1. Pre AssessmentAssessmentPre AssessmentAssessment 80 60 40 1. What do I notice about myself by looking at my scores on my bar graph? 2.What I am most proud of? Why 3.How Can I continue to improve? 4.What are goals next time? 5.What activities help me most in achieving and improving my scores?

2. Smart Goal 100% of my 8 th grade students will score an 80% or better on “How ideas and events allowed change in NC and US over Time.” assessment by October 5, 2012. 8.H.3 I can idenitfy the important events and ideas that allowed change in NC and US over time?

3. Elizabethan England

4. Elizabeth (1533-1603) Became queen 1558 Asset - Creatively handled problems

5. Acceptance Problems Ascension confusion/dispute –Legitimacy Personal image (turned liabilities to assets) –Young (25) –Out of power during Mary Tudor's reign (Bloody Mary) –Female (Why a problem?) –Single (Why a problem?) Coronation Visits to the Lords –Nickname - "Good Queen Bess"

6. Money Problems Lords (other national leaders) support Elizabeth's visits Stopped the wars with France and Spain Promoted industry and trade in England Promoted industry and trade in New World Privateers – stealing on the high seas to get funds for England from Spain

7. Religious Problems Protestant versus Catholic division Reaction to undo all of Mary's acts –Parliament dissolved ties to Catholicism Puritan zealousness

8. French Problems England at war with France –Instigated by Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary) –Elizabeth didn't worry about pride issue – just got out –Why is war a problem? Economic - Money

9. Spanish Problems Rivalry with England (Protestant vs. Catholic) Philip II interference Privateers – Sir Francis Drake Battle with Spanish Armada (1588) Why is this rivalry a problem? Economic - Money

10. English Problems Vision for the country –Wealthy Merchants and citizens –Seafarers – control of the seas –Expansion of country through colonization Reality –Overpopulation –high unemployment – high homelessness – high debt – full debtors prison – high crime rate

11. 1. In your groups, take turns reading the article “Life in Elizabethan England” out loud as others follow along. 2. Complete the “Learning from Text” activity. 3. Begin the Comic Story “ My Life in Elizabethan England”