Technology Timeline! Major Events and Battles of the American Revolution
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Total Duration:
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Materials and Resources:
Chart paper for students to fill out. Should be structured to ask about the event or battle: Which event or battle? When did it happen? What happened? Why? Who won (battles only)?
The Book George vs. George, The American Revolution as Seen From Both Sides By Rosalyn Schanzer
Technology Resources Needed:
Laptops or computer lab, required plug-ins for online timelines. The website utilized for making the technology timelines is www.tiki-toki.com
Background/Preparation:
Concepts to know
Boston Massacre: Fight in which the British fired into a crowd of and killed five colonists.
Boston Tea Party: A protest against the British about tea imported by the American colonies and colonists boarded British ships in Boston harbor and dumped the tea overboard.
Battles of Lexington and Concord: First shots fired between American and British troops.
Bunker Hill: A hill in Boston where a battle of the American Revolution happened, colonial forces surrounded Boston were removed by British troops.
Read pages 18-31 from George vs. George, The American Revolution as Seen From Both Sides. After reading using an interactive read-aloud strategy with them, ask them “When did the Boston Massacre actually occur?”
As students answer, write the correct date on the board and ask “What happened during the Boston Massacre? What caused the Boston Massacre to happen?”
Write a short synopsis of what happened during the Boston Massacre as students answer and write a short sentence explaining why.
Next, ask students about the Boston Tea Party: When was it, what happened, and why?
Write correct answers on the board.
Pass out paper timelines for students. Link the events on a timeline for students to see on the board! Show students this is how to make a timeline, the dates must go in order according to years and dates when they actually happened.
Make sure to highlight what correct spacing looks like on paper timelines. Put students in pairs of two and have them make their own quick timelines on paper (including the two events that we did as a class). Next, break students into groups of four.
Give each group one event to research on laptops or computer lab computers. Explain we are using events that happened before and during the American Revolution.
The list of events for groups:
The Stamp Act, The Townshend acts, Battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Saratoga.
As students work, monitor to ensure adequate progress while answering questions.
When students finish have an accountable talk discussion. Ask students to build on one another when possible. Ask: “What would have happened if the Boston Massacre and the Boston tea Party never happened?” then next ask, “If these events never happened, would the Battles that came after have still happened?” “Why did the Battles of Lexington and Concord even happen? Bunker Hill? Saratoga? Yorktown?” “What was the most important thing that all these battles had in common?”
Assessment Strategies
The assessment that will be taken for a grade will be the virtual timelines made on tiki-toki.com. All events should be on the timeline with correct dates, definitions, and free of spelling errors.
Acceleration:
Intervention:
The timeline will allow the student to refer back to what was covered, Collaboration is involved so students who need extra assistance may continue to collaborate later.
View the Special Education resources for
instructional guidance in providing modifications and adaptations
for students with significant cognitive disabilities who qualify for the Alabama Alternate Assessment.