As part of a study of the American Revolution, class members engage in an inquiry-based lesson that has them watch a scene from the play Slave Spy, examine multiple primary source documents, and then discuss the similarities and differences among the terms independence, slavery, freedom, and liberty.

Concepts

the american revolution, causes of the american revolution, patriots, the loyalists, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, the french and indian war

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Post and review the evidence groups have gather in the previous four formative performance tasks
• Review the characteristics and format of the argument essay before assigning the paper

Classroom Considerations

• The carefully crafted supporting questions and the formative performance tasks in previous lessons in the series provide the scaffolding necessary to prepare scholars to answer the unit's essential question

Pros

• The packet includes a summary of the pervious lessons in the series

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.6 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.6