Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: August 1, 2016

Week: 2

	Description
M	1. Declaration of independence... handout of complaints/discuss & pass around Declaration. See actual declaration... http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/images/declarationscanbig.jpg 2. Read "Price They Paid" handouts in pairs & select top 2 who sacrificed most 3. Revolutionary war causes: pair up, read handouts, rank top 2 arguments on the loyalist and patriot sides, choose a position. Objective: identify causes of the American Revolution
T	1. Finish loyalists'/patriots' arguments & add to notes 2. watch "No More Kings" 3. Read 13 Things about American Revolution... 4. Notes on war advantages (pairs try to list them) *If time, do Ships' Manifests activity Objective: compare war advantages from the Revolution
W	1. Go over/show picture of John Hanson 2. George Washington fun quiz 3. Show Mount Vernon slideshow 4.  Schoolhouse Rock: "Fireworks" & "Shot Heard Round the World" Objective: identify falsehoods about George Washington
Th	1. The Patriot clips/students jot down relevant points, what was learned f 2.  Pass out textbooks & complete worksheet Page 39 & 63 Objective: visualize and experience what the Revolution was like
F	*Grade worksheet 1.  Final clip of The Patriot, discuss lessons learned 2. Exercise on rewriting the Declaration in your own words Objective: explain why we needed a new constitution