US History Unit 2: The American Revolution and

Constitution
Day
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Activity
- Introduction to the Road to Revolution
- Guided Notes over the French & Indian
War
-Student voice opportunity/writing
submission (with defense of opinion): If you
were Great Britainhow would you handle
the debt?
-Kahoot! Reading Quiz from Thursdays
post-exam reading
-Review of the many acts and policies that
were placed upon the American colonies to
pay for the French and Indian War/punish
the colonists
-Students will read/complete a section
outline
-Students will use a Road to Revolution
Timeline
-Students will create a political cartoon

-Students will complete notes over the

American Revolution
-Students will begin to work on the
American Revolution Atlas Activity using
their textbooks.

-Students will finish the American

Revolution Atlas Activity with their
textbooks
-Students will use the primary source
document Articles of Capitulation from
General Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown
and complete the discussion questions
-Students will read primary source
selections from Thomas Paines Common

Goal
-Be able to explain the
relationship between the
French and Indian War
and the American
Revolution.

-Be able to identify and

explain the events that
contributed to tension
between Britain and the
colonists that resulted in
the American Revolution.
-Be able to identify and
explain the events that
contributed to tension
between Britain and the
colonists that resulted in
the American Revolution.
-Be able to identify the
major elements of the
American Revolution,
including strengths and
weaknesses of each side.
-Be able to identify the
major battles of the
Revolutionary War, noting
turning points and
significant victories for
both the British & the
colonists.
-Be able to identify the
major battles of the
Revolutionary War, noting
turning points and
significant victories for
both the British & the
colonists.
-Be able to explain the
main ideas and

Sense
-Students will take notes over the
Declaration of Independence and provide
individual summaries
Liberty!: The American Revolution
-Students will watch the documentary and
complete the assigned worksheet

Students will complete the 2.3 Outline

significance of Thomas
Paines Common Sense in
the American Revolution.
-Be able to identify the
major battles of the
Revolutionary War, noting
turning points and
significant victories for
both the British & the
colonists.
1. Identify and explain
those aspects of the
surrender that
complicated the process.
2. How did General
Washington demonstrate
a keen understanding of
the feelings of the
victorious Americans
regarding the honors of
war? 3. Why did
Washington allow the
defeated British to use
the sloop Bonetta to
travel back and forth to
New York City? 4. Some
accounts of the surrender
claim the British troops
marched in surrender
ceremonies to the tune,
The World Turned Upside
Down. If this is true, why
is that title extremely 3
Surrender of the British
General Cornwallis to the
Americans, October 19,
1781 2012 The Gilder
Lehrman Institute of
American History
www.gilderlehrman.org
appropriate? (Note: The
lyrics to that tune can be
obtained from the
Internet) 5. To what
extent do you accept
Cornwalliss refusal to

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Students will take notes over the Articles of

Confederation
-Students will participate in an activity with
primary sources reviewing the effects of
Shays Rebellion

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Rapid Review & Study Guide

Test Review
Test
-Study Guide Due
-1st Binder Check

Binder Check Items:

Unit 1 Rapid Review
Unit 2 Rapid Review

attend the surrender

because he claimed
illness? 6. Why do you
think the artist depicted
the surrender showing
both Washington and
Cornwallis even though
Cornwallis was not there
and Washington did not
accept the sword?
-Be able to understand
the ways that Shays
Rebellion demonstrated
the weaknesses of the
Articles of Confederation
-Be able to identify how
the Constitution fixed the
weaknesses of the
Articles of Confederation.
Review
Review
Assessment