CCSS American Rev.

Unit
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COMMONCOREUNITPLAN

Unit:3Dates:MayJuneDuration: 4weeksUnitTitle:AmericanRevolution

Standard5.6:Analyzemultipleaccountsofthesameeventortopic,notingimportantsimilarities
anddifferencesinthepointofviewtheyrepresent.
Standard5.8:Explainhowanauthorusesreasonsandevidencetosupportparticularpointsinatext,
identifyingwhichreasonsandevidencesupportwhichpoint(s).
Standard5.9:
Integrateinformationfromseveraltextsonthesametopicinordertowriteor

speakaboutthesubjectknowledgeably.
AmericanRevolution
1.StampAct(Ido)1perspective
2sources(videooraudioclip)
2.BostonMassacre(WeDo)2perspectives
4sources(2wedowithclassand2sourcesstudentspracticeindependently)
3.BostonTeaParty(YouDo)Assessmentwith2perspectives
letterstotheeditor

ACADEMICVOCABULARY

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DomainSpecific

AcademicVocabulary

merchants,BostonTeaParty,
taxation,colonists,patriots,
loyalists,smallbusiness,
corporations,economics,capitalism

viewpoint,account,perspective,effective/ineffective,point,
multipleaccounts,historicalcontext,synthesize,
argument/counterargument,lettertotheeditor,link,claims,
emotionalappeal,primarysource

LearningTasks:
Annotatetext:
Theyneedtounderstandhowanauthorusesreasonsandwhichreasonsandevidencesupportwhich
point
Understandwhatprimarysourcesare(exjournalentries)
Displaytheoriginalandannotatethattextanddiscusshowinformationwasrelayedatthattime
period.
AudioandVideo
Depth&Complexityiconsrelateovertime,ethics,multipleperspectives,trends

MATERIALS(text):
Createarticlesfrombothperspectives(Britishvs.American)

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Createdifferenttypesoftexts(newsarticles,personaleyewitnessaccountsetc.)
Showpostersanddiscusspropagandafrombothsides
Find&Showvideoclipsfrombothperspectives
Anchorchartforarguments

INSTRUCTIONALSTRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES
**SocialStudiescontentwillbetaughtinhomeroompriortotheRIlessons.Focus
inRIwillbeargumentsandperspectivesnottheactualhistoricalevents
themselves**
1.StampAct
IDoSection(modelingallparts)
Read&Annotatetoidentifytheoneperspectiveshown.
Createandshow2sources(onearticleandonevideooraudioclip)
Providejustificationstoprovetheperspective
Createanddiscussargumentanchorchart

2.BostonMassacre
WeDo
Readandannotatetoidentifytwoperspectives.Discussiconsconnections.Useanchorchart

Create/show4sources(2wedowithclass/partnersand2sourcesstudentspractice
independently)

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3.BostonTeaParty
(YouDo)Assessmentwith2perspectives
Createletterstotheeditorfrombothperspectives
RIAssessment
Leaveanchorchartshowntohelpscaffoldthewritingportionoftheassessment

ANCHORCHARTs:

Howdoauthorssupporttheirclaims?
Cciteevidence
Llinktodata
Aanalyzecounterargument
Iincludeexamples
Mmakeemotionalappeals

SoundReasoning.orNOT??
Inthetext,___(titleoftext)____,_______(author)_______arguesthat______(claim)___.
Onewaythat_____(authorslastname)____supportsthisargumentis_____(explainonetype
ofsupport)___.Anothertypeofsupportforthisargumentis___(describeasecondtypeof

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support)__.Thissupportis___(effective/ineffective)__because____(explainwhythisis
(in)effective)__.

Name:

Date:

RIAmericanRevolutionAssessment
BostonChronicle
1.(RI5.6)
a.Isarticle1writtenfromtheBritishorAmericanColonistsperspective?
Provideajustificationforyouranswer.

b.Isarticle2iswrittenfromtheBritishorAmericanColonistsperspective?
Provideajustificationforyouranswer.

2.Identifytwodifferencesbetweenthetwoopposingviewpoints.
(RI5.6)

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3.Theauthorofarticle1makesthepointEnglandhastherighttoimposetaxesonthe
Colonists.Whichofthefollowingistheevidencethatsupportsthispoint?(Theremaybemore
thanoneanswer)
a.EnglandneededtomakeupforthelossfromtheFrenchandIndianWar
b.Englandownedtheshipsthatbroughtthecolonistsover.
c.EnglandwouldusethismoneytobuylandfromtheIndians.
d.ThecolonieswereestablishedtoexpandEngland.
e.TheEastIndiaTeaCompanycouldprovidecheapertea.

4.Findapointtheauthorofarticle2makestosupporthisviewpointandgiveatleastonepiece
ofevidencetheauthorusestosupportthispoint.

5.Chooseanarticle.Usingtheanchorchart,createaparagraphthattellswhetherornotthe
authorsargumentinthearticlewaseffectiveorineffectiveandwhy.(RI5.8)

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Resources
KatiesTrunkLoyalistfamily.Girlhidesfromrebels.HoughtonMifflinStoryreadaloud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25CFhJkf8CA

IronTearsBritishviewpointofRevolutionNPRinterview
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4727956

BritishViewofBostonMassacre
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/british.htm

DifferentAccounts

http://www.bostonteaparty.org/accounts.html

BritishaccountofBostonMassacre
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bostonmassacre.htm

Website
Http://www.theroadtorevolution.wikipaces.com/2.+Stamp+Act

Videos

BostonMassacre

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http://www.history.com/topics/americanrevolution/stampact/videos

BostonTeaParty
http://www.history.com/topics/americanrevolution/bostonteaparty

ColonistsProtestBritishPolicies(overview)
http://www.history.com/topics/americanrevolution/americanrevolutionhistory/videos/colonistspr
otestbritishpolicies

Extraresource
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/american_revolution.html