DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.
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Objective:
- SWBAT trace and summarize key events that resulted in the colonists' decision to declare independence from Great Britain
Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
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Objective:
- SWBAT trace and summarize key events that resulted in the colonists' decision to declare independence from Great Britain
Essential Questions:
- What events led to America’s declaring independence from Great Britain?
- How did the writings of John Locke influence ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
- What does the Declaration of Independence say?
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AGENDA
- [ENGAGE] Introducing the Declaration of Independence
- S1. Americans Choose Independence
- What events led to America's declaring independence from Great Britain?
- S2. Old Ideas for a New Nation
- How did the writings of John Locke influence ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
- S3. We Hold these Truths
- What does the Declaration of Independence say?
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- What events led to America's declaring independence from Great Britain?
- How did the writings of John Locke influence ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
- What does the Declaration of Independence say?
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S1. Americans Choose Independence
- What events led to America's declaring independence from Great Britain?
- video: THomas Paine's Common Sense [3:15]
- read aloud S1 and answer focus question 1 (pg89)
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S2. Old Ideas for a New Nation
- How did the writings of John Locke influence ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
- read aloud S2 and answer focus question 2 (pg89)
S3. We Hold These Truths
- What does the Declaration of Independence say?
- What does the Declaration of Independence say?
- read aloud S3 and answer focus question 3 (pg89)
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- read aloud S3 and answer focus question 3 (pg89)
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