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“Two sides of the Revolutionary War; Loyalists and Patriots

“Two sides of the Revolutionary War; Loyalists and Patriots. -Tom Wenstrom. Overall Goal. Take a deep, unbiased look into both sides columnists played during the Revolutionary War; the loyalists side and the patriot side. Key Objectives.

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“Two sides of the Revolutionary War; Loyalists and Patriots

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  1. “Two sides of the Revolutionary War; Loyalists and Patriots -Tom Wenstrom

  2. Overall Goal • Take a deep, unbiased look into both sides columnists played during the Revolutionary War; the loyalists side and the patriot side

  3. Key Objectives • Students will analyze and create own ideas using primary sources • Students intellectually interact with peers through means of cooperative learning • Develop skills to detect bias and propaganda • Develop skills and thoughts of their own; argue and defend these beliefs • Make perditions using given information and own judgment

  4. Brief overview of some activities that will meet objectives • Examine two sources of propaganda; one for the loyalists and party and one for the patriots, however the teacher will not reveal which photo belongs to which party • This will teach the kids to develop ideas using primary sources • This will activity will the students in the process of detecting bias and propaganda

  5. Brief overview of some activities that will meet objectives • Students will be asked to break up into smaller groups and discuss specific ideas • This will create peer to peer cooperative learning

  6. Brief overview of some activities that will meet objectives • We will break the class into two groups randomly; Loyalists and Patriots • The two sides will than hold a debate over given scenarios • Example of a scenario’s would be • “After the war should all the loyalists be hung or deported, or should they be allowed to stay in the United States” • “If the British approach a poor farmer and they offer the poor man an extremely enormous amount of money in exchange for food, should the man sell the crops to the British?” • This will allow the students to defend and argue their own points of view

  7. Brief overview of some activities that will meet objectives • The students will write a one page paper predicting what side they would have been on if they were living in America at the time of the Revolution • This allows kids to be creative and make predictions using the knowledge they attained along with their own insight

  8. Evaluation • The students will be evaluated throughout the week, regarding their participation and insight into discussions • The class debate will be a key evaluation to evaluate students progress in developing their own thoughts • The short paper will also be used to assess the student’s creativity and understanding of the two parties • According to the Connecticut State Department of Education sixth grade students should be evaluated on short one or two page papers, so this may have the most value

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