UNIT QUESTIONS:
What were the effects of the American Revolution?
Were the events that led to gaining our independence worth the effects of the American Revolution?
How would your life be different today if we had not won our independence?
Were the events that led to gaining our independence worth the effects of the American Revolution?
How would your life be different today if we had not won our independence?
CONTENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the text structure and pattern used to find cause and effect relationships within a text?
2. How can we show cause and effect relationships in a graphic organizer?
3. What were the series of events that led up to the Revolutionary War?
5. How do you pull essential information from nonfiction informational texts?
6. What makes a research question relevant?
7. What steps do you take to organize research?
8. What are the components of research paper?
2. How can we show cause and effect relationships in a graphic organizer?
3. What were the series of events that led up to the Revolutionary War?
5. How do you pull essential information from nonfiction informational texts?
6. What makes a research question relevant?
7. What steps do you take to organize research?
8. What are the components of research paper?
KWHLQ
We will begin our discussion finding out what we already know, what we want to learn, and then determine how we will find that information. Using the graphic organizer below we will organize the beginning of our research.
TIMELINE
Use this link to access an American Revolution Timeline. We will use this timeline to overview the American Revolution and to practice using our research strategies. Any information that we learn can be added to our KWLAQ chart.
RESEARCH WEBQUEST
MEET WITH YOUR COOPERATIVE GROUP AND ASSIGN NUMBER YOURSELVES 1-3.
All of the 1s will meet together and research questions 1- 5
All of the 2's will meet together and research questions 6-10
All of the 3's will meet together and research questions 10-13
You will be answering the following research questions using the links provided to find out more information about the American Revolution. As you are answering questions and finding out information be thinking about choices made during the American Revolution and the effect those choices had on the people of the
American Revolution as well as us today. Also use the reading strategies and notetaking strategies we have been practicing.You will record your answers on the recording sheet provided.
When you are done you will meet up again with your group and share the information you have found in your research.
WEBQUEST
The LINK after each question/statement will guide you to a webpage to help answer the research questions.
All of the 1s will meet together and research questions 1- 5
All of the 2's will meet together and research questions 6-10
All of the 3's will meet together and research questions 10-13
You will be answering the following research questions using the links provided to find out more information about the American Revolution. As you are answering questions and finding out information be thinking about choices made during the American Revolution and the effect those choices had on the people of the
American Revolution as well as us today. Also use the reading strategies and notetaking strategies we have been practicing.You will record your answers on the recording sheet provided.
When you are done you will meet up again with your group and share the information you have found in your research.
WEBQUEST
The LINK after each question/statement will guide you to a webpage to help answer the research questions.
1. Who was the King of England in the 1760's? LINK
Write two interesting things you learned about him.
2. From 1756-1763, the British and French fought over territory in North America. This struggle was called The French and Indian War. LINK
What was the result of this war for the colonists?
3. British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. LINK
Why were the colonists so angry about this act?
Do you think the colonists really tar and feather the tax collectors?
Use information from the text to help explain your thinking.
4. The Boston Massacre was on March 5, 1770. LINK
What caused this conflict?
5. Look closely at the picture below and then use the link to answer the questions. LINK
Write two interesting things you learned about him.
2. From 1756-1763, the British and French fought over territory in North America. This struggle was called The French and Indian War. LINK
What was the result of this war for the colonists?
3. British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. LINK
Why were the colonists so angry about this act?
Do you think the colonists really tar and feather the tax collectors?
Use information from the text to help explain your thinking.
4. The Boston Massacre was on March 5, 1770. LINK
What caused this conflict?
5. Look closely at the picture below and then use the link to answer the questions. LINK
7. British and American soldiers first exchanged gunshots at the towns of Lexington and Concord. LINK
What was the date of this battle?
Why had the British troops been sent to Concord and Lexington?
8. The American revolutionaries knew that the British were coming to Lexington and Concord. LINK
What system of signals was used to alert them?
9. The colonists might have lost the war without the help of France. LINK
Name two reasons the French were willing to side with American revolutionaries against England. (Hint: read all three pages to find out.)
10. What, where and when was the last major battle of the war fought? LINK
What was the date of this battle?
Why had the British troops been sent to Concord and Lexington?
8. The American revolutionaries knew that the British were coming to Lexington and Concord. LINK
What system of signals was used to alert them?
9. The colonists might have lost the war without the help of France. LINK
Name two reasons the French were willing to side with American revolutionaries against England. (Hint: read all three pages to find out.)
10. What, where and when was the last major battle of the war fought? LINK
11. Who was our first president and what year was he elected? LINK
12. Read the passage and define the following words. LINK
Loyalists
Patriot
Tories
How do you think the choices these people made affect their futures?
13. Ben Franklin, Patrick Henry and Paul Revere are well known patriots from the War of Independence. LINK
Explore this site to locate their names and information. Explain one main role or accomplishment they each had during the American Revolution.
12. Read the passage and define the following words. LINK
Loyalists
Patriot
Tories
How do you think the choices these people made affect their futures?
13. Ben Franklin, Patrick Henry and Paul Revere are well known patriots from the War of Independence. LINK
Explore this site to locate their names and information. Explain one main role or accomplishment they each had during the American Revolution.
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When you were searching for the answers to these questions which of the following strategies did you use to find the answers and record your notes? How did they help you?
"THE" strategy Keep Some/Delete Some Fact Fragments
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Writing a RESEARCH REPORT
1. Choose from the list of Historical Heroes who played a role in the American Revolution.
Benjamin Franklin Paul Revere Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson George Washington John Adams
Deborah Sampson John Paul Jones Sybil Ludington
2. Use the research options below to find at least 3-4 resources. Remember as you research to keep only the information that relates to YOUR PURPOSE - What role did he/she have in the ARW?.
From your resources you will be creating a list of fact fragments to use as the prewrite for your report.
ONLINE SEARCH:
www.google.com - be sure that you use the advanced search option to refine your findings
www.hotbot.com
BOOKS IN LITERACY CENTER:
"Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin" by James Cross Giblin
"Give Me Liberty" by Russel Freedman
"Revolutionizing War" by Scott Marquette
"Heroes of the Revolution" by David Adler
"Fight for Freedom" by Benson Bobrick
"American Revolution" by Deborah Deford
"Revolutionary War Days" by David Key
"Boston Massacre" by Elizabeth Raum
"Revolutionary War" by Elizabeth Raum
"The Declaration of Independence" by Patricia Ryan Quirl
"America Revolution Founder of the Nation" by James Meisner Jr.
"Heroines of the American Revolution"
3. Use the resources you found to create the list of information that meets/answers the purpose of the research, What role did the person have in the American Revolution?
4. Write a 4 parapgraph essay.
Paragraph 1 - Introduction
Paragraph 2 -The role the perosn had in the American Revolution
Paragraph 3 - What would have happened if the person had made a different choice, different action or made a different decision; how would it have changed the outcome of the American Revolution.
Paragraph 4 - conclusion
5. Once your rough draft is finished we will do peer and self edits. You will use the research report essay scoring guide.
Benjamin Franklin Paul Revere Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson George Washington John Adams
Deborah Sampson John Paul Jones Sybil Ludington
2. Use the research options below to find at least 3-4 resources. Remember as you research to keep only the information that relates to YOUR PURPOSE - What role did he/she have in the ARW?.
From your resources you will be creating a list of fact fragments to use as the prewrite for your report.
ONLINE SEARCH:
www.google.com - be sure that you use the advanced search option to refine your findings
www.hotbot.com
BOOKS IN LITERACY CENTER:
"Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin" by James Cross Giblin
"Give Me Liberty" by Russel Freedman
"Revolutionizing War" by Scott Marquette
"Heroes of the Revolution" by David Adler
"Fight for Freedom" by Benson Bobrick
"American Revolution" by Deborah Deford
"Revolutionary War Days" by David Key
"Boston Massacre" by Elizabeth Raum
"Revolutionary War" by Elizabeth Raum
"The Declaration of Independence" by Patricia Ryan Quirl
"America Revolution Founder of the Nation" by James Meisner Jr.
"Heroines of the American Revolution"
3. Use the resources you found to create the list of information that meets/answers the purpose of the research, What role did the person have in the American Revolution?
4. Write a 4 parapgraph essay.
Paragraph 1 - Introduction
Paragraph 2 -The role the perosn had in the American Revolution
Paragraph 3 - What would have happened if the person had made a different choice, different action or made a different decision; how would it have changed the outcome of the American Revolution.
Paragraph 4 - conclusion
5. Once your rough draft is finished we will do peer and self edits. You will use the research report essay scoring guide.
Person of the Year Awards Presentation
You will write a speech that awards the person you researched as Person of the Year! Your speech should highlight the important decisions that he/she made during the American Revolutionary War and how they impacted the outcome of the war and even us today. The rubric that will be used for the speech and project can be found on the link below.