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Title: AMERICAN REVOLUTION


1
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  • National Board Unit Plan
  • Connie Lemon
  • Sacramento State University
  • EDTE 226
  • June 26, 2007

2
Big Ideas
  • Political conflict can lead to revolution
  • Historical interpretation is influenced by ones
    perspective (Loyalists vs. Patriots or North vs.
    South)
  • Compromise is an essential element in the
    creation of historical documents and the shaping
    of new governments
  • Race and gender are two important elements in
    history and influence historical interpretation
  • The role revolution plays in shaping new
    governments and influencing other nations to
    change their governments. (battles, success and
    failure/resources)
  • Geography played an important role in the
    American Revolution

3
Differentiation
  • Tiered Assignments/Homework (i.e. Journal
    Prompts-students have two choices to select from)
  • Group Investigations
  • Menu Model for Assessment/Assignments
  • Independent Study
  • Open-ended Activities (student choice on topic,
    group or individual exploration, choice on
    presentation)

4
How the Unit Relates to National Board Key
Elements
  • The Unit is planned around needs of next year
    students-through student surveys, writing
    samples, parent feedback, and previous teacher
    and counselor interviews)
  • The unit promotes students to value themselves
    and others. With a balance blend of individual,
    cooperative group, and student pairs. It also
    provides a variety of opportunities for students
    to develop and appreciate diverse backgrounds
    which is modeled in a caring classroom community
  • In this unit I teach students that history is
    an interpretive enterprise and that analysis of
    history changes over time. That we live in a
    pluralistic society and that they need to
    understand that the American story is unfinished
    and that the ideals and aspirations have not been
    fully fulfilled

5
How the Unit Relates to National Board Key
Elements-Continued
  • I employ a variety of strategies to help students
    understand key concepts issues, principles,
    through inquiry, differing interpretations and
    historical thinking. I use interdisciplinary
    practices through the use of literature that
    relates to the Revolutionary unit (My Brother Sam
    is Dead-Novel).
  • In this unit I address the history of
    democratic institutions and how they have
    evolved, how they are organized, and how they
    have changed over time. In addition the
    understanding of taxation and our civic
    responsibility are embedded in the lessons.
    The lessons from this unit come from a variety of
    sources, resources, and through collaboration in
    the past and present. I have worked in a
    collaborative manner with a teaching partner who
    has been an invaluable resource and through the
    TAH (Teaching American History) grant program
    through U.C. Davis.
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