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Instructional Video

On This Day: The Stamp Act

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

A thought-provoking resource explains the motives behind the Stamp Act, how it worked, and the colonists' reactions to the new tax. High school scholars also learn how the French and Indian War impacted the creation of the Stamp Act.

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Concepts

american history, causes of the american revolution, the american revolution, the british parliament, parliament, the stamp act, the american colonies, taxes, the french and indian war, the founding fathers

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

Compare the Stamp Act to other causes of the American Revolution
Create a classroom tax to simulate American colonists' dislike of the Stamp Act

Classroom Considerations

Resource requires a free C-SPAN Classroom account, or teachers may use the following login credentials: Username: students, Password: C-SPANCLASSROOM

Pros

The short length of the video segments make it easy to incorporate them into a lesson
Adds a visual component to the topic of the Stamp Act

Cons

None

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