Lesson+Plan

American Revolution

Lesson intended for grades 9-12 SSS Standard covered: Materials:
 * Standard 1:The student understands historical chronology and the historical perspective.
 * Standard 4:The student understands U.S. history to 1880.
 * Copies of the documents [|Plain Truth], and [|"Give me Liberty or Give me Death"] ,[|George Washington's letter to William Fairfax] , and [|The True Interest of America Impartially Stated.]
 * Copy of [|Voices of the Revolution: Document Analysis]
 * [|Rubric for Point-Counterpoint Debate]
 *  American Revolution Powerpoint
 *  [|Interactive Map]
 * [|Road to Revolution Game]

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students should be able to:


 * Critique varying reasons for why individuals chose to rebel or remain loyal
 * Analyze various documents that are rebellious or loyalist in nature.
 * Explain the significance of the battles of Lexington and Concord on both America and Great Britain.
 * Articulate the problems that the Continental Army faced during the early phase of the war.
 * Explain how Washington and his men turned the tide in the North in 1777-78
 * Identify the most important military engagements and explain their significance

The Activities. Day 1:Assign students to particular primary documents with either a rebel or loyalists opinion. After students have had time to examine their assigned documents and to fill out the [|Document Analysis Worksheet], they are ready to prepare for an in-class debate. The students will get to be split into groups depending on the document they were given. They will be able to discuss there ideas and opinions of their given document and what they wrote down in their document analysis work sheet, in their groups they will prepare for their in class debate. Use the[|Rubric for Point-Counterpoint Debate], to present students with instructions for preparing for the classroom debate. Have them research the additional information on the websites given and they will need to clarify their position in the debate. day 2: As outlined in the [|Rubric], students then do a "point counterpoint" debate during class time. Also assign students an essay based on their work on the debate. (See Online Assignments for more info) Day 3: Teacher will give lecture using [|Powerpoint Presentation] (The first one.) Day 4: Student will go online and explore the Interactive map. They should be able to answer all questions in interactive map accordingly. Teacher will give a review. Then students will log online to play the Road to Revolution Game. Day 5: The students will be assessed on what they have learned