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What do you know about the American Revolution?
Now take these words and create “categories” for them
Last, let’s organize this information
Terms• Thomas Jefferson• Declaration of Independence• Ben Franklin• Boston Tea Party• Boston Massacre• Stamp/Sugar Act• Yorktown• Richmond• Taxation without representation• King George III• Pontiac• George Washington• French Indian War• Intolerable Acts• Lexington/Concord
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LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONLESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION
VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What principles shaped the American Revolution?
How did the writings of the time period reflect this?
What principles shaped the American Revolution?How did the writings of the time period reflect this?
CONCEPT:Autobiography
LEQ:In what style is this autobiography written and how does that style reflect this time period?
VOCABULARY:AutobiographyStyleAphorism
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Read the selectionWhen you are finished, begin working on the
character analysis (in your notes):• How is he described?• What are his actions?• What are the motivations for those actions?• How do other respond to those actions?• What conflicts does he face (internal and external)?
Answer the LEQ!!
• In what style is this autobiography written and how does that style reflect this time period?
What principles shaped the American Revolution?How did the writings of the time period reflect this?
CONCEPT:Autobiography
LEQ:In what style is this autobiography written and how does that style reflect this time period?
VOCABULARY:AutobiographyStyleAphorism
CONCEPT:Heroic Couplet
LEQ: What literary devices can improve description?
VOCABULARY:AllusionMetaphorSimile
What can we learn about leadership from writings about and images of George Washington?
• During and after the American Revolution, as the new nation was struggling to define itself, George Washington emerged as a leader.
• Although he expressed reluctance to enter public life, he played a significant role in setting precedents for the infant government. In this lesson, we will use a combination of artwork, everyday objects, and primary sources to learn about George Washington's life and leadership.
• http://www.moneyfactory.gov/faqlibrary.html
Photo gallery• Go to each monitor• Examine the photo• See if you can create a metaphor, a
simile, AND an allusion for each photo
• Use these literary devices to create a poem that describes the concept beautiful in one of the photos.– 5 to 10 lines– Does not have to rhyme
Golden Gate Bridge
Pyramids of Giza
Great Barrier Reef
Taj Mahal
Great Wall of China
Empire State Building
What principles shaped the American Revolution?How did the writings of the time period reflect this?
CONCEPT:Autobiography
LEQ:In what style is this autobiography written and how does that style reflect this time period?
VOCABULARY:AutobiographyStyleAphorism
CONCEPT:Heroic Couplet
LEQ: What literary devices can improve description?
VOCABULARY:AllusionMetaphorSimile
CONCEPT:Credo
LEQ: What was the structure of the Declaration of Independence?
VOCABULARY:credo
What are they saying?
Paragraphs 1 and 2 state the purpose of theDeclaration: dissolving the bondswith Great Britain. These paragraphsalso provide reasons for the necessityof this dissolution.
1. people have rights that cannotbe taken away2. governments are created to protect these
rights3. governments derive their right to exist from
the people4. when the government does not respect these
rights, the people have a right to rebel
Paragraphs 3-31 list grievances against King George and describe the attempts of the colonies to address those grievances.
Paragraph 32 is the officialdeclaration of the independence ofthe colonies.
page 164 • What is the reason for the drafting of the Declaration as stated in its opening
paragraph?page 165 • What had the king asked the people to relinquish? What did this right mean to
them? Why is such a right formidable to tyrants?page 166 • 3. What has the king dissolved? What effect has this had on the people? • 4. What has the king declared? What destructive things has he done?page 167 • 5. What powers do the united colonies have?
page 164 What is the reason for the drafting of the Declaration as stated in its opening paragraph?The purpose of the Declaration is to dissolve the bonds of one people with another.
page 165 What had the king asked the people to relinquish? What did this right mean to them? Why is such a right formidable to tyrants?The king had asked the people of the colonies to relinquish their right to representation in the government.The value of this right was immeasurable to the people. Such aright is formidable to tyrants because people ruled byrepresentatives will oppose a tyrant’s wishes.
page 166 3. What has the king dissolved? What effect has this had on the people? The king has dissolved representative houses in the colonies. TheDeclaration claims that when a leader dissolves a representativebody, then the legislative powers that were invested in that bodyreturn to the people themselves. The effect of the king’s action is that the people are exposed to internal and external turmoil.
4. What has the king declared? What destructive things has he done?The king has declared the colonies outside his protection. He has waged war against them, plundered their seas, ravaged their coasts, burned their towns, and destroyed lives.
page 167 5. What powers do the united colonies have?
The united colonies have full power to make war, to make peace, to form alliances, to conduct trade, and to do anything else thatindependent countries do.