Young historians get hooked into a unit study of the American Revolution with a simulation that lets them experience some of the outrage colonists felt about unfair taxes. Class members demonstrate what they have learned in the study by choosing projects from a menu of options.

Concepts

causes of the american revolution, the american revolution, the loyalists, patriots, taxes

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Rather than using the very visible color-coded cubes and worksheets for the three groups, provide a name for each group making the grouping less obvious

Classroom Considerations

• The first lesson in a unit study of the American Revolution
• No answer key is provided for the pre-assessment quiz

Pros

• Rubrics are provided for each of the projects

Cons

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.7