5th+Grade+Unit+4-+The+Road+to+Revolution



Key Vocabulary Essential Question(s) Enduring Understandings Unit Objectives Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments ||
 * Suggested Materials

= **French and Indian War,** **The Albany Congress,** **Treaty of Paris,** **Stamp Act,** **No Taxation without Representation,** **Unification,** **Townshend Acts,** **Writs of Assistance, boycott,** **Nonimportation Agreements,** **Committee of Correspondence,** **Quartering Act,** **Boston Massacre,** **Tea Act, militia, Minuteman** =
 * __Key Vocabulary/terms:__**

__Essential Questions:__ · ** How and why did tension build between the 13 English Colonies and Great Britain? ** __ Enduring Understandings: __ __ Unit Objectives: __ · Students will be able to analyze the various events that led to an escalation of conflict resulting in the American Revolution. · Students will know how the colonists and their leaders prepared for war with Great Britain. · Students will be able to differentiate between the colonists' conflicting attitudes and positions toward seeking independence (e.g. loyalists, patriots, undecided).
 * · ** ** Was the American Revolution the only way the colonists’ voices could be heard? **
 * · What motivates and justifies a revolution?  **
 * Students will understand how and why tensions built between the colonists and Great Britain.


 * __Suggested Activities:__**

**Ø** **Open Discussion (class discusses topic together by adhering to a few guidelines without raising hands) on 'How and why did tension build between the 13 English Colonies and Great Britain?'** **Ø** **Students read/discuss information about the growth of the colonies and the desire for more fertile land in the Ohio River Valley (resources include A History of US, American Nation, Kids Discover).** **Ø** **United Streaming video presentation on the French and Indian War (search American History: Road to Revolution) [].** **Ø** **Jigsaw – Small groups read various hand-outs on the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act Crisis, the Sons/Daughters of Liberty, the Townshend Acts and the Boston Massacre - and present key information to class.** **Ø** ** United Streaming video presentation on the events leading up to the Revolution (search The Events Leading Up to War: The Revolutionary War Series) [] ** **Ø** **School House Rock video: America Rock.** **Ø** **Students write a journal entry or post a comment on teacher's blog on 'How and why did tension build between the 13 English Colonies and Great Britain?'**
 * Ø** **Whole class discussion on the Tea Act, the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts.**
 * Ø** **Discuss and examine the First Continental Congress and the Shot Heard Round the World (Battles of Lexington/Concord).**


 * __Suggested Assessments:__**

Observe student performance on activites above such as: Ohio River Valley Discussion Jigsaw on Tax Crisis & Boston Massacre Whole class discussion on the Tea Act, Boston Tea Party and The Intolerable Acts Discussion on the Shot Heard Round the World The Journal/blog entry on the Essential Question**
 * // Formative Assessments- //

Instead of (or in addition to) some kind of 'unit test' the following performance task is suggested-
 * // Summative Assessment- //

The population of the 13 Colonies considered themselves to be English citizens. Over time, many colonists felt that their rights were being abridged by the King and Parliament. Choose 8-10 events/issues that contributed to the tension between the Colonists and Great Britain during this time period in order to create a time line.**