12/2 & 12/3 --- 3.4 Fighting for Independence /// S1. War Begins at Bunker Hill /// S2. New Battlefields of America

DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.

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Objective: 

• SWBAT describe the Battle at Bunker Hill and the American military tactics used to fight the British.

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.

Essential Questions: 

• What was the fighting like at the first major battle of the Revolutionary War?
• What tactics did the Americans use to fight the British?

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AGENDA

• S1. War Begins at Bunker Hill
• What was the fighting like at the first major battle of the Revolutionary War?
• S2. New Battlefields of America
• What tactics did the Americans use to fight the British?

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S1. War Begins at Bunker Hill

What was the fighting like at the first major battle of the Revolutionary War?

• video: Bunker Hill (2:30)
• read aloud S1 and answer focus question 1 (pg 99)
• complete the graphic organizer row titled BUNKER HILL (pg 96)

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S2. New Battlefields of America

What tactics did the Americans use to fight the British?

• video: George Washington Retakes New Jersey (5:15)
• read aloud S1 and answer focus question 2 (pg 99)
• complete the graphic organizer row titled TRENTON (pg 96)

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