Bell Ringer (answer in your chart when the bell rings)

• Look at and analyze the dollar bill

• In your bell ringer chart, write the following: • 3 images you

see• 3 phrases you

see

Bell Ringer Discussion• What did you see/read?• What do these things mean? Why do you think they

are on the dollar bill?

In your notes write the following:US Mottos• “In God We Trust”• National motto of the US• on our money• Challenged in court

• “E Pluribus Unum”• “out of many, one”

• One unified nation out of many states/people

Break-Up Letter• Declaration of Independence • To: King George III• From: American Colonists

Declaration of Independence• After the French and Indian War the British gov’t

was in a lot of debt• to pay it off they imposed new taxes on the colonists

• Anger in the colonies led to the American Revolutionary War

• In 1776, representatives began discussing independence from Britain

• The Declaration of Independence was written to separate from Great Britain

Declaration of Independence cont.

• July 4th, 1776• Declaration of

Independence issued• Thomas Jefferson wrote

most

• Purpose• To state why the colonists wanted to leave

British rule• Government’s job was to protect citizens’

unalienable rights• Rights that cannot be taken away by the

government• Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

Declaration of Independence• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfRaWAtBVg• Who are they?

• Why is this the band name?

• That violin solo, though.

Read aloud together:• "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 to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed."Circle the most important

words.

Founding Fathers• The men who had an important part in creating the

government of the United States

• You will now look at some of our founding fathers’ biographies.

• With a partner or alone you will answer questions about some of our founding fathers.

• Use the colored sheets and the brown book (page 41)• If you’re working in pairs, you must both write your answers

on your own sheets of paper.

• DO NOT USE YOUR PHONE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS…USE THE SHEETS AND YOUR BOOKS

Activity

Kahoot Review• Get out your phones.• Go to kahoot.it• Winner gets a piece of candy or a pencil