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Mr. Lindner’s Lesson Plans
VA/US History
Two Week Block (5 class periods)
Dates: SEPT 29- OCT 9
Plans are subject to change
Days and SOLs
Topic(s) / Activities
Homework /
Assessment
Day
SEPT 29
European Exploration and
Colonization test
Day
OCT 1
The student will demonstrate
knowledge of events and
issues of the Revolutionary
Period by
a) analyzing how the political
ideas of John Locke and
those expressed in Common
Sense helped shape the
Declaration of Independence.
The Road to Revolution
Powerpoint
-French and Indian War
-Continental Congress
-John Locke
-Common Sense
-Stamp Act Analysis
Day
OCT 5
b) evaluating how key
principles in the Declaration
of Independence grew in
importance to become
unifying ideas of American
democracy.
*Road to Revolution
PowerPoint cont.
-Thomas Paine and Common
Sense
-Revolutionary Thinkers
Influence the Declaration of
Independence Worksheets
Day
OCT 7
b) evaluating how key
principles in the Declaration
of Independence grew in
importance to become
unifying ideas of American
democracy.
*Road To Revolution CONT.
-Declaration of Independence
-- Enlightenment Ideals
-- Thomas Jefferson and
John Locke
-Impact of the Declaration of
Independence Worksheets
Day
OCT 9
c) describing the political
differences among the
Finish Revolution Notes
 Political ties and
differences in the
*Study for Road to
Revolution Quiz
colonists concerning
separation from Great
Britain.
d) analyzing reasons for
colonial victory in the
Revolutionary War.
Colonies – Loyalists,
Torries
 Revolutionary War
 Treaty of Paris 1783