Name:

Taylor Braggins

and JC

Date: 4/6/15 Grade: Fourth

Unit: Revolutionary War

American Revolution: An Introduction

Table of Contents: Learning Activities
Lesson / Activity #1: American Revolution Introduction and Gallery walk
Description: See, think, wonder about the image Washington Crossing the Delaware as a
class. Students rotate through stations as an introduction to the unit: a map of battles, an image
of drafting the Declaration of Independence, a flag, an image of the Boston Tea Party, and
choose a book to peruse. Each station has guiding questions to answer about the
artifact. Come back together as a class to discuss findings and what students think they already
know about the American Revolution. Record any questions and wonderings the students
have.
Objective / Learning Target: Students will be able to analyze an American Revolution artifact
by sharing details and asking questions in a class discussion.
Formative Assessment
Whole-class see, think, wonder about the image Washington Crossing the Delaware.
Circulate while students work and use an anecdotal note-taking sheet while observing
Whole-class discussion
Summative Assessment:
Students will record observations and interpretations from the artifacts on a chart and
share them in a whole class discussion.
Lesson / Activity #2: French and Indian War and Proclamation of 1763
Description: Whole class walks through and discusses a Powerpoint presentation that
includes pictures, maps, and information about the French and Indian War and the
Proclamation of 1763. Independently, students read Settlers Forbidden to Move West and
answer text-based questions about the Proclamation of 1763.
Objective / Learning Target: Students will be able to identify and explain the effects of the
French and Indian War and the resulting Proclamation of 1763.
Formative Assessment:
Whole-class discussion
Fist to five self-assessment after the powerpoint and again at the end of the lesson
Circulate while students work independently, use an anecdotal note-taking sheet
Summative Assessment:
Colonists Forbidden to Move West activity
Lesson / Activity #3: No Taxation Without Representation!
Description: Students will learn about the various taxes the British placed on them as a result
of the French and Indian war, including Sugar Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and
Townshend Acts. Students will become an expert about one of the acts in a small group and
then create a role play to teach the rest of the class about the act. Teacher will also lead Tax
Day: students will receive paper coins and be taxed for various actions in the classroom to
illustrate the frustration colonists felt.
Objective / Learning Target: Students will be able to explain and embody what each of the
taxes were and how the colonists reacted.
Formative Assessment:

Role plays (use anecdotal note-taking sheet)

Tax Day activity: Students receive paper money at the beginning of activity, which the
teacher collects as taxes for all basic classroom activities. (Whole-class discussion)
Summative Assessment:
Student note-taking sheet about each act
Lesson / Activity #4: Reading Like a Historian: Stamp Act
Description: Students read three primary source documents depicting different opinions
about Stamp Act. They will decide from which point of view the document is written, and get to
the heart of each document. We will discuss the meaning No Taxation Without
Representation as a class, using the knowledge we gained from the primary sources.
Objective / Learning Target: Students will be able to explain the idea of taxation without
representation, and will be able to judge the credibility of a primary source.
Formative Assessment:
Perspective cards: students will show their understanding of point of view by holding
up a card that either says British or Colonist
Think-Pair-Shares
Whole-class discussion
Summative Assessment:
Exit ticket: How would you explain, No Taxation Without Representation to a third
grader?