The Colonial Experience 🇬🇧

Today's class was led by a guest teacher 🏫
Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the role colonists played in their government
• Define the rights and responsibilities of colonial citizens
• Identify the freedoms that early colonists struggled to gain
• Explain why many colonists became dissatisfied with royal governors

⏰ What We Did

• Watched and took notes on Lesson 4, Part 1: The Colonial Experience
• Using notes from Lesson 4, Part 1, answered the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Define heritage, legislature, charter, and tyranny.
2. Why were colonial citizens able to influence the laws that governed them?
3. Compare English citizens in the colonies with American citizens today.
4. How are some of our freedoms rooted in the colonial period?
5. Evaluate How well do you think the colonists practiced the values of freedom, justice, and equality? Explain your answer.

⚙️ Resources

• Civics ✮ Lesson 4 Instructional Notes
• Lesson 4, Part 1: The Colonial Experience

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 4, Part 2: Roots of American Government, before class tomorrow