Lesson Plan #3
Taxes
Introduction:
Today's lesson will focus on the two sides between the Patriots and the Loyalists. Towards the end of the lesson, we will watch a short clip to go over the tensions between the two sides.
Objectives:
Content/Knowledge (Head):
1. Students will be able to identify different conflicts leading up to war.
Process/Skills (Hands):
1. Students will be able to use text dependent questions to show application.
Values/Dispositions (Heart):
1. Students will be able to use all senses to establish reasons for anti taxation laws..
Standards:
State – Illinois Social Science Learning Standards (2016)
State – Common Core State Standards: Grades 6-12 Literacy in History/Social Studies
National – Align with National Standards Germane to Lesson Plan Content Focus
Central Focus:
1. Identify the central focus [should support students in learning and using facts and concepts, and inquiry, interpretation, or analysis skills to build and support arguments or conclusions about historical events, a topic/theme, or social studies phenomenon]
Academic & Conceptual Foundation:
Facts and Concepts
Inquiry, Interpretations, or Analyses
1. How can we relate this story to David vs. Goliath?
2. What are some of the biggest obstacles the Patriots will need to overcome to win the war?
3. What are some advantages of the patriots and some advantages of the loyalists?
Arguments or Conclusions
1. Students will find causes of the American Revolution as well as the results of the war.
Assessment:
Provide opportunity for students to demonstrate their ability to do the following: understand/use facts and concepts; use inquiry, interpretation, or analysis skills to build and support arguments or conclusions.
Informal
Formal
Syntax – Procedures
1. White Hat – Objective:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Instruct students to determine what was being taxed.
b. Resource
1. 3-1.
c. Student Activity
1. Describe active student learning activity.
2. Red Hat – Intuitive:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Ask students to imagine how the two sides felt during the fight.
b. Resource
1. 3-2
c. Student Activity
1. Students will describe how both sides reacted due to their situational circumstances they were fighting for.
3. Black Hat – Negative:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Have students make a list of reasons why taxation without representation is bad..
b. Resource
1. 3-2.
c. Student Activity
1. Students will list negatives for taxation.
4. Yellow Hat – Positive:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Ask students why taxation laws encouraged America to fight.
b. Resource
1. 3-2.
c. Student Activity
1. Students will discuss positive outcomes from the Boston Tea Party.
5. Green Hat – Creative:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Ask students what could have been done differently.
b. Resource
1. 3-2
c. Student Activity
1. Students will rewrite history based on their knowledge so far.
6. Blue Hat – Process:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Instruct students to read the text.
b. Resource
1. 3-2.
c. Student Activity
1. Students will read and answer text dependent questions.
Resources (Source Citations & Bookmarks)
Today's lesson will focus on the two sides between the Patriots and the Loyalists. Towards the end of the lesson, we will watch a short clip to go over the tensions between the two sides.
Objectives:
Content/Knowledge (Head):
1. Students will be able to identify different conflicts leading up to war.
Process/Skills (Hands):
1. Students will be able to use text dependent questions to show application.
Values/Dispositions (Heart):
1. Students will be able to use all senses to establish reasons for anti taxation laws..
Standards:
State – Illinois Social Science Learning Standards (2016)
- SS.EC.1.6-8.MdC: Explain how external benefits and costs influence choices
- SS.EC.3.6-8.MdC: Explain barriers to trade and how those barriers influence trade among nations.
State – Common Core State Standards: Grades 6-12 Literacy in History/Social Studies
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
National – Align with National Standards Germane to Lesson Plan Content Focus
- VI: Power, Authority, and Governance
Central Focus:
1. Identify the central focus [should support students in learning and using facts and concepts, and inquiry, interpretation, or analysis skills to build and support arguments or conclusions about historical events, a topic/theme, or social studies phenomenon]
Academic & Conceptual Foundation:
Facts and Concepts
- The people did not want to be taxed.
- People were being taxed without a vote.
- Boycott: Refuse to buy (only works if everyone stops buying)
- Stockpile: Gatherings of large amounts (something the Patriots lacked in militia)
- Ambush: Surprise attack (used by Patriots as a strategy)
Inquiry, Interpretations, or Analyses
1. How can we relate this story to David vs. Goliath?
2. What are some of the biggest obstacles the Patriots will need to overcome to win the war?
3. What are some advantages of the patriots and some advantages of the loyalists?
Arguments or Conclusions
1. Students will find causes of the American Revolution as well as the results of the war.
Assessment:
Provide opportunity for students to demonstrate their ability to do the following: understand/use facts and concepts; use inquiry, interpretation, or analysis skills to build and support arguments or conclusions.
Informal
- Class Discussion
- Video Clip
Formal
- CommonLit Questions
Syntax – Procedures
1. White Hat – Objective:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Instruct students to determine what was being taxed.
b. Resource
1. 3-1.
c. Student Activity
1. Describe active student learning activity.
2. Red Hat – Intuitive:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Ask students to imagine how the two sides felt during the fight.
b. Resource
1. 3-2
c. Student Activity
1. Students will describe how both sides reacted due to their situational circumstances they were fighting for.
3. Black Hat – Negative:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Have students make a list of reasons why taxation without representation is bad..
b. Resource
1. 3-2.
c. Student Activity
1. Students will list negatives for taxation.
4. Yellow Hat – Positive:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Ask students why taxation laws encouraged America to fight.
b. Resource
1. 3-2.
c. Student Activity
1. Students will discuss positive outcomes from the Boston Tea Party.
5. Green Hat – Creative:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Ask students what could have been done differently.
b. Resource
1. 3-2
c. Student Activity
1. Students will rewrite history based on their knowledge so far.
6. Blue Hat – Process:
a. Teacher Instructions
1. Instruct students to read the text.
b. Resource
1. 3-2.
c. Student Activity
1. Students will read and answer text dependent questions.
Resources (Source Citations & Bookmarks)
Source 3-1
Source 3-2
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