DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.
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Objective: SWBAT describe the significance and diversity of American supporters in the American Revolution, and consider the impact of each group on its outcome.
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 describe the significance and diversity of American supporters in the American Revolution, and consider the impact of each group on its outcome.
Essential Questions:
- How did other countries impact the outcome of the Revolutionary War?
- How did civilian colonists support the Revolution?
- What roles did African Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
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AGENDA
- S3. Foreign Influences
- How did other countries impact the outcome of the Revolutionary War?
- S4. Civilians Pitch In
- How did civilian colonists support the Revolution?
- S5. Divided Loyalties
- What roles did African Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
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- How did other countries impact the outcome of the Revolutionary War?
- How did civilian colonists support the Revolution?
- What roles did African Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
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S3. Foreign Influences
How did other countries impact the outcome of the Revolutionary War?
- video: Battle of Saratoga (2:40)
- read aloud S3 and answer focus question 3 (pg 99)
- complete the graphic organizer row titled: Saratoga (pg 96)
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S4. Civilians Pitch In
How did civilian colonists support the Revolution?
- video: The Role of Women in the American Revolution (1:40)
- read aloud S4 and answer focus question 4 (pg 99)
- complete the graphic organizer row titled Winter at Valley Forge (pg 96)
“Molly Pitcher” took over the cannon after her husband was injured at the Battle of Monmouth.
| “Molly Pitcher” took over the cannon after her husband was injured at the Battle of Monmouth. |
Graphic Organizer: Minorities in the American Revolution (p98)
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S5. Divided Loyalties
What roles did African Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
- African Americans during the American Revolution (2:40)
- read aloud S5 and answer focus question 5 (pg 99)
- complete the graphic organizer row titled African Americans (pg 98)
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- African Americans during the American Revolution (2:40)
- read aloud S5 and answer focus question 5 (pg 99)
- complete the graphic organizer row titled African Americans (pg 98)
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EXIT TICKET
- Many individuals (including civilians) and nations contributed to the American cause in the American Revolution. Which of these supporters was most significant? Choose one and explain why their support was so significant.
