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Lesson Plan Colloquium III "Creating a Nation" Brandon
McLain UNIT IN WHICH THE LESSON WILL/COULD BE INCLUDED The American Revolution MISSISSIPPI CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK COMPETENCY, Eighth Grade 1c. Identify the causes and effects of the American Revolution. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How does historical evidence explain: how and why were the thirteen colonies able to win their freedom from the world’s most powerful empire? HISTORICAL CONTENT OF LESSON People: Loyalists, Patriots, George Washington, John Paul Jones, Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, Thomas Paine, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, General Cornwallis, Molly Pitcher. Events: Second Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle at Trenton, Battle at Princeton, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Cowpens, Battle at Guilford Courthouse, Battle at Yorktown, Treaty of Paris. Places: Philadelphia, Fort Ticonderoga, Trenton, Valley Forge, Charleston, Yorktown. Key terms, dates, etc.: Continental Army, Common Sense, Preamble, Declaration of Independence, Loyalists, Patriots, blockade, compromise July 4, 1776, September 3, 1783 HISTORICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES Values, beliefs, political ideas, and institutions. HISTORICAL SKILLS/PROCESS Developing empathy for people in the past. TEACHER RESOURCES Web sites BOOKS/PERIODICALS A few possibilities: Bernard Bailyn, Faces of Revolution: Personalities and Themes in the Struggle for American Independence Joseph Ellis, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Mary Beth Norton, Liberty’s Daughters Gordon S. Wood, The Creation of the American Republic Michael Kammen. A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture Paul Gagnon, Democracy’s Half-told Story: What American History Textbooks Should Add H.W. Brands, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin James Thomas Flexner, Washington: The Indispensable Man Linda Monk, The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service (Teacher Sourcebook) TEXTBOOK American History: The Early Years to 1877 (McGraw Hill, 2001) Media/Technology: Powerpoint presentation Internet/Research STUDENT RESOURCES: Web Sites: The Library of Congress Learning
Page Colonial Williamsburg Africans in America National History Day Liberty! The American Revolution
Our Documents Books/Periodicals: James Lincoln, My Brother Sam is Dead Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain Stuart Murray, Eyewitness: American Revolution Kay Moore, If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution Kay Rinaldi, Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre Jim Murphy, A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy Kenneth Davis, Don’t Know Much About George Washington Cathy Travis, The Constitution Translated for Kids Joy Hakim, A History of US: From Colonies to Country Media/Technology: Internet INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES The students will first be introduced to key terms in reference to the American Revolution. The students should have prior knowledge about why the war started. Students will then be assigned different battles; they will research books and the Internet to learn more about their battle. After this is done, each student will write a short paper describing the events that took place and the outcome of their battle. The student will then present this to the class. The students will discuss the battles with teacher guidance and Powerpoint notes to make sure all information is covered. Students will then return to the Internet, where they will find different Web sites related to the American Revolution. To wrap up the lesson, students will play the Revolutionary game that is on the Web site www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/.
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