Teacher Name: Roderick Steward Week of: October 17-21

U.S. History PAP/VG Lesson Plans

Monday / Objective: ⓇSS.8.4C Explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence, writing the Articles of Confederation, fighting the battles of Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown, enduring the winter at Valley Forge, and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783. ⓈSS.8.4B Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the American Revolution, including Abigail Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Bernardo de Gálvez, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Haym Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington.
Warm-Up: Get a textbook, open to page 143, and then analyze the map. Mentally answer the two Geography Skill questions: 1. Concord 2. About 6-7 miles.
Classwork: Students will work together in their cooperative groups to complete an HISD handout on Events of the American Revolution to 1776
ELPS Standards: Reading, and Writing
Tuesday / Objective: ⓇSS.8.4C Explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence, writing the Articles of Confederation, fighting the battles of Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown, enduring the winter at Valley Forge, and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783. ⓈSS.8.4B Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the American Revolution, including Abigail Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Bernardo de Gálvez, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Haym Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington.
Warm-Up: Discuss with a partner the what the purpose of government is according the what was written in the Declaration of Independence
Classwork: Students will watch a PowerPoint on Winning the American Revolution. They will write cloze type notes from the PowerPoint.
ELPS Standards: Listening, Reading, and Writing
Wednesday / Objective: ⓇSS.8.4C Explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence, writing the Articles of Confederation, fighting the battles of Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown, enduring the winter at Valley Forge, and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783. ⓈSS.8.4B Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the American Revolution, including Abigail Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Bernardo de Gálvez, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Haym Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington.
Warm-Up: Add Marquis de Lafayette to your foldable. Use information from the notes from the PowerPoint from yesterday. You should also read about him from page 174 for any additional information such as the quote from that page. [“The future of America is closely bound up with the future of all mankind.”]
Classwork: Classwork: Students will work read for information from the textbook to identify those who actually fought in the war, died in the war, those who supported the troops, lost lands and family members during the war. Specifically, students are looking for the roles of women, African-Americans, Loyalists, and foreigner [those from other countries], and Native Americans. This will be accomplished by completing a Winning the American Revolution handout that includes 10 questions. Completed in ISN.
ELPS Standards: Reading and Writing
Thursday / Objective: ⓇSS.8.4C Explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence, writing the Articles of Confederation, fighting the battles of Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown, enduring the winter at Valley Forge, and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783. ⓈSS.8.4B Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the American Revolution, including Abigail Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Bernardo de Gálvez, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Haym Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington.
Warm-Up: Add Bernardo Gálvez to your foldable “Leaders of the American Revolution.”
Classwork: Complete Work from yesterday and then students will complete a Word Window which includes the following: Lexington &Concord, Loyalists, Patriot, Battle of Bunker Hill, Declaration of Independence, Valley Forge Suffering, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Yorktown, & Treaty of Paris 1783.
Students will work together in their cooperative groups to read for information from the textbook to identify those who actually fought in the war, died in the war, those who supported the troops, lost lands and family members during the war. Specifically, students are looking for the roles of women, African-Americans, Loyalists, and foreigner [those from other countries], and Native Americans.
Homework: Complete Word Window and make index card “cheat sheet” to be used for History Frame tomorrow.
ELPS Standards: Reading, and Writing
Friday / Objective: ⓇSS.8.4C Explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring independence, writing the Articles of Confederation, fighting the battles of Lexington, Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown, enduring the winter at Valley Forge, and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783. ⓈSS.8.4B Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the American Revolution, including Abigail Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Bernardo de Gálvez, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Haym Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington.
Warm-Up: Discuss with a partner the important details of the American Revolution: beginning, ending, key battles, key people, alliances, etc.
Classwork: Students will complete a History Frame in which they summarize the important people, events, dates, and places of the American Revolution. For example, they should include places such as Lexington and Concord, Valley Forge, Saratoga, and Yorktown. They should also include the people such as those they included in their “American Revolution Leaders” foldable as well as their contributors to the American Revolution notes.
ELPS Standards: Listening, Reading, and Writing
Next week we will study the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, issues at the Constitutional Convention; ratifying the Constitution including the Federalists/Anti-Federalists debates;