1. Lecture: The Founding of the Nation

2. Pair-Share
What were some of the reasons the colonists wanted to declare independence from Great Britain?

3. Take notes on the Cornell Notes paper
After you have completed the lecture,
Write at least 3 questions per page
(1 for each chunk of information, using
diverse levels of questions.
Circle important vocabulary terms &
highlight important people.
Write a paragraph summary at the end of
the lecture using the essential question
as your topic sentence.
If a student is absent for the lecture, have students read the section of their textbook that relates to the Founding of the Nation and take 2-pages of cornell notes.

4. California STANDARDS
11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
1. Describe the Enlightenment and the rise of democratic ideas as the context in which the nation was founded.
Read aloud with the students. The teacher reads red, the students read white.

5. Common Core Standards
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

6. Essential Question
What were the key values and or beliefs that led to the American Revolution?

7. OBJECTIVE
SWBAT analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation by completing a paragraph summary.
Have students choral read aloud the objective.

8. The Enlightenment
an 18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society

9. God People GOD King King People
Divine Right of Kings
Social Contract Theory/
Natural Rights Philosophy
God
People
GOD
King
King
The shift from the idea “Divine Right” of
Kings to the “Social Contract Theory” was influenced by the Enlightened
Philosophers.
People

10. Film Clip: Enlightenment Philosophers
Be sure to turn up the volume. The film clip should automatically begin playing.

11. Enlightenment Philosophers
Montesquieu
3 branches of government
Innocent until proven guilty
Voltaire
No religious persecution
Everyone is equal
Freedom of press and speech
Rousseau
Democracy is a good form of government

12. John Locke 1632-1704 Natural Rights Philosophy Legitimate government
Law of nature
Life, Liberty, Property
Unalienable: cannot be taken away
Legitimate government
protect natural rights
Can be revoked (revolution)
social contract
The people give consent for the government to protect them.
constitutional government

13. Complete worksheet: Philosopher John Locke

14. Why is the Enlightenment Important?
Enlightenment ideas were used by American colonists to justify their separation from England.
The American Revolution

15. California Standard
Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers' philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
Teacher reads aloud red, students read aloud white.

16. The Origins of the American Revolution
If a government fails to protect the people’s rights, the people have a right of revolution.
John Locke
…that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government…
Declaration of Independence

17. Causes of the American Revolution

18. Causes of the American Revolution
Political:
England’s neglect of the colonies
Taxation w/out representation
Limitation of individual rights
Economic:
Taxation
Mercantilism
Trade restrictions
Free enterprise
Economic power
Randomly ask questions the meaning of the causes of the Revolution. Review meaning if necessary.

19. What ideas do you think Paine wrote about?
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense swayed American colonists to declare independence.
Pair-Share:
What ideas do you think Paine wrote about?
Call on a random student to answer the question…”I don’t know is NOT an answer”

20. The American
Revolution

21. Film Clip: America Declares Independence
Film clip will not work on power point. Close the presentation and double-click on film clip.

22. Effects: Colonies declare independence
The Declaration of Independence, 1776
Britain recognizes United States independence.
George Washington emerges as a leader.

23. The Declaration of Independence
California Standards 11.1
Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.

24. Pair Share: Describe who and what you see in the picture
Pair Share: Describe who and what you see in the picture. What do you think they are doing? Who is not represented in the picture?
John Adams, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson (presenting the document), and Benjamin Franklin — standing before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress.

25. Drafting the Declaration of Independence
Committee of Five
John Adams
Roger Sherman
Robert Livingston
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin
President of Continental Congress
John Hancock

26. Committee: well-educated white men
Non- represented: African Americans, women, working class, Loyalists, Native Americans
Voting rights: white, male property owners

27. The Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
Explained basic human rights and addressed their grievances against King George III.
Meant to explain to the nations of the world reasons for seeking independence from Britain (hoped to get their support)

28. We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that the are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – That to secure these Rights: Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government…
Teacher reads aloud yellow, students read red.

29. Essential Question
What were the key values and or beliefs that led to the American Revolution?
Write a paragraph summary changing this question into a topic sentence.