French and Indian War PowerPoint, Notes, and Activities

This PowerPoint Lesson (51 slides) Includes:

• Learning intentions
• Essential Question: How did power shift in North America after the French and Indian War?
• Brief warm up review of colonial America
• Causes of the French and Indian War
• George Washington's youth
• Fort Necessity
• Albany Plan of Union
• Early British losses
• William Pitt
• General Wolfe takes Quebec
• The Treaty of Paris (1763)
• Effects of the war
• Pontiac's War
• The Proclamation of 1763
• Daniel Boone
• Cooperative learning activity/discussion

Learning Objectives:

• Explain how the rivalry between Britain and France over the Ohio Valley led to the French and Indian War in North America
• Identify how mistakes and a lack of unity led to early defeats for the British in the war
• Summarize how the tide of the war turned in Britain’s favor
• Explain how the British won the war
• Describe the power shift that occurred after the war
• Explain how Britain attempted to ease tensions with the Proclamation of 1763

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French and Indian Resource Set (19 pages):

• Vocabulary chart
• Cornell style notes
• Map activity
• Q&A for the French and Indian War
• Political cartoon analysis
• Pros and cons list for the Albany Plan of Union (1754)
• Pros and cons list for the Proclamation of 1763
• 3 different causes and effects charts (1 complete-key, 1 completely blank, 1 that is half-filled for students to complete)
• 6 writing prompts

Learning Objectives:

• Explain how the rivalry between Britain and France over the Ohio Valley led to the French and Indian War in North America
• Identify how mistakes and a lack of unity led to early defeats for the British in the war
• Summarize how the tide of the war turned in Britain’s favor
• Explain how the British won the war
• Describe the power shift that occurred after the war
• Explain how Britain attempted to ease tensions with the Proclamation of 1763

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