The Impact of the American Revolution (Reading)
Lesson Plan
Goals & Objectives
Students will recognize the events that surrounded the American Revolution.
Students will identify the reasons that the American Revolution impacted other countries (such as France).
Students will identify the reasons that the American Revolution impacted other countries (such as France).
California State Standards
10.2 Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty.
10.2.3 Understand the unique character of the American Revolution, its spread to other parts of the world, and its continuing significance to other nations
10.2.3 Understand the unique character of the American Revolution, its spread to other parts of the world, and its continuing significance to other nations
Common Core Literacy Standards
Reading Standards, Key Ideas and Details:
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
3. Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
3. Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
Driving Historical Question
How did the character of the American Revolution impact other countries around the world?
Lesson Introduction
Teacher will ask students to get out a piece of paper and a pen/pencil. The teacher will ask the students to write down one thing that stands out to them in the video they are about to watch. The teacher will put a 3 minute video on that focuses on the impact of the American Revolution on a global level. When the video is over, the teacher will provide the students time to write down their answer. When the teacher sees that everyone is finished, he/she will discuss the answers as a class by calling on people and writing the things on the board. This will get them talking about the importance of the American Revolution.
Vocabulary
The vocabulary terms will be defined the night before as homework. The terms will need the correct definition and a sentence for full credit. This will be turned in the next day to be checked for completeness and accuracy and given back promptly for study purposes for the end of the unit.
· Declaration of Independence
· Thomas Jefferson
· checks and balances
· federal system
· Bill of Rights
· Declaration of Independence
· Thomas Jefferson
· checks and balances
· federal system
· Bill of Rights
Content Delivery
The teacher will tell the students to open their books to the chapter on the American Revolution. The teacher tells the students to get out a sheet of paper and write all of the headings they see in the chapter. The teacher will read each section of the chapter and stop after each one to ask questions to discuss the section’s main events that occur surrounding the American Revolution (especially focusing on the spread to France). The teacher will write these on the board in a word web graphic organizer that features all of the subheadings from the chapter.
Student Engagement
The teacher will hand out a sheet of paper and have the student make a foldable with two flaps labeling one side “Causes of the French Revolution” and the other side “Similarities of the French and American Revolutions”, showing them an example. The teacher will then ask the students to reflect on the causes of the French Revolution that they learned from the lecture. The teacher will write these on the board and ask students to write these and the causes of the American Revolution down on one side of their foldable. The teacher will then ask the students to think-pair-share on the similarities of the French and American Revolutions. After giving the students enough time to discuss, the teacher will ask the students to share their ideas. The teacher will write these ideas on the board and then ask students to write these on the other side of the foldable.
Lesson Closure
The teacher will ask the students to write a letter as if they were a French soldier who fought in the American Revolution, bringing home stories back to France about the revolution and the ideas associated with it. The teacher will tell the students to make sure they include at least three pieces of information from their foldable. This will be their ticket out the door.
Assessments
Formative: The teacher will give a formative assessment when they are going through the causes of the American and French Revolutions and when the class discusses their similarities.
Summative: The summative assessment will be the letter, so the teacher can see that the students were able to identify the most common reasons for a revolution, and the impact the American Revolution had on other countries’ revolution, such as France’s revolution.
Summative: The summative assessment will be the letter, so the teacher can see that the students were able to identify the most common reasons for a revolution, and the impact the American Revolution had on other countries’ revolution, such as France’s revolution.
Accommodations
The teacher will have given the English Learners sentences that the vocabulary words would fit into, but still letting them write the definition to practice the words.
Students are able to see the reasons written on the board, so they are not simply having to write it down by memory but can reference the board if they need to.
The teacher goes over the reading with the students, guiding them and allowing them to soak in the information without having to worry about which part they have to read. This is beneficial to both ELs and Striving Readers.
The video allows students to have a visual and audio explanation of the topic, which is great for ELs who might not recognize the vocabulary or other words.
Students are able to see the reasons written on the board, so they are not simply having to write it down by memory but can reference the board if they need to.
The teacher goes over the reading with the students, guiding them and allowing them to soak in the information without having to worry about which part they have to read. This is beneficial to both ELs and Striving Readers.
The video allows students to have a visual and audio explanation of the topic, which is great for ELs who might not recognize the vocabulary or other words.
Resources
World History Book http://www.elkriver.k12.mn.us/webpages/jhood/files/w5e22dad.pdf
“Global Impact of the American Revolution” video from History.com http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history/videos/global-impact-of-the-american-revolution
Additional Reading Resource: Impact of Revolutin on Other Nations http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/american-revolution/impact-other-nations.html
“Global Impact of the American Revolution” video from History.com http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history/videos/global-impact-of-the-american-revolution
Additional Reading Resource: Impact of Revolutin on Other Nations http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/american-revolution/impact-other-nations.html