Content Standard: 11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.

CCST: 11.2.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.

WHST: 11.12.9 - Draw evidence from informational text to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Assignments to meet the standard; 1 week

Learning Outcomes

Once you are done with this lesson, you should be able to identify the causes of the American Revolution and how the constructed of the Declaration of Independence came to be.

After watching this lesson, you should be able to:

• Explain the events that led to the 'shot heard 'round the world'
• Describe the battles of Lexington and Concord, the capture of Fort Ticonderoga and the Second Continental Congress
• Describe the Battle of Bunker Hill and its results

Unit 2 and Unit 3

• Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill: The American Revolution Begins - Video

Essential Question: How did the Battle of Bunker Hill begin and why?

• The American Revolution: Causes & Effects - Continental Congress - Video

Essential Question: What were the causes of the American Revolution?

• The Second Continental Congress 7:04 - Video

Essential Question: What was the effects of the American Revolution on other countries?

• The Declaration of Independence 6:29, Video

Essential Question: What are three parts of the Declaration of Independence?

• British Loyalist vs. American Patriots 7:52 - V\ideo

Essential Question: What happened to the Loyalists after the war?

• George Washington’s Leadership at Trenton 7:53 - Video

Essential Question: What difficulties did Washington's army have in Valley Forge in the winter of 1977 ?

• John Paul Jones and the Naval Battles 9:23 - Video

Essential Question: Who is John Paul Jones and explain his role in the early American Navy?

• Loyalist in Southern Colonies at the End of the Revolutionary War 7:19 - Video

Essential Question: What is Britain's Southern Strategy and their early successes refer to?

• The Battle of Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris 5:49 - Video

Essential Question: What did the Treaty of Paris accomplish?

• American Revolution: Social and Economic Impact 8:35 - Video

Essential Question: Who are Joseph Brant and Andrew Jackson?

• The Second Great Awakening: Charles Finney and Religious Revival 8:54 - Video

Essential Question: Who are Charles Finney and Lyman Beecher? Then describe their role in the Second Great Awakening.