Description
This interactive notebook bundle includes everything you need to teach about American history from Colonial America through the Early American Republic (Roanoke Colony – the Monroe Doctrine).
The organizers in this resource can be used on their own, or as a supplement to student notes. Interactive notebooks are a great tool to keep students organized and engaged in the lesson!
These interactive notebooks are part of a larger BUNDLE of American History interactive notebooks & graphic organizers! Save 20% when you buy the bundle!
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In this resource you will find…
• 93 graphic organizers with text on them, and others left blank for your own customization
• 3 maps are also included
• 34 pages of thorough suggested answers that you are free to use with these graphic organizers and flippables.
• Previews of each page in action for you or your students to reference.
• A cover page and table of contents for each notebook is also included.
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Material Covered
Colonial America Interactive Notebook
1. Key vocabulary – lost colony, meetinghouse, middle colonies, musket, New England colonies, plantation, Quakers, southern colonies, charter, House of Burgesses, great awakening, cash crops
2. Lost colony of Roanoke – location, original plans, first colony, second colony, disappearance, theories
3. Jamestown settlement – sailing to America, Jamestown, first settlers, first year, the Powhatan, John Smith, starving time
4. Plymouth Colony – why, sailing to America, the Mayflower Compact, Plymouth, first winter, the Wampanoag, Thanksgiving
5. Voyage of the Mayflower – size of the ship, route to America, life on the Mayflower, passengers, crew
6. The Thirteen Colonies – what is a colony, each of the colonies
7. Williamsburg, Virginia – Middle Plantation, William and Mary College, capital of Virginia, planned city, gunpowder incident, American Revolution, restoration
8. The Puritans – who were they, what did they believe, why did they go to America, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Great Migration, Rhode Island, Connecticut
9. King Philip’s War – who fought, where it was fought, leading up to the war, major battles & events, results and consequences
10. The French and Indian War – who fought, seven years war, where it was fought, leading up to the war, major battles & events, results and consequences
11. The Salem Witch Trials – belief in witches, how the trials started, panic, how many were killed, end of the trials
13. Who was a witch? – touch test, confession by dunking, lord’s prayer, dreams, submersion, pressing
13. Men & women’s clothing – 2 flippables to describe different pieces of clothing men and women wore
14. Daily life – on the farm vs. in the city
15. Colonial jobs – apothecary, blacksmith, cabinetmaker, cobbler, cooper, chandler, gunsmith, miller, printer, tailor, wheelwright, wig maker
16. Colonial women – education, legal status, work, maintaining a household, wealthy women, women in the city, slave women
17. Slavery in the colonies – indentured servants, beginning of slavery, jobs, clothes, homes, treatment
18. Important people – William Bradford, Henry Hudson, Pocahontas, William Penn, James Oglethorpe, John Smith, Roger Williams
Causes of the American Revolution Interactive Notebook (FREE)
1. The Stamp Act – paying for the war, no representation, reaction in the colonies, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Stamp Act repealed
2. The Townshend Acts – what were they, why were they made, importance, reaction in the colonies, results
3. The Boston Massacre – what happened, after the massacre, the trials, results
4. The Boston Tea Party – what was it, why were they protesting, was it planned, cost of the tea
5. The Intolerable Acts – Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, Quebec Act, results
6. Continental Congress – First and second congresses, accomplishments
7. Declaration of Independence – who wrote it, agreement, July 4, 1776, signatures
American Revolution Interactive Notebook
1. Key vocabulary – colony, confederation, constitution, garrison, haversack, legislature, militia, minutemen, Parliament, Redcoat, Tory, Whigs
2. Causes of the war – French and Indian War, taxes and laws, protests in Boston, Intolerable Acts, Boston blockade, unity in the colonies, First Continental Congress, beginning of the war.
3. Sons of Liberty – who were they, how were they formed, how did they get their name, where did they meet, protesting the Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, members
4. Patriots vs. Loyalists – what was a patriot/loyalist, why become a patriot/loyalist, famous patriots/loyalists
5. American military leaders – George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Henry Knox, Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau, Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, Horatio Gates, Daniel Morgan, Marquis de Lafayette, John Paul Jones
6. British military leaders – William Howe, Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis, John Burgoyne, Guy Carleton, Thomas Gage
7. Battles of Lexington & Concord – Lexington, Concord, British Retreat
8. Capture of Ticonderoga – Green Mountain Boys, capturing the fort, siege of the fort, attack on the fort
9. Battle of Bunker Hill – where, leaders, what happened, results
10. Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn) – when and where, leaders, before the battle, battle, retreat, results
11. Washington crosses the Delaware – Hessian soldiers, battle of Trenton, importance, three crossings
12. Battle of Germantown – when and where, commanders, before the battle, battle, results
13. Battles of Saratoga – leaders, before the battle, Bennington, Freeman’s farm, Bemis Heights, results
14. Battle of Yorktown – before the battle, siege of Yorktown, surrender
15. Valley Forge – where, why, American leaders, conditions
16. The Treaty of Paris – negotiations, major points, other points
17. African Americans – patriots, separate regiments, British side, American side
18. Spies – secret messages, disguises, Culper spy ring
19. Famous spies – Nathan Hale, Benjamin Tallmadge, Abraham Woodhull, Lydia Darragh, Benedict Arnold, Hercules Mulligan, Daniel Bissell, Nancy Hart
20. Roles of women – nurses, spies, camp followers, soldiers
21. Famous women – Abigail Adams, Kate Barry, Lydia Darragh, Mary Draper, Nancy Hart, Molly Pitcher, Betsy Ross, Deborah Sampson, Mercy Otis Warren, Martha Washington
22. Weapons – Musket, bayonet, cannon, other weapons
23. Soldiers – militia, Continental Army, number of soldiers, payment, who joined, ages, diseases and medicine, prisoners of war
Articles of Confederation Interactive Notebook
1. Key vocabulary – constitution, Articles of Confederation, compromise, Anti-Federalist, Federalist, impeachment, popular sovereignty, amendment, veto, enumerated powers, concurrent powers, shared powers
2. Articles of Confederation – who wrote them, when each state ratified them
3. 13 Articles – summarize each of the 13 Articles
4. Strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
5. Constitutional Convention – purpose, president, draft, signing, ratification
6. Proposed plans – Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Hamilton’s Plan, Pinckney’s Plan, the Great Compromise
7. Branches of government – executive, legislative, judicial
8. Checks and balances – separation of powers, checks on the branches, power of the states
9. Bill of Rights – summarize each of the 10 amendments
Early American Republic Interactive Notebook
1. Key vocabulary – domestic policy foreign policy, neutrality, impressment, factory system, cabinet, internal improvements, John Marshall, nationalism, precedent, Nonintercourse Act, tariff
2. Washington’s administration – inauguration, cabinet, District of Columbia, Northwest Indian War, economic policy, foreign affairs, farewell address
3. Party System – Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans
4. Whiskey Rebellion – whiskey tax, grievances, resistance, insurrection, federal response
5. Adams administration – election of 1796, presidency, cabinet, quasi-war with France, Alien and Sedition Acts
6. XYZ Affair – commission to France, reaction in the U.S., reaction in France, treaty
7. Jefferson Administration – elections of 1800 and 1804, cabinet, domestic and foreign policies
8. Louisiana Purchase – more land, cost, size, borders, opposition
9. Lewis & Clark Expedition – Lewis & Clark, exploration, Native American encounters, the Great Falls, the Rocky Mountains, Pacific Ocean, accomplishments
10. Marbury v. Madison – Judiciary Acts of 1789, 1801, and 1802, Adams appoints Marbury, Jefferson denies Marbury, decision
11. McCulloch v. Maryland – 1816 Act, case, decision
12. Gibbons v. Ogden – background, case, decision
13. First Industrial Revolution – duration, cultural changes, transportation, working conditions
14. Burr-Hamilton duel – background, Burr’s intentions, Hamilton’s intentions, aftermath, anti-dueling movement
15. War of 1812 – causes, leaders, U.S. attacks Canada, U.S. victories, British fight back, Battle of Baltimore, Battle of New Orleans, peace
16. Era of Good Feelings – post-war nationalism, Great Goodwill Tour, Monroe and political parties
17. Monroe Doctrine – main points, why, long-term effects
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This bundle is PART 1 of a 4-part series of American History interactive notebooks!
American History INB Bundle PART 2
– Age of Jackson
– Industrial Revolution
– Westward Expansion
– Civil War
– Reconstruction
American History INB Bundle PART 3
– Gilded Age
– U.S. Imperialism
– Progressive Era
– World War I
– Roaring 20s & Great Depression
– World War II
American History INB Bundle PART 4
– Cold War
– Civil Rights Movement
– 1950s & 1960s
– 1970s & 1980s
– 1990s to Present
