<p>This collection is intended to accompany a study of the major events of the American Revolution. In this study the following goals are targeted: </p> <p><strong><u>Big Ideas: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>We must be alert, questioning, and thoughtful readers of history. </li><li>All retelling of history is an interpretation. </li><li>Historical context is critical for understanding artifacts and historical interpretations. </li><li>History is multifaceted and can be understood differently from multiple perspectives. </li><li>Historical events are connected to current events. </li></ul><p><strong><u>Expert Thinking: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>Analyze primary and secondary sources for relevant historical details.</li><li>Synthesize details to understand the story of America’s founding.</li><li>Explain and analyze cause and effect relationships across historical events. </li><li>Interpret history using a variety of sources and understanding of perspectives, including: personal stories, events, and factual knowledge. </li></ul><p><strong><u>Guiding Questions: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>What forces affect historical change? (i.e. people, events, and ideas)</li><li>What are the important historical facts in the American Revolution? </li><li>What events led to the American Revolution?</li></ul><p><strong><u>Standards: </u></strong></p> <p><strong>Section 1: </strong><strong> Colonial America and the French and Indian War</strong></p> <ul><li>4.7.1. Locate and identify the first 13 colonies and explain how their location and natural environment influenced their development. </li><li>4.7.10. Explain how the British colonial period created the basis for the development of political self-government and a free-market economic system. </li><li>4.8.2 Explain how political, religious, and economic ideas and interests brought about the Revolution. </li></ul><p><strong>Section 2: Conflicting Interests </strong><br /></p> <ul><li>4.8.2 Explain how political, religious, and economic ideas and interests brought about the Revolution (e.g., resistance to imperial policy, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, taxes on tea, and Coercive Acts). </li><li>4.8.3. Describe the significance of the First and Second Continental Congresses and of the Committees of Correspondence.</li></ul><p><strong>Section 3: Declaring Independence </strong><br /></p> <ul><li>4.8.4. Identify the people and events associated with the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence and the document’s significance, including the key political concepts it embodies, the origins of those concepts, and its role in severing ties with Great Britain. </li><li>4.9.6. Explain how the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence changed the way people viewed slavery.</li></ul><p><strong>Section 4: The Revolution, Briefly </strong></p> <ul><li>4.9 Describe the course and consequences of the American Revolution. </li><li>4.9.1. Locate and identify the major military battles, campaigns, and turning points of the Revolutionary War. </li><li> 4.9.2. Understand the roles of the American and British leaders, and the Indian leaders’ alliances on both sides. </li><li>4.9.3. Understand the roles of African Americans, including their alliances on both sides (especially the case of Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation and its impact on the war).</li></ul><p><strong>Section 5: Building the New Nation </strong><br /></p> <ul><li>4.10. Students describe the people and events associated with the development of the U.S. Constitution. </li><li>4.10.1. Describe the significance of the new Constitution of 1787, including the struggles over its ratification and the reasons for the Bill of Rights.  </li><li>4.10.2. Describe the direct and indirect (or enabling) statements of the conditions on slavery in the Constitution and their impact on the emerging U.S. nation-state. </li><li>4.10.3. Describe how the Constitution is designed to secure our liberty by both empowering and limiting central government. </li><li>4.10.4. Understand the meaning of the American creed that calls on citizens to safeguard the liberty of individual Americans within a unified nation, to respect the rule of law, and to preserve the Constitution.</li></ul><p><strong><u>Usage: </u></strong></p> <p>These artifacts are intended to provide students with a consistent opportunity to examine historical artifacts in order to make observations and connections to events of the time period. it is suggested that students examine 1-2 items at a time on a regular basis in order to evaluate each item as a historical source using a See-Think-Wonder routine. </p><p>#LearnwithTR<br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p>

<p>This collection is intended to follow a study of the major events of the American Revolution. Students will examine a set of 1860s era renderings of the major events of the American Revolution and consider what story these images were intended to tell about the creation of America. Students are expected to compare and contrast the images with their gained knowledge of major historical events to consider what goals a creator may have had in creating this particular set of images and whether or not these images fairly portray the founding story. In this study the following goals are targeted: </p> <p><strong><u>Big Ideas: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>We must be alert, questioning, and thoughtful readers of history. </li><li>All retelling of history is an interpretation. </li><li>Historical context is critical for understanding artifacts and historical interpretations. </li><li>History is multifaceted and can be understood differently from multiple perspectives. </li><li>Historical events are connected to current events.</li></ul><p><strong><u>Expert Thinking: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>Analyze primary and secondary sources for relevant historical details.</li><li>Synthesize details to understand the story of America’s founding.</li><li>Explain and analyze cause and effect relationships across historical events. </li><li>Interpret history using a variety of sources and understanding of perspectives, including: personal stories, events, and factual knowledge.</li></ul><p><strong><u>Guiding Questions: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>What criteria should be used to evaluate a historical interpretation? </li><li>How can we interpret events to accurately retell history? </li><li>When is an interpretation of history "fair"? </li><li>What tools can creators use to convey meaning when retelling history? Why might they choose to present a certain perspective? </li></ul><p><strong><u>Standards: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>4.8.5. Identify the views, lives, and influences of key leaders during this period (e.g., King George III, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams). </li><li>SSA.3. Students explain how the present is connected to the past, identifying both similarities and differences between the two, and how some things change over time and some things stay the same. </li><li>SSA.5. Students distinguish cause from effect and identify and interpret the multiple causes and effects of historical events</li><li><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/5/5/">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.5</a> Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.</li><li><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/5/6/">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.6</a> Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.</li><li>CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.RL.5.4 Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.</li></ul><p><br /></p><p>#LearnwithTR</p>

<p><u></u></p> <p>This collection is intended to follow a study of the major events of the American Revolution. Students will examine different artistic interpretations of the American Revolution in order to consider how events are portrayed differently based on the author's perspective. In this study the following goals are targeted: </p> <p><strong><u>Big Ideas: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>We must be alert, questioning, and thoughtful readers of history. </li><li>All retelling of history is an interpretation. </li><li>Historical context is critical for understanding artifacts and historical interpretations. </li><li>History is multifaceted and can be understood differently from multiple perspectives. </li><li>Historical events are connected to current events.</li></ul><p><strong><u>Expert Thinking: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>Analyze primary and secondary sources for relevant historical details.</li><li>Synthesize details to understand the story of America’s founding.</li><li>Explain and analyze cause and effect relationships across historical events. </li><li>Interpret history using a variety of sources and understanding of perspectives, including: personal stories, events, and factual knowledge.</li></ul><p><strong><u>Guiding Questions: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>What criteria should be used to evaluate a historical interpretation? </li><li>Why is a single source insufficient for understanding a period of history? </li></ul><p><strong><u>Standards: </u></strong></p> <ul><li>SSA.3. Students explain how the present is connected to the past, identifying both similarities and differences between the two, and how some things change over time and some things stay the same. </li><li>SSA.5. Students distinguish cause from effect and identify and interpret the multiple causes and effects of historical events</li><li><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/5/5/">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.5</a> Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.</li><li><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/5/6/">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.6</a> Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.</li><li>CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.RL.5.4 Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.</li></ul><p>#LearnwithTR<br /></p>