FIGHTING FOR

FREEDOM
Social Studies
Indicator II
Boston International School
 Objective

Understanding the transformations of different

communities throughout time to recognize the main
characters and events that took place in them.

Learning objective(s): To describe how communities have

changed and what people have done to contribute to the
progress of those places.
 Biblical Principle
There is freedom in Christ
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us
free. Stand firm, then, and do not let
yourselves be burdened again by a yoke
of slavery.
Galatians 5:1New International Version
(NIV)
Why is freedom so important
for people?

Galatians 5:1
2 Corinthians
3:17
1 peter 2: 15-
 Vocabulary

Freedom
Colony
Tax
Revolution
Independe
nce
Constitutio
n
FREEDO
M FROM
ENGLAN
D
 A
DECLARATIO
N IS MADE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTIO
N
American Revolution
 NEW
LAWS ARE
MADE
 FIGHTING FOR
FREEDOM
The thirteen colonies in the America's had been at
war with Britain for around a year when the Second
Continental Congress decided it was time for the
colonies to officially declare their independence.
This meant that they were breaking away from
British rule. They would no longer be a part of the
British Empire and would fight for their freedom.
 Who wrote the Declaration of
Independence?

On June 11, 1776 the Continental Congress appointed

five leaders, called the Committee of Five, to write a
document explaining why they were declaring their
independence. The five members were Benjamin
Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Roger
Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson. The members
decided that Thomas Jefferson should write the first
ACTIVITY IN CLASS
Use the information on pages 210 - 211 to make a Comparative
chart between Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, who were
leaders of the American Revolution.

BENJAMIN THOMAS
FRANKLIN JEFFERSON

Alike
 JESUS CHARACTER
Excellency

Song of the month:

Broken vessels by Hill song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyYoe678yI