Idealists and Individualists – Lessons with Final Review Quiz

The Teaching Unit for this course can be downloaded as a PDF file in the “Attachments” window. Upon course completion, you can take a Final Review Quiz, by clicking the “Take the Quiz” button. (You must subscribe to this course in order to take the quiz.)

1. Timeline – North America & Western Europe 1692-1792

2. Pre-test:

  • 40 questions from INS Citizenship test answered in the unit

3. First American Individualist:

  • Benjamin Franklin – Poor Richard’s Almanac

4. Revolutionary ideas:

  • Power of the Press – Boston Massacre propaganda
  • Power of the People – Boston Tea Party, Yankee Doodle origin, Paul Revere
  • Patriotic Voices – Adams, Henry, Jefferson

5. Declaration of Independence – historic quotes; painting; students writings

6. George Washington:

  • His journals, biographical research
  • Crossing Delaware, portrait interpretations
  • Writing an essay based on research

7. Thomas Jefferson:

  • Man of many parts – essay
  • Thomas J. scenes: family man vs. political leader

8. The Constitution:

  • U.S. government structure based on checks and balances
  • Presidential elections: then and now
  • The Bill of Rights

9. Post test:

  • 40 questions from INS Citizenship test covered in the unit

10. Unit Test: Fact or Fiction, Writing Paragraphs

11. Words, Words, Words: Vocabulary List & Structure: Prefixes,Roots, Suffixes

Questions