Feb. 12, 2016 Goal: To understand the cause and effects of the French and Indian War QOD: Who fought in the French and Indian War? Agenda: PowerPoint notes on slavery Movie and Primary Source Document Analysis
Movie Trailer The War that made America fiU fiU What do you this movie is about?
French and Indian War 7 years war Took place before we became a America
Refer to Map Who owned the majority of land? Which areas do you think were the most valuable and why? Ohio River Valley
Who Fought? French and Indians vs. British and Colonists
What info does this map give us? Who won the war?
Groups of 3 You will be exploring 3 different perspectives involved in the war (French, English, and Native American) Read your character info and answer the questions that follow. Imagine yourself as that character in (year before the war). Think: How would you think, act, speak, what do you care about and want in your day to day life
When I say go Introduce yourself (in character) and summarize the answers to your questions to your groupmates
Next Frenchman-notetaker Native American-Summarize and report details of the groups conversation to report the details of the groups conversation to the rest of the class Englishman-responder to any questions posed by teacher or classmates after the summary
You will have 5 minutes to discuss the following questions What issues or problems do you(as your character) have with others in your group? How can you get what you want? What questions do you have for the other characters? Based on what you have heard from one another make a list of what you predict were the causes of the French and Indian War
Summarizers Share your group conversation I will keep list of the causes/please copy them down
Underlying causes Culture, Religion, Ideology In many wars, culture and religion likely played a part here as well. The French settlers in America were predominantly Catholics and they felt threatened by the Anti-Catholic majority of the British. The British, who had come to America partly for religious freedom, feared being controlled by the French and the Pope
French and Indian War Reading