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Compelling Question: Should the colonists from different regions have joined together to create an independent nation?
Compelling Question: Should the colonists from different regions have joined together to create an independent nation?
SS050500_unit.docUnit Overview
Unit Overview
Supporting Questions:
- How did economic issues and political experiences and ideas affect the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies?
- Why were some colonists unhappy with British rule after the French and Indian War?
- How and why did people in different colonial regions unite against Great Britain?
Performance Task
Performance Task
Students will students summarize what they have learned in the unit by creating a timeline of significant events leading to the American Revolution as identified in Lesson 8. They begin by examining timelines in a textbook. Next, they sort and sequence event cards as they explore cause and effect relationships. As a project, they create a timeline by choosing from one of several different formats. Finally, they identify the six events they feel were most significant in leading to the Revolution and consider criteria for determining significance.
Summative Writing Assessment
Summative Writing Assessment
Students will answer the compelling question: Should the colonists from different regions have joined together to create an independent nation? Student answers may vary but essentially student essays might take on the arguments of loyalists and patriots as to why declaring war was justified or not. They might explain that the King of England was violating the rights of colonists by passing harsh laws, they had no representation in government.
MC3_Unit_Assessment_Grade_5_Unit_5_Teacher_Booklet.pdfUnit Assessment
Unit Assessment
Teacher Facing
MC3_Unit_Assessment_Grade_5_Unit_5 (1).pdfUnit Assessment
Unit Assessment
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