American Revolution: Common Core Lessons & Activities

American Revolution: Common Core Lessons & Activities

How to Use the <b>The American Revolution - 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 /> Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson. <br /><br />The <b>The American Revolution - 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>The American Revolution - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book: <br /><b>Road to the Revolution:</b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Words of Revolution: </b> Vocabulary <b>GO10</b><br /><b>Sons of Liberty: </b> Primary & Secondary Source Analysis<br /><b>The Coercive Acts: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Give Me Liberty!: </b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b> "Minute-Men": </b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>The Midnight Rides: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Battles of Lexington and Concord: </b> Comparison of Sources <b>G</b><br /><b>Mapping the Revolution: </b> Causes, Events, Effects <b>G</b><br /><b>The Declaration of Independence: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Voices of the Revolution: </b> Influential People <b>G</b><br /><b>Strategic Retreat: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>A War of Geography: </b> Compare & Contrast<b>GO1</b><br /><b>Battles of Saratoga: </b> Cause & Effect <b>G</b><br /><b>Washington at Valley Forge: </b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Battle of Yorktown: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Key Revolutionary War Events: </b> Chronological Events <b>G</b><br /><b>Treaty of Paris 1783: </b> Map Activity <br /><b>War Casualty Statistics: </b> Data Analysis<br />Common Core State Standards Correlations<br /><br /><b>G:</b> Includes Graphic Organizers