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Key Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
Independence: Being able to make your own choices
without someone else controlling you.
(Are you independent?)Colony: A territory controlled by a faraway country.
Revolution: When people decide they can’t keep
things the same anymore and push for a big change.
(What issue angers you?)Main Idea: The most important point
of a text or paragraph.
Discussion:
Discussion:
Prompt:
“When students disagree (about rights or fairness), at school, what usually happens?
Think of an example!”
Students write for 2–3 minutes → share with a partner.
Unit 2 - The Road To Independence
In this unit we will learn how the thirteen British colonies gained their independence to create the United States of America.
Throughout the unit we will look at the steps the were taken, the different people who were involved and the role New York played in the birth of the nation.
Text Based Question 1
Text Based Question 1
According to the text, what will we learn about the thirteen colonies in this unit?
Text Based Question 2
Text Based Question 2
According to the text, what three things will we study to understand how the United States began?
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🖼️ Observation Questions
🖼️ Observation Questions
These questions focus on what you can clearly see in the painting.
What is the weather like in this painting?
What clues tell you that?
What are the white pieces floating in the water?
Pick 4-5 words that describe the image?
Icy Sunny
Tropical Choppy
Calm Huddled
Tanning Bundled
Drowsy Turbulent
2) What interesting items do you see in this image?
🗣️ Top 5 Discussion Questions
🗣️ Top 5 Discussion Questions
These questions encourage you to think critically and make inferences about the scene.
Based on your observations, do you think this is an easy journey or a difficult one? What visual evidence (weather, water, expressions) supports your answer?
If you were one of the people in the boat, how do you think you would feel, and what would be your biggest concern?
What do you think is the overall mood or feeling of this painting? Pick One Positive and One Negative and think why.
Positive / Inspiring Moods
Hopeful – The colors or the sky look bright, or the people seem determined.
Brave – The figures are taking a big risk or facing danger.
Confident – The characters look strong and ready to act.
Proud – The flag, poses, or lighting make it feel powerful.
Negative / Intense Moods
Negative / Intense Moods
Fearful – Dark shadows, stormy skies, or dangerous action create tension.
Sad – People look tired, cold, or struggling.
Desperate – The scene feels like they are rushing or trying to survive.
Chaotic – A lot of movement, loud action, or disorder is shown.
When: The night of December 25–26, 1776.
Where: Washington and his 2,400 soldiers crossed the ice-choked Delaware River from McConkey's Ferry in Pennsylvania to New Jersey.
The mission: To launch a surprise attack on the Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey.
The conditions: The crossing was made more difficult by a severe storm with freezing rain and snow.
The Predict the Outcome: The surprise attack on December 26 was a Success or Failure?
What is the Main Idea?
“Imagine kids in school arguing over who really
‘belongs’ and who doesn’t.
Now imagine that… but for an entire country.”
READING #1
New York City is the place where people have argued the most about who is an American and what that really means.
Sometimes these fights have been violent; sometimes they have been ugly.
But all of them ended up advancing the ideas of human liberty.
Battles over slavery, religious freedom, free speech, independence, immigration, women’s equality, the rights of working people to organize and strike, civil rights, gay rights, and many more all took place right here in New York.
#1 According to the text, what rights were people fighting for in New York?
#2 What is the Main Idea?
“NYC = Deadliest Place of the Revolution”
Reading #2
The war inflicted terrible suffering on the city. In the wake of the battle, one third of New York burned to the ground.
More American soldiers died in makeshift British prisons in New York than perished in all the battles of the Revolution put together, and the civilians in the city often suffered almost as terribly.
Thousands of New Yorkers actually fought for the British during the war—including many African Americans. They had been promised their freedom from slavery if they fought for the crown, and they fought very well indeed.
#3 What were African Americans promised, and how were they promised it?
#4 What is the Main Idea?
“In New York, even people who never held a weapon,
especially women.
But they risked their homes, their safety,
and their entire future during the Revolution.”
Reading #3:
It was a war that everyone took part in. Although few women were allowed to enlist, they helped the Revolution by supplying the Continental Army, running its camps, and nursing wounded soldiers.
In New York, they also served as spies.
And in the end, many New Yorkers paid a steep price for taking part on one side or the other, losing their homes and their livelihoods—some because they were driven from their native city because of their loyalty to the king, others because they chose to resettle and never to return.
#5 - What Role did women have in the Revolutionary War? List 3.
#6 What is the Main Idea?
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