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Investigating the Declaration of Independence ActivityInvestigating the Declaration of Independence Activity
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
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8th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Investigating the Declaration of Independence

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Teach your class about the Declaration of Independence while giving them practice working as a team. The resource breaks participants into groups and has them answer questions about specific grievances from the Declaration of Independence. It helps them take another look at direct quotes from the primary source in a new and interesting way.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the declaration of independence, american history, the united states, the united states government

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Flip your class by assigning the initial examination as a homework assignment before the first day using the resource
  • Consider reviewing some of the Declaration of Independence as a class and give a few examples before beginning

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires some prep work to print out several handouts for the groups

Pros

  • Encourages the class to collaborate 
  • Builds writing skills

Cons

  • The resource does not provide any teaching instructions or tips

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.11-12.1

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