Declaring Independence - 8th Grade Social...
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10/11/15 1 What were the opposing feelings of the colonists on declaring independence from Great Britain? Warm Up: Round Robin Write As a group create a list of reasons some colonists wanted independence from Great Britain American colonists who supported Great Britain and wanted to remain a part of Britain Examples: Joseph Galloway Related Words: Red Coats King, BriGsh Colonists Synonym: Patriots Loyalist/ Tory Tories Careful. If your were a Tory you might suffer at the hands of a Patriot mob. AAer the war, Loyalists were welcomed back into Britain and her land. Colonists who supported independence from Great Britain. Famous Patriots: Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, Sam Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Ben Franklin Related Words: Rebel Traitor Treason Independence Patriots Patriots This engraving by Paul Revere in 1774 shows how many Patriots felt about how colonists were treated by Great Britain. A BriJsh subject forcing tea down a woman’s throat. Sword with the words “military law” wriPen across the blade. Boston burning in the background. Key People Patrick Henry of Virginia addressed the House of Burgesses in a moving speech imploring them to vote to separate from Britain and join the ConJnental Congress.
Transcript of Declaring Independence - 8th Grade Social...
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Whatweretheopposingfeelingsofthecolonistson
declaringindependencefromGreatBritain?
WarmUp:RoundRobinWrite
AsagroupcreatealistofreasonssomecolonistswantedindependencefromGreatBritain
AmericancolonistswhosupportedGreatBritainandwantedtoremaina
partofBritain
Examples:JosephGalloway
RelatedWords:RedCoats
King,BriGshColonists
Synonym:Patriots
Loyalist/Tory
Tories
Careful.IfyourwereaToryyoumightsufferatthehandsofaPatriot
mob.
AAerthewar,LoyalistswerewelcomedbackintoBritainandher
land.
Colonistswhosupported
independencefromGreatBritain.
FamousPatriots:PatrickHenry,PaulRevere,SamAdams,JohnAdams,ThomasJefferson,GeorgeWashington,BenFranklin
RelatedWords:RebelTraitorTreason
Independence
Patriots
Patriots
ThisengravingbyPaulReverein1774showshowmanyPatriotsfeltabouthowcolonistsweretreatedbyGreatBritain.
ABriJshsubjectforcingteadown
awoman’sthroat.
Swordwiththewords“militarylaw”wriPenacrosstheblade.
Bostonburninginthe
background.
KeyPeople
PatrickHenryofVirginiaaddressedtheHouseofBurgessesinamovingspeechimploringthemto
votetoseparatefromBritainandjointheConJnentalCongress.
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JosephGalloway
GallowaywasalawyerfromPhiladelphiaandwasamemberoftheFirstConJnentalCongress.HewasupsetthatsomanymembersoftheCongresswantedtoseverJeswithGreatBritain.HemadeaspeechtotheCongresshopingtoexplainwhyBritainactedasshedidandwhyitwasimportanttoremainloyaltoher.
ALookatOpposingForces
• PatrickHenrywantedtheConGnentalCongresstodeclareindependence
• JosephGallowaywantedthecoloniststobethankfultoBritain
• ReadtheexcerptsofGalloway’sspeech
“Givemelibertyorgivemedeath!”
• Let’slistentoPatrickHenry’sspeech• hXp://www.history.org/almanack/life/poliGcs/giveme.cfm
Aswelistenthinkaboutthis:1. WhatdoesHenrysayBritainhasdonetothe
colonies?2. HowdoeshesaytheKingandParliament
havereactedtotheCongress’pe??ons?3. Listenforpersuasivephrasesheuses.
Galloway’sReasonsWhyAmericaShouldn’tDeclareIndependence
• ReadAloud• Asweread:1. WhatdoesGallowaysayBritaindidfor
Americain1764?2. HowdoeshedefendParliament’spassingof
theacts(StampAct)?3. WhatdoesGallowaybelievewillhappenifthe
twocountriesgotowar?
Imagineyou’reacolonist…
• WhataretheprosandconsofgoingtowarwithGreatBritaininthe1770s?Pros Cons
Chancetogainindependence Britainhasastrongarmy
Endoftaxes Harshpunishmentsiftheylose
EndofmarGallaw(removalofRedCoatoppression)
CivilWar(AmericanPatriotsvs.AmericanLoyalists)
ControlofgovernmentandcreaGonoflaws
Evenhighertaxesiftheylostthewar
Controlofeconomy
Whatwasthegoalofthe2ndConJnentalCongressinwriJngthe
DeclaraJonofIndependence?
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TextAnalysis• hXps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zy25FkPVvc• AswereadtheDeclaraGonofIndependence,HIGHLIGHT– Keywordsandphrasesyouhear– ThingswehavelearnedaboutintheRoadtotheRevoluGon
– SoluGonsthecolonistspropose
• Whatweresomethingsthatyouhighlighted?
WhatistheDeclaraGon?
• LookattheformatofthedeclaraGon– AnintroducGon– Abody– Signatures
• WhatisthedeclaraGon?
• IT’SALETTER!!!!• TheConGnentalCongresswrotealeXertoKingGeorgeIIIexplainingwhytheywereupsetandtellinghimtheywerenolongergoingtoliveunderhisrule.
PartsoftheDeclaraGon
• 1:ThePreamble:AnIntroducGon• 2:StatementofBeliefs• 3:ListofComplaints• 4:StatementofprioraXemptstofixtheproblems
• 5:DeclaraGonofIndependence:TheConclusion
TranslaGngtheDoI
• Eachgrouphasbeenassigned1ofthe5parts• Step1:Workasagrouptoputyourpartinwordsan8thgraderwouldunderstand.– SelectonepersonwithlegiblehandwriGngtocopyyourtranslaGonontoapieceofcomputerpaper
• Step2:AnswerthereasoningquesGonsthataccompanyyourpart
• Step3:Shareyourfindingswiththeclass
Preamble
• Whatreason(s)didtheFoundingFathersgivefortheirdecisiontowriteoutadeclaraGon?
• TheGmehascometobreakGeswithacorruptgovernment
• GodhasenGtledALLhumanstotherightoflifeandhappinessandBritainhastakenthatrightaway
StatementofBeliefs
• WhatbeliefsdidtheFoundingFathersdeclaretheyheld?
• AllmenareequalintheeyesofGod• EveryoneisenGtledtolife,freedom,andhappiness• Whenarulinggovernmentendsthoserights,thepeopleshouldbreakaway
• GovernmentsshouldnotbechangedforpeXyreasons• Whenagovernmentusesandabusesitspeopleitiswrong!
• GreatBritainhaswrongedthecoloniesintheseways
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ListofGrievances• Whatare5complaints?Whataresomeevents
menGoned?• 1:HehashaltedimmigraGontothecolonies• 2:RefusestogivecolonistsRepresentaGoninLegislature• 3:Imposestaxesonthepeoplewithoutconsent• 4:Cutofftrade• 5:Deprivesthepeopleoftrialbyjuryanddeclaresguilt• 6:Takenawayrightsofcolonialgovernments• 7:Hehassentmercenaries(soldiers)towagewar
• ReferencestaxesandtheQuarteringAct• ReferencesLexingtonandConcord
StatementofAXemptstoResolveProblems
• Inwhatwaystheframersclaimtohavealreadytriedinaddressingthecomplaints?
• TheyhavesentwarningstoBriGshlegislature• RemindedthemofthereasonstheyareinAmerica
• TheyhavetriedappealingtoBriGshcourtsandjudges
DeclaraGonofIndependence
• Whatwillchangeinthecoloniesasaresult?• Theywillbefreeandindependentstates• Theirallegiancetothecrownisdone• Theyhavethepowertostartwar• Declarepeace• Getallies• Controltheireconomy
WarmUp:• hXps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfRaWAtBVg
• FindthePost-ItNotes• Eachpersongets3• Oneachnote,writeacomplaintyouhaveasateenager
and/orasastudentatDaniels
• Addyournotestotheposterupfrontwhenyouaredone
I don’t like….
I hate it when my parents…
I wish our teachers…
BreakUpLeXer
• ReadtheBreakUpLeXer• WhatsimilariGesdoyouseewiththeDoI?• HowmanypartsareintheleXer?
Mrs.Dunhem’sDeclaraGonofIndependenceWhenintheGmeofbeinganeducatoritbecomesnecessaryforschoolstobreakGeswithpolicymakersandpoliGcians.
WhilesomeGmestheyfeeltheirdecisionsaremadeintheinterestofeducators,Ifeeltherearemanypoliciesthathavenobusinessinpublicschools.
Wearesupposedtodowhatisbestforstudents,butmanyGmesdecisionsaremadebythosewhohaveneverbeenina
classroom.Thesepoliciesaremeanttoholdsomeoneaccountable,howevertheyareholdingthewrongpeoplesoleyresponsiblefortheeducaGonofouryouth.WhenthisstringofpoliciesbecomestoomuchthatateacherisspendingmoreGmefulfillingduGesthanteaching,itisGmeforthecommunitytomakeachange.
TheyhavetestedstudentstoomanyGmes.Studentdatadoesnottakeintoaccountoutsideofschoolinfluences.TeachersaremorethaneducatorsandneedGmetospendonsocialdevelopmentandbuildingglobalciGzens.TeachersareheldaccountableforthescoresofstudentswithoutconsideraGonofthestudents’aptudetowardschooland
learning.TeachersareexpectedtodifferenGatelessonsformulGplelearninglevelsandabiliGesinoneclassroomClassroomsareoverloadedandoneononeGmeislimited.Policymakershaven’ttakentheGmetocomeintoschoolsandseewhatwedo.Teachershaveprotestedoverandoveragainaboutthesepolicies.WehaveheldMoralMondaystryingtoinfluencethe
legislaturetoworkwithustomakeourschoolsthebesttheycanbe.Wehavevotedincandidateswefeltwouldhelpusachieveourgoals.
ItisbecauseofthesereasonsIfeelitisGmeforeducatorstobreakawayfrompolicymakersandtakecontrolofeducaGon.
Indoingsowecanincorporateteststhataccommodateourlearners.Wecancreatepersonalporqoliosforstudentsexplainingoutsideforcesthathaveimpactedstudentlearning.Wecandevelopmeaningfullessonsoutsideoftestedcurriculumtobringunderstandingtoourstudents.
Sincerely,Teachers
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Brainstorming• InyournotebooksGtlethepageMYDECLARATIONOFINDEPENDENCE
• Step1:• Comeupwith3ideasofindependenceforyourself(Parents,school,coach,homework,bully,socialstatus,middleschooldrama,racialdiscriminaGon)
• OR• Comeupwithacharacter(s)whohas/havesomethingorsomeonetodeclareindependencefrom(HarryPoXerfromVoldemort,Cinderellafromherstep-family,CookiefromLuciousLyon,ZanefromOneDirecGon)
Grievances
• Step2:• ForeachDeclaraGon,comeupwith5grievancesyouhavewithit(orforyourcharacters)
Step3:
• DecidewhichofyourthreechoicesyouhavetheSTRONGESTdeclaraGonfor
• WriGngyourdeclaraGon– ModelitasertheactualDoI– Shouldhave5parts(justlikethebreakupleXerandMrsDunhem’sleXer)
– Besuretosignitattheend!
