Month/ Week
Lesson/ Topics
Content
Skills
First Continental Congress (1774) Give me liberty or give me death (1775) Paul Revere’s Ride (1775) First Revolutionary Battles (1775) The Declaration of Independence; Thomas Paine’s Common Sense (1776)
primary source timeline
May/ Week 1
The Colonies Unite
timeline maps
May/ Week 2
Revolution
A new vision for government
May/ Week 3
document analysis
components of a logical argument; forming logical arguments components of an ethical argument; ethical arguments public speaking; clear wrtiing public speaking clear writing mastery of facts analysis of historical events active listening participating in a collaborative meaning- making activity considering different perspectives “What if” questions
Causes of the Revolution: Debate Prep
May/ Week 4
Logical Arguments
Causes of the Revolution: Debate Prep Causes of the Revolution: Debate Prep
June/ Week 1
Ethical Arguments
Rehearsing Debate Speeches
June/ Week 2
Causes of the American Revolution: Did the American Colonists Have
Debate with British School
June/ Week 3
the Right to Claim Independence from Britain?
Causes of the American Revolution: Did the American Colonists Have
Discussion with British School
June/ Week 4
the Right to Claim Independence from Britain?
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