American Colonies
Lesson Plans | Primary
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Lesson Plans:
Daily
Life and Diversity in 18th Century Philadelphia - In this education
program, students will develop an understanding of daily life in 18th
century Philadelphia by exploring the people, material culture, and
larger historical context related to four specific households. (WebQuest)
Colonial
Reaction To The Stamp Act - Students will analyze several eighteenth-century
documents to determine the colonial opinion of Great Britain's attempts
to tax the colonists in the 1760s.
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Family Disrupted -- The Randolph Family and the Coming American Revolution
- In this lesson, students will examine biographical information on
several members of the Randolph family to determine the choices that
each member made regarding the coming American Revolution. Students
will also determine the effects of those choices on the Randolph family.
American Colonial Life in the Late 1700s: Distant Cousins - Students
will become historical detectives and learn to gather information
from artifacts and make inferences about the lives and times they
represent. They will then use what they have learned to write historical
fiction in the form of friendly letters between fictitious cousins
in Massachusetts and Delaware.
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Primary Source Documents:
Declaration
of Independence - Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11
and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once
the
nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's
most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases,
Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the
American people.
The
Sugar Act - The Sugar Act placed a 3-cent tax on sugar goods (such
as cloth, wine, coffee and indigo) to the colonist and also caused
local production to increase in the colonies, but colonists viewed
it as unfair, and it was one of the causes leading to the American
Revolution.
Colonial
Coins - A distinguishing characteristic of a sovereign nation
is the right to issue its own coins. America began exercising that
right in 1792 by issuing Pattern Coins, in 1793 by issuing copper
coins, in 1794 by issuing silver coins, and in 1795 by issuing gold
coins.
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