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The French and Indian War: The War That Shaped America’s Destiny Lesson PlanThe French and Indian War: The War That Shaped America’s Destiny Lesson Plan
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North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies
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5th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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The French and Indian War: The War That Shaped America’s Destiny

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  • The French and Indian War: The War That Shaped America’s Destiny (.pdf)
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How would a Frenchman, Englishman, and Native American have each viewed the French and Indian War? Your young historians will learn about their unique perspectives and the war as a whole through a role-playing activity, engaging introductory video, and detailed informational texts and worksheets.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the french and indian war, colonial america, the american colonies, the colonial era, causes of the american revolution

Additional Tags

seven years war, social studies

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  • Hyperlinks in resource do not work, so please refer to the additional materials for links to the movie trailers mentioned in the beginning of the lesson plan

Pros

  • Includes detailed instructional points of how to explain each slide of the presentation
  • Great lesson to discuss and analyze point of view

Cons

  • No answer key included for worksheet

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.6

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