Why the Colonies broke away from Great Britain
Once students enter the classroom, they will listen to the teacher read the "found break-up note." Following the reading of the note, the class will discuss opinions on the justification of the "break-up note." Only then will the teacher inform the students that the note was fake and written to mimic the colonist's motives for declaring independence from Great Britain. Next, students will complete an admit slip to be collected, in which they will write down three reasons colonists may have wanted their independence.Following the collection of the admit slip, the teacher will show the YouTube clip "Declaration of Independence: Too Late to Apologize." The teacher will ask students to take brief notes while watching the clip. Next, students will use the class smartboard to take turns filling in a t-graph with reasons colonist wanted independence and why Great Britain wanted the colonies.
Students will complete an exit slip giving their opinion on whether or not the colonists were justified in the break-up. Students will complete a crossword puzzle for homework if they did not finish in class. Teacher will ask students to think about what they know about Thomas Jefferson and John Locke.
This will set up for the next class, where students will use blogger.com. Students will be broken up into groups of three and assigned to write a blog as though they were either a colonist or Great Britain. (Teacher will designate who will be who)
Crossword:
Crossword Key:
Video link:
Baby luv,
It’s hard for me to write but I think we need to talk. We’ve been together for so long. Thru good times and some not so good times. We really depended on each other and all of our friends thought we were so cute and MFEO. But things changed. You don’t talk to me like you used to. You never ask me bout what I think. I really feel like I need some space to be on my own and be myself. I don’t know how else to say this but I think we’re over. OVER. And I hate to say it, but I think you are the reason we’re breaking up.
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Goodbye
It says “The American Colonies”….turn to page 187
I just added the crossword to mine!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of the t-chart on the smartboard! I think the kids would love doing this and it gets them up out of their seats! Plus the collaborative activity will be good for differentiation and getting everyone involved.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea with crossword puzzle. I think when students can learn about history in a fun way then they will choose to be more engaged into your lesson. Thank you for sharing the crossword puzzle.
ReplyDeleteThe crossword puzzle is a neat idea to get student's minds engaged in the lesson. Anything that is a little out of the ordinary, but still effective is a welcome change to most people.
ReplyDeleteYour blog layout is great; it's really easy to read, and the books are a nice touch. I think the lesson is really cool, the idea of putting it in the language of teenagers will go such a long way.
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