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Are you expected to change how you teach because of new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & new CCSS for Literacy and Writing in History/Social Studies and Science? Are you expected to continue to meet existing science and social studies standards, AND integrate new, more rigorous expectations for reading, writing, analysis, inference, and more into your daily instruction? The The American Revolution Common Core Lessons and Activities book allows you to immediately meet new CCSS for English Language Arts, as well at Literacy and Writing in History/Social Studies. This ready-to-use reproducible book includes 24 pages of supplemental resources are just what you need to met the new added requirements of Common Core! Perfect for grades 3-12!
How to Use the
The American Revolution - Common Core Lessons and Activitiesbook:
• Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
• Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
• Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
• Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!
Click
HERE to view sample pages from this book.
Tips:
• Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
• Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
• To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click
HERE.
• Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.
The
The American Revolution - Common Core Lessons and Activitiesbook includes:
• Reading for Information
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Writing Problems
• Primary Source Analysis
• Vocabulary
• Graphic Organizers
• Map Activities
• & More!
Here is the Table of Contents for the
The American Revolution - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
Road to the Revolution: Reading Informational Text
Words of Revolution: Vocabulary
GO10Sons of Liberty: Primary & Secondary Source Analysis
The Coercive Acts: Reading Informational Text
Give Me Liberty!: Primary Source Analysis
"Minute-Men": Primary Source Analysis
The Midnight Rides: Reading Informational Text
Battles of Lexington and Concord: Comparison of Sources
GMapping the Revolution: Causes, Events, Effects
GThe Declaration of Independence: Reading Informational Text
Voices of the Revolution: Influential People
GStrategic Retreat: Reading Informational Text
A War of Geography: Compare & Contrast
GO1Battles of Saratoga: Cause & Effect
GWashington at Valley Forge: Primary Source Analysis
Battle of Yorktown: Reading Informational Text
Key Revolutionary War Events: Chronological Events
GTreaty of Paris 1783: Map Activity
War Casualty Statistics: Data Analysis
Common Core State Standards Correlations
G: Includes Graphic Organizer
GO: Graphic Organizer is also available 8 1/2" x 11" online download
HERE.
(numbers above correspond to the graphic organizer numbers online)