The document outlines an instructional unit that engages students in learning about the American Revolution. Students complete various activities, assignments, and assessments to build their knowledge, including watching an introductory video, taking a quiz, participating in an authentic scenario, analyzing perspectives of patriots and loyalists, exploring geography and its relationship to tensions, evaluating key characters, ranking key events, analyzing primary sources and eyewitness accounts, identifying propaganda, gathering evidence, and preparing a written report. The unit aims to increase student participation and practice skills like close reading that will be needed for assessments.

2. The introductory
video provides
context and
engages students.

3. This quick quiz
checks and
activates prior
knowledge.

4. An engaging
assignment
provides an
authentic scenario
that increases
student
participation.

5. Students see
multiple
perspectives. The
purpose is to
identify emotions
and make
connections to
events and
players.

6. In this open-ended
assessment
students place
themselves in the
shoes of a Patriot
or Loyalist.

7. Students explore
how geography is
related to the
Loyalist and Patriot
interactions.

8. Students explore
geography and see
how the close
quarters created
tensions.

9. Students make
text-to-self
connections to
key players to
understand
emotions.

10. This performance
task allows
students to apply
what they learned
in a context with
multiple correct
answers.

11. This activity
builds confidence
by practicing a
sub-skill students
will need when
they use a close
reading to
evaluate key
characters.

12. Students use a
close reading of
the text to
evaluate the
key characters.

13. Students highlight
text to provide
evidence that
supports their
decisions.

14. Students use a
graph of their
close reading
results to analyze
why the key
players reacted
as they did.

15. This Free Think
helps students to
focus their report
by selecting a
subset of the
characters.

16. Students use a
close reading of
the text to
evaluate the
key events.

17. Students highlight
text to provide
evidence that
supports their
ranking of the
events.

18. Students use
primary sources
to analyze and
evaluate the
reliability of
eyewitness
accounts.

19. Students will
explore
propaganda,
starting with a
definition.

20. Students evaluate
historical images
to identify
propaganda.

21. Students use their
propaganda
identification
results to guide
themselves in
writing a
propaganda
pamphlet.

22. Students gather
evidence for their
reports, making
decisions as to the
relevance of facts.

23. This quick quiz
assesses students’
understanding of
text and content.

24. Students are now
ready to write
their report, using
their notes, their
data, and the key
characters, key
events, and facts
they selected.

25. The checklist
helps students
revise, evaluate,
and prepare
writing for
publication.

26. To prepare for the
class discussion,
students review
the class results.