Unit Title: The Fight for Independence
Content Area: Social Studies
CA Content Standard/Common Core Standard:
8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
1. Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor.
2. Analyze the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on government as a means of securing individual rights (e.g., key phrases such as “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”).
3. Analyze how the American Revolution affected other nations, especially France.
4. Describe the nation’s blend of civic republicanism, classical liberal principles, and English parliamentary traditions.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Essential Historical Questions:
What does the US government do? What does the Declaration of Independence say? How did Great Awakening ideas inspire revolution?
How did the thinkings of the Great Awakening and Enlightening influence the fight for American independence? Which one was more inspirational?
Did the Declaration of Independence really ensure individual rights for all? Is that philosophy of government still evident today?
What were the similarities and differences between the American and French Revolution? Which one was more successful and why?
What elements from the British system influenced the creation of the American government?
Big Ideas:
How moral/political ideas inspired the American Revolution
How the government established placed on emphasis on equality and unalienable rights
How that revolution inspired other nations
How the government differs from its predecessors, what it intertwines and what it has
Unit Assessments:
KWL Charts . Anticipation Guides?
Online Survey. Online Quiz. Critical Thinking Skills. Jeopardy
Group Presentations. Newsletter. Or Test.
Content Area: Social Studies
CA Content Standard/Common Core Standard:
8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
1. Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor.
2. Analyze the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on government as a means of securing individual rights (e.g., key phrases such as “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”).
3. Analyze how the American Revolution affected other nations, especially France.
4. Describe the nation’s blend of civic republicanism, classical liberal principles, and English parliamentary traditions.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Essential Historical Questions:
What does the US government do? What does the Declaration of Independence say? How did Great Awakening ideas inspire revolution?
How did the thinkings of the Great Awakening and Enlightening influence the fight for American independence? Which one was more inspirational?
Did the Declaration of Independence really ensure individual rights for all? Is that philosophy of government still evident today?
What were the similarities and differences between the American and French Revolution? Which one was more successful and why?
What elements from the British system influenced the creation of the American government?
Big Ideas:
How moral/political ideas inspired the American Revolution
How the government established placed on emphasis on equality and unalienable rights
How that revolution inspired other nations
How the government differs from its predecessors, what it intertwines and what it has
Unit Assessments:
KWL Charts . Anticipation Guides?
Online Survey. Online Quiz. Critical Thinking Skills. Jeopardy
Group Presentations. Newsletter. Or Test.