Declaration of Independence Common Core Lessons & Activities: Common Core Lessons & Activities

Declaration of Independence Common Core Lessons & Activities: Common Core Lessons & Activities

How to Use the <b>Declaration of Independence - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b>book:<br /> Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations. <br /> Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills. <br /> Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go. <br /> Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes! <br /><br />Tips: <br /> Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs. <br /> Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine. <br /> To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click HERE.<br /> Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson. <br /><br />The <b>Declaration of Independence - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b>book includes: <br /> Reading for Information<br /> Higher-Order Thinking<br /> Writing Problems<br /> Primary Source Analysis<br /> Vocabulary<br /> Graphic Organizers<br /> Map Activities<br /> & More! <br /><br />Here is the Table of Contents for the <b>Declaration of Independence - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book: <br /><b>Early Independence:</b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Acts of Parliament: </b>Main Idea Organizer <b>G</b><br /><b>Sons of Liberty & The Boston Tea Party: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>The Boston Massacre: </b>Primary Source Analysis<br /><b> "Paying the Excise Man": </b>Comparison of Primary Sources<br /><b>Loyalists, Neutralists, & Patriots: </b>Point of View <b>G</b><br /><b> "Join, or Die": </b>Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>The British Perspective: </b>Reading Informational Text <b>G</b><br /><b>Path to the Declaration: </b>Chronological Events <b>GO12</b><br /><b>Mapping the Declaration: </b>Summative Flowchart <b>G</b><br /><b>Words of Declaration: </b>Vocabulary <b>GO10</b><br /><b>Authors of the Declaration: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Drafting the Declaration: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Structure of the Declaration: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Key Philosophy: </b>Reading Informational Text <b>GO1</b><br /><b>Key Declaration Excerpts: </b>Primary Source Analysis <b>G</b><br /><b>List of Complaints: </b>Summarizing Information <b>G</b><br /><b>Created Equal?: </b>Writing<br /><b>Influence of the Declaration: </b>Reading Informational Text<br />Common Core State Standards Correlations<br /><br /><b>G:</b> Includes Graphic Organizer