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#The colonists game organizer series#
Part 1 is a Powerpoint that imagines the opening paragraph as a series of break-up texts. Declaration of Independence: Break it Down - A series of activities designed to make the Declaration of Independence understandable for students. Here's the presentation and the student guide which is also available as a worksheet if you still exist in the real world.Ĩ. Students consider how they'd react to their parents' decisions and then see how that ties back to history. This looks at the causes of the Revolutions as analogies to a teenager struggling with, arguably, overbearing parents. Of Parents and Children - This is adapted from a lesson that I've seen in many places and cannot determine the origin of! Whoever made this, you are cool. Lexington: Who Fired First? - Adapted (shortened) from an HSI lesson where students review a series of sources, both primary and secondary, in an attempt to determine who fired the first shot at Lexington.ħ. HA: Common Sense - A close-reading of Thomas Paine's Common Sense with an eye toward biased language and persuasive techniques.Ħ. I've set up a spreadsheet students can use if you are 1:1 - WTE: Boston Student Sheet.ĥ.
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Students analyze and evaluate each source before deciding if the British soldiers involved were guilty of murder. Weigh the Evidence: The Boston Massacre - A series of 7 sources of information on the Boston Massacre. Helps students see the importance of grouping and classifying for historians.Ĥ. The worksheet that goes along with the cards can be modified to fit whatever characteristics of the colonies one might be trying to highlight. Categorizing the Colonies - Students work in groups to compare, contrast and categorize the 13 Colonies into different groups using fact cards. Pocahontas: Did it Happen? - A comparison of popular accounts of Pocahontas saving John Smith as shown in The New World and Disney's Pocahontas to primary and secondary accounts of the same event.ģ.
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High interest and perfect for Common Core. History Mystery: Roanoke - Students examine 8 sources to try to determine what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke.