Revolutionary War Viewpoints

Students delve into the topic of the Revolutionary War and learned about many happenings such as the causes, the battles, famous people, and viewpoints. During this section of our unit, students learned about the viewpoints of women, Native Americans, and African Americans.

Sequence

Visual Literacy
Read and Research
Write
Create
Reflect

The slideshow was used during visual literacy work and discussions. Students went through a cooperative process of "observe, think, talk" each day.

Revolutionary War Point of Views EXAMPLE

Write and Create Visual Art

Students chose one perspective to write about and wrote a poem, diary entry, letter, or paragraph in that perspective.

Create Tableaus

Students worked with their small groups to create tableaus showing the roles and motivations of their assigned viewpoints. Students practiced and revised their tableaus for improvement. They worked on using only important words, emotion, intonation, and expression along with strong gestures and transitions.

Native American Viewpoint

African American Viewpoint

Woman Viewpoint

Revolutionary War Student Reports

Causes of Rev War Student EXAMPLE

During the larger unit, the students researched and wrote an informational research report using the Lucy Calkins writing program.

Student Reflections

I'm so glad we got to learn about the revolutionary war this year. Learning about the different perspectives in the war including women, Native Americans, and the African Americans. The laws and the way people did things are so much different from how we do things today. Like slavery. Slavery is now illegal in the United States and slavery was a way to make people like African Americans work for people that owned them. I feel very bad for the slaves and the Native Americans that had worked for people or give up their land and believe they would get their land in return. I loved learning about American history this year.

-Antonio

I think the learning process about the Revolutionary War was very fun and educational. It was really fun doing the tableaux because we were telling what we learn but we were showing it with our bodies instead of just on paper. I think it was cool to do the eye art poster because we were showing the point of view from the view of the eye. My favorite part of the experience was doing tableaux. I think I learned a lot about all the different points of views during the Revolutionary War and how they lived. I just think that it was a very good overall experience.

--Dylan

Teacher Reflection

I really enjoyed seeing all the hard work the students did! Putting ourselves in others’ shoes is not always so easy. Students stretched their minds to think about what it would be like to be alive during the Revolutionary War period. I loved how they used their imaginations to write a creative poem or journal piece. Also, it was great seeing how hard they worked on their tableaus! I enjoyed hearing them discuss and decide on the scripts, gestures, and transitions. The most challenging part was projecting their voices and showing emotions as they took on different characters. This will be a life-long lesson!

--Mrs. Goodman

Standards

CA History Social-Science Standards

5.6 Students understand the course and consequences of the American Revolution.

3. Identify the different roles women played during the Revolution (e.g., Abigail Adams, Martha Washington, Molly Pitcher, Phillis Wheatley, Mercy Otis Warren).

6. Demonstrate knowledge of the significance of land policies developed under the Continental Congress (e.g., sale of western lands, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787) and those policies’ impact on American Indians’ land.

7. Understand how the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence changed the way people viewed slavery.

CA Visual and Performing Arts Standards

2.0 CREATIVE EXPRESSION Creating, Performing, and Participating in Theatre Students apply processes and skills in acting, directing, designing, and scriptwriting to create formal and informal theatre, film/videos, and electronic media productions and to perform in them. Development of Theatrical Skills 2.1Participate in improvisational activities to explore complex ideas and universal themes in literature and life.

CA Reading Informational Text

5.3 Explain the relationship or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text

5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view represent.

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