Essential Questions Specialty Area 2
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1. Following the French and Indian War, why did Great Britain create new taxes for the colonies?
2.What were the Sugar Act and Stamp Act?
3. What was the Boston Massacre?
4. What were the Townshend Acts and Tea Act?
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5. What was the Boston Tea Party?
6. What were the Intolerable Acts/ Coercive Acts?
Your Thesis: SO WHAT? While completing your research what conclusions did you draw? Why does this topic matter, how do the events you studied change history? Write a one paragraph thesis that addresses what is important about this subject |
Web links to Research, Project Helps and Online Presentation Assitance
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The "Project Assistance" button above will give you access to numerous websites that can assist you in creating web based projects. Regardless of your chosen project take a few minutes to review the available web sites, you might find something you were not previously aware of that will be of interest to you!
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The "Willowcreek Library Texts and Tools" button above will link you to the Alexandria Library. Within the Alexandria library any books with the call number starting with "REF" or a number are informational texts, conversely any call number starting with "FIC", "PB", or "SC" are fictional texts. To access books tagged for the Revolutionary war, go to the search page, type in "ness rev war", and hit search. on the top right hand corner click on the "find more" box. To assist in your search, go to the top drop down menu "unsorted" and sort by "Call Number", this will categorize the fiction and informational texts,posting the informational texts (excluding reference texts) on the top; in addition it will indicate the order of the texts on the stacks. Identify the call number to find the text on the stacks.
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Page Numbers in the Text Specialty Area 2
Call to Freedom
Pages 135-144
Pages 152-154
Pages 139-143
American History
Pages 190-195
Pages 135-144
Pages 152-154
Pages 139-143
American History
Pages 190-195
Instructor Created MaterialColonial Conflict leading to the Revolutionary WarOn the right is a video presentation by Alora Colton on Specialty Area 2, Colonial Conflict leading to the Revolutionary War. The first 15 minutes of the presentation are a PowerPoint presentation with verbal content support, the second 1/2 of the presentation is a readers theater news program. You can use this information to answer the questions on page 14 of the student workbook.
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Student Created Material |
SA 2: PowerPoint, Children's Story & Lecture: Brooke S.Below is an an outstanding PowerPoint, followed by a lecture including review activities related to the key questions covered in Specialty Area 2. On the right is an excellent example of a children's storybook written by Brooke S. to illustrate the Causes of the Revolutionary War. Students can use this material to complete the questions in their workbook.
Instructional PP and board game provided by Caden B. The board game is presented later in the presentation. It is an outstanding example of a project that supports the content. Check it out!
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Suggested Websites for Specialty Area 2
Suggested Novels for Specialty Area 2
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Title: Early Thunder
Author: Jean Fritz Set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1774 this novel depicts a young boy caught between loyalties. Fairly easy reading Title: The journal of William Thomas Emerson: a Revolutionary War Patriot
Author: Barry Denenberg William, a 12 year old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary war Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to British Rule. Title: The Many Rides of Paul Revere
Author: James Cross Giblin Follow the legendary patriot his childhood to his daring rides for the Revolutionary War Title: Secret weapons: A tale of the Revolutionary War
Author: J. Gunderson ; illustrated by Jesus Aburto Fourteen-year-old Daniel wants to join the militia to fight the redcoats, but his father wants him to help run the family blacksmith shop. When he is shown a stash of weapons in the back room, he is determined to protect the weapons from the British. Graphic Novels
Title: The Boston Tea Party Author: Doeden, Matt., Barnett, Charles, III, ill. , Hoover, Dave, ill. Presents a comic book version of the story of the Boston Tea Party, one of the acts of rebellion taken by patriots against England which led to the American Revolution. Title: John Adams and the Boston Massacre
Author: Gary Jeffrey ; illustrated by Emanuele Boccanfuso Includes indexl.Readers discover the facts behind the Boston Massacre, which ultimately left five colonists dead. The ensuing trial unfolds for readers with great tension, as Adams works to prove that patriots can be trusted to defend the human rights of all people. |
Title: The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre
Author: Ann Rinaldi Rachel Marsh is an indentured servant in the John Adams household of Boston in 1770. She has friends who support the rebellion and knows that eventually she must take a stand. Title: Love Thy Neighbor; the Tory diary of Prudence Emerson, Greenmarsh Massachusetts
Author: Ann Warren Turner Set in 1774, 13 year old Prudence keeps a diary of the troubles she and her family face as Tories in the middle of a sea of Patriots. Title: Five smooth stones: Hope's diary
Author: Kristiana Gregory In her diary, a young girl writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776 Title: Ropes of the revolution: the tale of the Boston tea party EASY READ
Author: Gunderson, Jessica The Sons of Liberty are planning a protest on British taxes by dumping shiploads of British tea into Boston Harbor and fifteen-year-old Benjamin and his friend, Joseph, want a part of the action! Graphic Novels
Title: You wouldn't want to be at the Boston Tea Party!: wharf water tea you'd rather not drink Author: Peter Cook Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depicting the life of colonists who lived during the Boston Tea Party. Title: Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party
Author: Gary Jeffrey ; illustrated by Nick Spender Samuel Adams is one of the most well known figures in the American fight for independence. His impassioned speeches helped motivate colonists to take action against British taxes, which led to the famous act of rebellion known as the Boston Tea Party. This book is told in the form of a graphic novel. |
See Below for Available Films and Podcasts Related to Specialty Area 2
PBS Liberty: Part I: The Reluctant Revolutionaries
LIBERTY! is a six-part series of one-hour documentaries for PBS. It describes how the American Revolution evolved and how a new nation was born in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War, using actors, Revolutionary era scholars, and eyewitness accounts of the time.
In part one of the six part series it is 1763, the capitol city of America is London, George Washington is lobbying for a post in the British army, and no one thinks of Boston harbor when they hear talk of tea parties. In a dozen years, the colonies are on the brink of rebellion. What happens to bring this country so quickly near war with England?
In part one of the six part series it is 1763, the capitol city of America is London, George Washington is lobbying for a post in the British army, and no one thinks of Boston harbor when they hear talk of tea parties. In a dozen years, the colonies are on the brink of rebellion. What happens to bring this country so quickly near war with England?
Revolution: American History, Produced by the History Channel
The American Revolution was a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation, and then expelled all royal officials. By 1774 each colony had established a Provincial Congress or an equivalent governmental institution to govern itself, but still recognized the British Crown and their inclusion in the empire. The British responded by sending combat troops to re-impose direct rule. Through the Second Continental Congress, the Americans then managed the armed conflict in response to the British known as the American Revolutionary War (also: American War of Independence, 1775--83).
The British sent invasion armies and used their powerful navy to blockade the coast. George Washington became the American commander, working with Congress and the states to raise armies and neutralize the influence of Loyalists. Claiming the rule of George III of Great Britain was tyrannical and therefore illegitimate, Congress declared independence as a new nation in July 1776, when Thomas Jefferson wrote and the states unanimously ratified the United States Declaration of Independence. The British lost Boston in 1776, but then captured and held New York City. The British would capture the revolutionary capital at Philadelphia in 1777, but Congress escaped, and the British withdrew a few months later.
The British sent invasion armies and used their powerful navy to blockade the coast. George Washington became the American commander, working with Congress and the states to raise armies and neutralize the influence of Loyalists. Claiming the rule of George III of Great Britain was tyrannical and therefore illegitimate, Congress declared independence as a new nation in July 1776, when Thomas Jefferson wrote and the states unanimously ratified the United States Declaration of Independence. The British lost Boston in 1776, but then captured and held New York City. The British would capture the revolutionary capital at Philadelphia in 1777, but Congress escaped, and the British withdrew a few months later.
The War That Made America: Episode 4
Rebels & Redcoats
A unique British produced documentary that shares the British perspective about the American Revolution
