SS5


Grade 5, Social Studies Std 7: Identify events leading to the American Revolution including the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.

Lesson Plans: Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? Students will demonstrate an understanding of the historical development and current status of economic principles, institutions, and processes needed to be effective citizens, consumers, and workers in American society. The American Revolution: Causes Students will develop an understanding of the taxation of the American colonists by the British led to the revolution. Colonial Reaction To The Stamp Act Students will analyze primary documents, practice the skills of observation, analysis, and interpretation, and understand colonial reaction to Great Britain's tax legislation-specifically the Stamp Act of 1765. Revolutionary War Patriots and Loyalists Students are assigned a prominent man or woman of the American Revolutionary War. The students will write a two-page report, create a poster person, and then present their research to the class in first person. Revolutionary War, Research, and Technology During this lesson, students conduct research on specified topics related to the Revolutionary War. The lesson should be used at the culmination of a unit of study on the American Revolution. Students will use word processing software and the Internet to create summaries of what they have learned during the unit. The American Spy in Me This is a fun and innovative lesson that will allow students to travel through history in a unique fashion. through Internet research and video conferencing students will get a real blast from the past. Students will hold on to their seats as they travel back in history in order to learn about colonial espionage and spy rings. Students will enjoy reenacting history with themselves as the main characters. This lesson will help foster a better understanding of the American Revolution and the sacrifices made by our great patriots.

Resources: The American Revolution: Fifteen American Revolution lesson ideas with background information, activities, quizzes. Boston Massacre: Lots of information from the Boston Massacre Historical Society. The American Revolution: Declaration of Independence and the War: Using artwork and photographic re-creations, this program illustrates the colonists' struggle for independence from British rule. United Streaming. The American Revolution: From Colonies to Constitution: The Road to Revolution: 1763-1775: This program looks at the chain of events that began in 1763 and ended in 1775 with the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775. Included are the Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, the Quartering Act, the Townshend Acts, the Committees of Correspondence, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress. United Streaming. Countdown to Independence: Causes of the American Revolution: The Boston Tea Party, the Quartering Acts, the Boston Massacre and the Intolerable Acts contributed to the American Revolution, a revolution that signaled the birth of the first new nation in modern history, and became a sign of hope for our country and for people throughout the world seeking freedom. United Streaming. Prelude to Revolution: Colonial taxation, Continental Congress, the Intolerable Acts. Seeds of Liberty: Causes of the American Revolution: Full motion footage accompanied by stills of historical events combined with dramatized narration explain the growing unrest between America and Great Britain in the pre-revolutionary period. United Streaming. Taxation Without Representation: Precursor to conflict. Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B) Students label events that led to the American Revolution from illustrations. (E/B) Students identify events that led to the American Revolution depicted in illustrations and phrases. (D) Students compare/contrast events leading to the American Revolution using graphic organizers (i.e. Venn diagrams) and word boxes. (E) Students interpret the effects of an event that led to the American Revolution on the people's lives using their social studies texts, trade books or the Internet. (E/B, D, E) Students look for vocabulary that explores events leading to the American Revolution.
© 2005 Mobile County Public Schools MCPSS is not responsible for the content of links beyond the initial levels in this site and does not officially endorse any software or other products mentioned on the linked sites.