Lesson Plan : Starting An American Revolution
Teacher Name: | Maurice Skelton |
Grade: | Grade 11-12 |
Subject: | Social Studies |
Topic: | The Road to Revolution |
Content: | -As the increasingly independent-minded English colonists rebelled against Great Britain, the two sides moved closer to war. -Salutary neglect, militia, direct tax, boycott, minutemen |
Goals: | For students to understand and appreciate the many struggles the colonists had to endure in order to be free from British rule. |
Objectives: | After studying this section, you should be able to *explain the interests of both the British and the colonist between 1763 and the beginning of the Revolution. *discuss the events that led the colonists to armed resistance to British control over the colonies. |
Materials: | Copies from text |
Introduction: | During most of the colonial era, the British government followed a policy of salutary neglect, or non-interference, which allowed America's colonists to do as they wished. Britain, however, gradually tightened its control of the colonists foreign trade in order to increase revenue. From the British point of view the colonies existed to supply raw materials and to provide markets for British goods. |
Development: | |
Practice: | Select students to debate the topic "Americans should buy only American-made goods." Then ask them to suggest what parallels exist between the "Buy American" campaign of recent years and British mercantile policies in the colonies. |
Accommodations: | Students will briefly summarize newspaper articles on current events related to American History. Students will also answer U.S. History questions from GED practice test booklet |
Checking For Understanding: | Students will be able to answer definitions and questions in the section 1* assessment. Students should be able to answer the critical thinking question at the end of the assessment. |
Closure: | On May 10, 1775, a Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. The Congress assumed the powers of a central government and took steps to conduct the war that had, in fact, begun at Lexington. The Congress voted to ask the colonies for supplies and troops. |
Evaluation: | Students will be able to effectively discuss and write about topics related to chapter. |
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