1. Bellringer
Reflect on the prompt below and write a response that is AT LEAST two complete sentences long. Pay attention to standard rules of grammar and composition as you construct your response.
Thomas Jefferson stated in “Declaration of Independence” that “all men are created equal.” What is meant by this statement? How has this idea been supported or challenged throughout history?
He means that it should be obvious to everyone that all men are created equally. Throughout history injustices have kept many minorities from having equal rights or being treated equally which challenges this idea; however, as America has aged it has attempted to create more equality for its citizens which supports the idea.

2. A Few Quick Reminders about Emails to Teachers
Make sure your subject is BRIEF and relates to the content of your .
Do NOT put the entire content of your in the subject line.
Start with “Dear _____” or “Good afternoon” or “Good morning” or “Good evening” before going into the content of your .
Be respectful—not demanding or accusatory.
Make sure you “sign” your name at the end of the (we might not know who is!)
On that note, make sure you have an address that you don’t mind your teachers seeing!
On that note, make sure you have an address! You will need one throughout high school—and life.

3. Homework
By the end of the week (Saturday night—January 12th), you must send your classroom teacher an following the guidelines on the previous slide. You will either get a 100 or a 0 for this assignment, and late credit will NOT be given.
This means that if you do not have an address, you MUST create an account by Saturday night.
To find my address, you can access it from our class website (found on the board at the back of the room) or from the school’s website (do a quick Google search for Germantown High School Red Devils) and find a link to my on the faculty page.

4. Unit Overview

6. The main text we will read in this unit is “Hope, Despair, and Memory
The main text we will read in this unit is “Hope, Despair, and Memory.” This is Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Prize lecture which argues the importance of memory to humanity.
At the end of this unit you will be asked to write an essay which explores how Wiesel’s claims relate to the claims made in other texts throughout the unit.
What We’re Doing in Q3

7. How are we going to reach this goal?
Over the course of the unit, we will build our understanding about how an author creates and furthers a claim and examine how memory affects our society.
We will also look at how texts connect to each other to help us better understand how many different authors through different mediums and genres can explore similar ideas.

8. Thomas Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence”
Lesson 1

9. Objectives
Begin reading the “Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson.
9-10.RI.KID.1 Analyze what the text says explicitly and draw inferences; cite the strongest, most compelling textual evidence to support conclusions.
Summarize Jefferson’s main points in the first 2 sections of “Declaration of Independence.”
9-10.RI.KID.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.

10. What You’ll Need for this Lesson
“Declaration of Independence” found on page 184 of your purple guidebook
Highlighters, markers, pens, pencils, & any other materials you’ll need for annotations

14. Let’s Divide Our Text into THREE Sections
Draw a line to divide your text both before and after the list of grievances.
You can identify the list of grievances easily because the sections are shorter and aligned further to the right than the rest of the text.

15. Let’s listen to a fluent reading of the first section of the text.
As you listen, what is your JOB?
LISTEN & ANNOTATE!!!
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16. Impel—force
Self-evident—obvious
Unalienable—non-negotiable
Endowed—given
Deriving—getting
Usurpations—taken by force
Prudence—wisdom
Abolishing—ending
Evinces—reveals
Despotism—dictatorship
Tyranny—dictatorship
Candid—sincere
Transient—momentary
Remind students to label the definitions above the words in their copy of the text.
Raise your hand if you know a synonym or definition for any of the words above.

17. Text Dependent Questions Even/Odd Protocol
Jefferson chose to begin the Declaration of Independence with the words, “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” Was this necessary? Could the 13 colonies have declared independence if they were not unanimous?
How does Jefferson explain the reason for a formal declaration of independence? Why does Jefferson state the “causes which impel them to separate?” Is this necessary? 
Text Dependent Questions Even/Odd Protocol
It was necessary to begin the Declaration in this manner because the only way the colonies could pose any threat to England was if they worked together; therefore, it would have been impossible, or at least less successful in the long run, for the colonies to declare independence without standing together.
He explains that it is necessary when a government is being abandoned in favor of a new one to explain exactly why this is happening. In other words, it is necessary to “break up” with England, not just ignore the country and attempt independence without its knowledge.   

18. Color Groups
Work with the members of your group to complete the task to the left!
You have THREE minutes, so work quickly!

19. Possible Answers—Raise your hand if you see your answer on the board!
“requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation”  
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it”
“it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security”
“To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world”

21. Model Summary
When it is necessary to split from a government, it is important to explain why that split is necessary. Jefferson and his associates believed that all men were created equal and had certain non- negotiable rights. He asserted that the job of a government is to ensure these rights for its constituents, and if said government is not fulfilling that obligation, then it should be ended. Only when there is a pattern of abuse should a government be ended. This was the situation in the colonies and the reason for declaring independence from England and its king.
What makes my model summary statement good?
Does your model have the same qualities?

22. Homework—If you do not complete the task below during the remainder of class, please have it finished when you come to class tomorrow.