“Learning Menu: American Revolution” Essential Question: Why is war inevitable? Directions: Start with #5, then choose two other activities to complete your Tic, Tac, Toe​. ACOS: 3.) Trace the chronology of events leading to the American Revolution, including the French and Indian War, passage of the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, passage of the Intolerable Acts, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the publication of ​Common Sense​, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Front Page of Newspaper: Investigate the First Continental Congress gatherings. Create a description of the events as a reporter during the time period, highlighting what occurred during the Congress meetings, and the roles of Revolutionary leaders. Create an Infographic, that depicts the events, and decisions that were made by the Second Continental Congress. You may use Easel.ly http://www.easel.ly or another tool of your choice for this assignment. Create a Movie that highlights the major events that led to the American Revolution. Include philosophies that influenced leaders of the time. Use a voice-­over for your movie narrating the movie for the viewer. Create a Satirical Comic Strip that depicts some of the reasons the colonists felt they had no choice but to go to war against Great Britain. Include key revolutionary leaders. Make Beliefs Comix: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/make-­be
liefs-­comix/id795026580?mt=8&ign-­mpt
=uo%3D8 Read Write Think Comic Maker: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resour
ces/interactives/comic/ 5. Research the many events that led to the Revolutionary War, key roles of leaders (Adams, Jefferson, Henry, Revere, Washington), Battles (Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown), and philosophies of Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau. Take notes using Google Slides and share with teacher. Include bibliography for each slide. Below are a few resources for your research. http://mrnussbaum.com/arce/ http://www.history.com/topics/american-­r
evolution/the-­continental-­congress http://study.com/academy/lesson/causes
-­of-­the-­american-­revolution.html http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/pe
ople.aspx Second Continental Congress had to make many decisions concerning the War. Create a Timeline of all of the decisions and events of the Second Continental Congress. Include pictures, links, or documents to support this timeline. Timeline Maker: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resour
ces/interactives/timeline_2/ Think about the colonists reactions to the different taxes, and events that occurred prior to the American Revolution. Create a Graphic Organizer that illustrates the Cause and Effect of these events and how it resulted in the War. ​https://www.text2mindmap.com ​http://www.exploratree.org.uk https://www.spiderscribe.net Write a narrative essay explaining why the American Colonies had no choice but to go to war against Great Britain. Include facts from the real events, with details, and sequence based from your research. Write a letter to King George III developing an argument of why you as a colonial leader have no choice but to become a traitor against Great Britain and join the war. In your explanation be sure to use facts that support cause and effect. Also, be sure to determine the central ideas that emerged during this time, and support with details. Learning Menu idea: Kasey Bell “Shake Up Learning” / “American Revolutio​n” Learning Menu: Debbie Kenyon