PUBLIC SPEAKING SCHOOL ASSEMBLY OUTLINES

NAME: ______

DATE: ______

DUE DATE: MAY 12TH 2017

DIRECTIONS: You have to write one public talk which needs to be at least 2 pages longs. You have to provide answers for each and every question in all three of the Digging for Historical Gems parts. Label each Digging for Historical and list the answers to the questions by their number. All papers must be typed in Times New Roman Font size 12 and format should be double spaced.

Public Talks

  • WHY IS HISTORY IMPORTANT? (MOTHRAS)
  • How does history help us understand our past?
  • Use an example of your own past, Atlanta’s past, or the world’s past
  • How does it help us understand our present?
  • Give an example of how history effects you, your family, or your class today
  • NATIVE AMERICANS TO COLONIES (GODZILLAS)
  • Who were the first Americans and how did they get here?
  • Read page 38 paragraph 2
  • Describe the explorers who came to America in the 1400s, 1500s, 1600s. Who were the English, French, and Spanish? (Include details on some).
  • Review pages 96-114
  • What was the first successful colony in the US and when was it founded?
  • Read page 131 paragraphs 4,5
  • How many colonies were there and what three regions were they broken up into?
  • Read page 160 paragraphs 2-4
  • Who was the ruler of all the colonies in the US at this time?
  • COLONIES TO REVOLUTIONARY WAR (KING KONGS)
  • What were the New England colonies known for? What were the Middle colonies known for? What were the Southern colonies known for?
  • Review pages 161-162
  • What war lead to the British taxing the Americans?
  • Read page 234 paragraph 2
  • What were some events that lead to the start of the Revolutionary War?
  • What were the first battles of the Revolutionary War? When did America declare independence from Great Britain?
  • Read page 266 paragraph 1
  • What were some of the battles during the Revolutionary War and who lead them to victory?
  • NEW NATION TO BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR (RODANS)
  • What was the first constitution for the US and why was it replaced?
  • What does the Constitution do for the country?
  • Read page 312 paragraph 1, and page 313 paragraph 1
  • What was the Industrial Revolution and how did it effect America?
  • Read page 378 paragraph 2
  • Why did the US wish to expand west and what was Westward Expansion?
  • Briefly describe the Louisiana Purchase, Mexican War, Oregon Trail, Trail of Tears, California Gold Rush
  • Why was America about to have a civil war in the 1850s? What bad things were taking place?

Digging for Historical Gems

  • WHY IS HISTORY IMPORTANT? (EVERYONE)
  • What does history teach you?
  • How does history affect your life?
  • Why do we need to know about what happened in the past?
  • How have things changed from the past to now?
  • How did history effect you today?
  • What are some current events taking place now?
  • How do these events effect all of us today?
  • What is the best way for us to change the bad track history is on?
  • NATIVE AMERICANS TO REVOLUTIONARY WAR (EVERYONE)
  • Who were the first Americans?
  • How did they get to America?
  • Get a reader for page 38 paragraph 2
  • What were some Native American tribes we learned about and what made them special?
  • Who was the first European explorer to land in the Americas?
  • Get a reader for page 97 paragraph 2
  • How many colonies were there in the US?
  • What were each of the colonial regions special for?
  • What events lead to the start of the Revolutionary War?
  • When did America declare independence from Britain?
  • What was the final battle of the Revolutionary War?
  • Who lead America to victory over the British Empire?
  • NEW NATION TO BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR? (EVERYONE)
  • What was the first constitution of the US?
  • Get a reader for page 296 paragraph 4
  • What replaced the Articles of Confederation?
  • What did the Constitution do to the American Government
  • What is the executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch of the government?
  • What belief lead to America thinking it had to expand Westward?
  • Read page 395 paragraph 8
  • What was the Louisiana Purchase and what did it do to the USA?
  • How did the US get Texas and the rest of the land in the West?
  • What was the Trail of Tears and who was responsible for it?
  • Who was Harriet Tubman and what did she fight for?
  • Why was the US near a Civil War in the late 1850s?