Content Standards
8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
- Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor.
- Analyze the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on government as a means of securing individual rights (e.g., key phrases such as "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights").
- Analyze how the American Revolution affected other nations, especially France.
- Describe the nation’s blend of civic republicanism, classical liberal principles, and English parliamentary traditions.
Essential Historical Questions
+What caused America to seek independence?
+ How does the ideals expressed in the Declaration affect the world back then and in the world you live in today?
+Why is America such a diverse political nation?
+ How does the ideals expressed in the Declaration affect the world back then and in the world you live in today?
+Why is America such a diverse political nation?
Big Ideas
+ the rise of revolutionary fervor caused by the Great Awakening and Enlightenment philosophies
+Identify and analyze the influences in creating the Declaration of Independence and its affects world wide and long lasting affects in modern times
+The creation of the new American political system which further shaped the current government structure we live in today
+Identify and analyze the influences in creating the Declaration of Independence and its affects world wide and long lasting affects in modern times
+The creation of the new American political system which further shaped the current government structure we live in today
Assessment Plan
Some assessments used in this Unit include:
+graphic organizers: venn diagram, compare/contrast, cause and effect on key figures, events, ideologies
+handout analysis of primary sources discussing events leading up to the Revolutionary War
+ discussions (small groups/think-pair-share) and group discussion on the Great Awakening influence on starting the American Revolution with response writing/handout
+unit summarizing test
+Presentation of Poster Project discussing key events, ideas, and changes leading America to become its own nation
Some assessments used in this Unit include:
+graphic organizers: venn diagram, compare/contrast, cause and effect on key figures, events, ideologies
+handout analysis of primary sources discussing events leading up to the Revolutionary War
+ discussions (small groups/think-pair-share) and group discussion on the Great Awakening influence on starting the American Revolution with response writing/handout
+unit summarizing test
+Presentation of Poster Project discussing key events, ideas, and changes leading America to become its own nation