A series of exciting exercises for a dynamic topic, The American Revolution: This Toolbook includes: The Causes; the Declaration of Independence; the Revolutionary War; the Leaders; the Results―who won the battles and who won the war.
Students are sure to be engaged in learning the critical points about the American Revolution by:
- Studying a timeline of a dozen years of grievances, 1763–1776
- Lectures with graphic organizers
- Documents: quotations, speeches, political cartoons.
- Problem-solving: What if your school were run the way the British ran the colonies?
- Thought provoking exercises: Why should the British have won the war?
- Women of the Revolutionary War
- Group collaborations: What were the ideals embedded in the Declaration of Independence and how did slavery contradict those ideals?
- Evaluate: What was our revolution’s impact on the rest of the world?
- Role-playing is fun: If you were General Washington, what would you have done?
- Lots of important terms learned through "The ABCs of the American Revolution" and "Can you talk like a patriot?"
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| Introduction | |
| #1 Lecture | Once upon a time...“Mother England” |
| #2 Lecture | What was the American Revolution? |
| #3 Graphic organizer | The American Revolution - who, what, when, where, why, and how? |
| The Causes | |
| All of the lectures can be turned into a timeline . . . | |
| #4 Graphic organizer | The four causes of the American Revolution |
| #5 Lecture | What was salutary neglect? What was mercantilism? |
| #6 Timeline | The French & Indian War - Causes & Results |
| #7 Timeline | The Proclamation of 1763 - Causes & Results |
| #8 Document | The Proclamation of 1763 |
| #9 Timeline | The Sugar Act, 1764 |
| #10 Document | The Sugar Act, 1764 |
| #11 Timeline | The Currency Act, 1764, The Quartering Act, 1765, Stamp Act, 1765 |
| #12 Document | The Stamp Act, 1765 |
| #13 Document | The Stamp Act Congress, 1765 |
| #14 Document | The Virginia Resolves, 1765 |
| #15 Document | The Declaratory Act, 1766 |
| #16 Timeline | The Townshend Acts, 1767 |
| #17 Document | The Townshend Acts, 1767 |
| #18 Document | Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, 1767 (by John Dickinson) |
| #19 Timeline | The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, 1773 |
| #20 Timeline | The Intolerable Acts, 1774 |
| #21 Document | The Intolerable Acts, 1774 |
| #22 Document | The First Continental Congress, 1774 |
| #23 Document | “Give me liberty, or give me death!” (speech by Patrick Henry, 1775) |
| #24 Timeline | Concord & Lexington |
| #25 Timeline | The Second Continental Congress, 1775 |
| #26 Document | The Declaration of Rebellion, 1775 |
| #27 Document | Common Sense, 1776 (pamphlet by Tom Paine) |
| #28 Document | Resolution for Independence, 1776 (Richard Henry Lee) |
| #29 Game | “The Chronology Game” - put the events into chronological order |
| #30 Internet | Interpret 8 famous cartoons about the American Revolution. |
| #31 Group analysis | “What if your school were run the way the British ran the colonies?” |
| #32 Game | “The Top Ten reasons why the colonists broke away from England” |
| #33 Student projects | “Students teach the class!” |
| #34 Game | “What caused the American Revolution?” |
| #35 Game | “What caused the American Revolution?” (recall terms) |
| #36 Game | “Can you talk like a patriot?” (define terms) |
| The Declaration of Independence | |
| #37 Lecture | John Locke’s theories: Natural Rights and the Social Contract |
| #38 Chart | John Locke’s theories: Reappear in the Declaration of Independence |
| #39 Document | The Declaration of Independence is a set of ideals |
| #40 Game | The Bell Game: “Name that Ideal!” |
| #41 Lecture | “We hold these truths to be self-evident . . .” |
| #42 Group analysis | Where did these truths come from? |
| #43 Group analysis | “Life is like a rock group”: |
| #44 Lecture | How the Declaration and Revolution inspired the world. |
| #45 Game | “The ABCs of the Declaration of Independence” (recall terms) |
| #46 Game | “Can you talk about the Enlightenment?” (define terms) |
| #47 Student projects | “Students teach the class!” |
| The Revolutionary War | |
| #48 Graphic organizer | The Revolutionary War can be broken down into 7 stages. The most important: Causes, Turning Point, and Results. |
| #49 Game | “Strengths & Weakness” - an assessment of the British and Americans |
| #50 Chart | In a certain sense, George Washington was David fighting Goliath. |
| #51 Mapping | As you tell the story, students color 16 places on a U.S. map. |
| #52 Game | “The Forehead Game” - your partner gives clues, you guess the battle. |
| #53 Internet w/ maps | Using maps of battles, student volunteers explain the battles. |
| #54 Game | “Name that Battle!” |
| #55 Graphic organizer | “The Revolutionary War - what, what, when, where, why - and how?” |
| #56 Game | “The Revolutionary War” |
| #57 Group analysis | “What would YOU have done?” - 20 situations, what actually happened |
| #58 Game | “The ABCs of the Revolutionary War” (recall terms) |
| #59 Game | “Three Battles” - the first, the last, and the turning point |
| #60 Research | Using your textbook, figure out why there was a battle on this spot. |
| #61 Game | A game for the great outdoors! Where was this battle? |
| #62 Student projects | “Students teach the class!” |
| #63 Game | “Can you speak like a patriot?” (define terms) |
| The Leaders | |
| #64 Game | “Who am I?” 28 famous people. The class guesses who you are! |
| #65 Game | Women of the Revolutionary War and The Bell Game |
| #66 Game | The Great Race |
| #67 Document | “Remember the Ladies” by Abigail Adams |
| #68 Quotations | Great Quotations |
| #69 Film | How to use Mel Gibson’s film, “The Patriot” |
| #70 Graphic organizer | Compare Francis Marion (“the Swampfox”) and Banastre Tarleton |
| #71 Writing activity | Expressive Essay: I am George Washington |
| #72 Writing activity | Narrative Essay: I am George Washington |
| #73 Writing activity | Informative Essay: I am George Washington |
| #74 Writing activity | Persuasive Essay: I am George Washington |
| #75 Student projects | “Students teach the class!” |
| The Results | |
| #76 Graphic organizer | Four results of the American Revolution |
| #77 Game | “The ABCs of the American Revolution” (recall terms) |
| #78 Game | “Can you speak of victory?” (define terms) |
| #79 Debate | How great was the American Revolution? |
| The tests consists of 559 questions. | |
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