 
• Note the major cities and major geographic features.

Master

1) Read a story or history on the battle of Lexington and Concord.
2) Come prepared to discuss the major points of the story or history.
3) How do these points show how change came from the Revolution?

September Geo-History Lens

Apprentice Class

Read Jonathan Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

1. Consider the following questions:

• How did Calvinism effect New England's development?
• What are the differences between Edwards' teachings and the teachings in Alma 12?
• What other religious groups settled in British America?
• Where were those groups located?
• How did those groups effect the development of the colonies?

2. Add two to three early American religious leaders to your timeline.
3. Draw a map of the original American colonies and Canadian provinces.
4. Write three to five sentences regarding religion in colonial America in your Reflections Journal.

Journeyman Class

Read George Washington's Report on the Defeat of Braddock. (Also in the Annals of America Volume 2, page 1.)

Read John Adams' A Burdensome and Unconstitutional Tax. (Start on page 132. Also in the Annals of America Volume 2, page 154.)

Read Edmund Burke's On Conciliation with America. (I will add the specific sections to read. Also in the Annals of America Volume 2, page 312.)

1. Consider the following questions:

• How are these events connected?
• How do these events compare to events in the Book of Mormon? (See King Benjamin's teachings as well as Alma's teaching to the Zoramites.)

2. Add two to three colonial and British statesmen to your timeline.

3. Find Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh on a map. Consider their terrain and locations in the colonies.

4. Write two paragraphs about taxation's impact on colonial attitudes toward Parliament and the Crown in your Reflections Journal.

Master Class

1. Read a book on pre-revolutionary British America.
2. Come prepared to discuss the characteristics of the colonies you read about.
3. Write two to three observations you have made about what you learned in your Reflections Journal.

Class meets once per month, starting in September.