2017-2018 11/27/2017 - 11/27/2017

Mrs. Danielle Bozung Day View

Monday 11/27/2017

Social Studies 11:00am - 11:35am

American Revolution - Patrick Henry
Today's SOL Focus
VS.5a identifying the reasons why the colonies went to war with Great Britain, as expressed in the Declaration of
Independence;
VS.5b identifying the various roles of American Indians, whites, enslaved African Americans, and free African Americans
in the Revolutionary War era, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, the Marquis de Lafayette,
and James Lafayette;

I CAN talk about why Patrick Henry was an important person during the American Revolution
BY Correctly answering the exit ticket question
SO THAT I better understand the American Revolution
Success Criteria for Today
Correctly answering the exit ticket question
Long Term Assessment
Unit Test on Dec 15
Vocabulary
liberty
democracy
representation
freedom of speech
Procedure/Activites
Instead of a warm-up question from the unit test, have students answer an exit ticket from the unit test (attached)

Review what we went over before the break using the interactive notes
1. What did taxes from Parliament have to do with the start of the war between the colonists and Britain?
2. Why did the King give the colonists taxes?
3. Why did the colonists think the taxes were unfair?
4. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
5. What was the Declaration of Independence?
Talk about "No Taxation Without Representation"
1. What does this mean?
2. Why do you think the colonists agreed with this?
3. Do you think that it is fair that the colonists had to follow a law without having any say in the government?
4. Compare this to today
1. democracy
2. we follow the laws of our government because we are represented in our government
3. the people have the power and have representation through voting and freedom of speech
Say that we are going to learn about an important person that played a large role during the American Revolution
Show youtube video (watch only two minutes of the video - start video at 13min and stop at 15min)
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJT4j9zSDlA
Read Textbook: pgs 82 - 83
Have students talk about the questions below in small groups and write down some notes:
1. Who do you think this person was?
2. Why do you think he was important?
3. What was he talking about?
4. Why do you think he was giving this speech?
5. Who do you think he was giving the speech to?
6. Do you think he was on the same side as the colonists or the British?
Come together as a class and talk about their ideas
Talk about "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
1. What do you think this means?

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2. Why do you think he says this?

End lesson by talking about how Patrick Henry was important because he inspired people from the colonies to fight
against the British and not follow their unfair laws

Fill in Interactive Notes

Do Exit Ticket
Attachments
ExitTicket.png
RevolutionaryWarInteractiveNotes.docx

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