Identify and explain significant events leading up to the American Revolution.
Examples may include, but are not limited to, the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Coercive Acts, the Powder Alarms.
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| Cause for a Constitution: Part 2 | In this lesson, students will read an informational text describing the reasons why we have a U.S. Constitution and how it's written (articles, preambles, amendments). After teacher modeling, students will work individually or in pairs to use the text from Lesson 1 and the text from Lesson 2 to complete a cause and effect thinking map. This is lesson 2 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating civics and social studies. |
| Cause for a Constitution: Part 1 | In this lesson, students will read an informational text about the events leading up to the American Revolution. They will discuss the preamble to the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. Students will engage in a discourse circle about how the experiences of the colonists leading up to the American Revolution laid the groundwork that would later be reflected in the Constitution. This is lesson 1 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating civics and social studies. |
| What Happens When A Patriot, Loyalist, and Colonist Have a Conversation? | Students will work collaboratively to create a script to show their understanding of the political ideas of Patriots, Loyalists, and Colonists and the parts they played in the events that led to the American Revolution. |
| Roles of Colonists, Patriots, and Loyalists | In this lesson plan, students will understand the roles of colonists, patriots, and loyalists and their role leading up to the American Revolution. |
| The Lead Up to the American Revolution | In this lesson plan, students will learn about some of the most influential events that led to the American Revolution. They will read around the room on posters with important information as they fill out their outline. |
| Declaration of Independence thru the Eyes of a Child | In this lesson plan, students will be able to break down the Declaration of Independence and understand the reasons colonists needed to break away from England and the main reasons leading up to the American Revolution. |
| Let's Connect - Declaration of Independence and Events leading up to it | In this lesson plan, students will learn about important events leading up to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and then make the connection between those events and the grievances found in the Declaration of Independence. |
| Aaron and Alexander: Lesson 1: Revolutionary War | Students will read background information about the Revolutionary War. While they are reading, they will learn about the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts. In addition, the students will complete a jigsaw activity to find relevant details that support the central idea of the text. To end the lesson, students will write a summary, using the central idea and relevant details from the passage about the Revolutionary War.
This is the first lesson to use in the Aaron and Alexander text unit. This lesson should be taught before reading the book. This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource. |
| Robot Dogs and the Declaration of Independence | In this lesson plan, students will recognize that the Declaration of Independence affirms that every American has certain unalienable rights. Students will identify different sections, principles, and grievances in the Declaration and will analyze why the assertion of these rights is fundamental to successful governance. |
| The Beginning of A Revolution | In this lesson students learn about the American Revolution. Students will be required to use two or more texts to summarize information some aspect of the American Revolution as well as create a timeline of important events leading up to the Revolutionary War. |
| A "Revolutionary" Approach to Learning History | Students will research causes leading up to the Revolutionary War and their specific effects. They will use various informational text resources to research a particular central event during this time period and place key points into a cause and effect graphic organizer. Working in small groups, they will compose a reader's theatre script depicting what they gathered in their research. They will rehearse and present their reader's theatre to their classmates. |
