Lesson Overview
This lesson is designed to complement student understanding of the American Revolution. The lesson is designed to be completed by 11th Grade US History students, yet should be able to be utilized (with minor adaption) by middle school students. This lesson exposes students to various sources and documents that expand the student’s understanding of the Revolutionary War in South Carolina. Students make use of skills such as document analysis, information organization, defending a historic argument, presentation, and creation of informational text.
Essential Question
Why do historians choose to emphasize some locations, heroes, and stories over others?
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Other Instructional Materials or Notes:
8, 11
- Tablets – at least one per group
- Projection Board
- Internet (recommended)
- Image Display (SMARTBoard)
Scrap Paper for students
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- 8-2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes of the American Revolution and the beginnings of the new nation, with an emphasis on South Carolina’s role in the development of that nation.
- The events surrounding the American Revolution transformed British colonists into American citizens. To understand South Carolina’s pivotal role in this process, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the following indica...
- 8-2.4 Compare the perspectives of different groups of South Carolinians during the American Revolution, including Patriots, Tories/Loyalists, women, enslaved and free Africans, and Native Americans.
- 8-2.5 Summarize the role of South Carolinians in the course of the American Revolution, including the use of partisan warfare and the battles of Charleston, Camden, Cowpens, Kings Mountain and Eutaw Springs.
- The events surrounding the American Revolution transformed British colonists into American citizens. To understand South Carolina’s pivotal role in this process, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the following indica...
- USHC-1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the conflicts between regional and national interest in the development of democracy in the United States.
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Lesson Partners: ETV Education, National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina , Colonial Charleston, Charleston County School District