Curriculum / ELA / 4th Grade / Unit 4: Examining Our History: American Revolution / Lesson 8
ELA
Unit 4
4th Grade
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Book: Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner
Book: A Young People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
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Discuss one of the following essential questions.
Your answer should include at least two to three key events.
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
Review all vocabulary from the previous lessons.
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SL.4.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.4.6 — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).
SL.4.6 — Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group discussion); use formal English when appropriate to task and situation.
W.4.9.b — Apply grade 4 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., "Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text").
W.4.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Lesson 7
Lesson 9
Defend if the actions of the French and Indian War support the idea that America was the land of liberty.
RI.4.3
Defend if the colonies really were a land of liberty and equality.
RI.4.3 RI.4.6
Describe the relationship between the colonists and the British after the French and Indian War.
RI.4.2 RI.4.3
Summarize what happened during the Boston Massacre.
RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.6
Writing
Summarize what happened during the Boston Massacre. Use subordinating conjunctions to write more interesting and complex sentences in summaries.
RI.4.2 W.4.2.a W.4.2.b W.4.9
Analyze and explain the unrest felt by colonists in the lead up to the Revolutionary War.
Summarize what happened during the Boston Tea Party.
Discussion & Writing
SL.4.1
Use subordinating conjunctions to write more interesting and complex sentences.
L.4.1.f L.4.2.c W.4.9
Describe what happened at the First Continental Congress.
Defend whether one should side with the Loyalists or the Patriots.
SL.4.1 SL.4.3 W.4.1
Summarize the events in the days leading up to the start of the American Revolutionary War.
Summarize how the Battle of Bunker Hill showed both sides how terrible war would be.
Analyze why the Declaration of Independence was written and who it represented.
RI.4.2 RI.4.3 SL.4.1
Describe the role poor people, Indigenous people and black people played in the Revolution.
Explain the role of Indigenous people in the colonies once the European colonists arrived.
RI.4.2 RI.4.3 SL.4.3 SL.4.4
Analyze the role women played in the American Revolution and why they were referred to as everyday heroines.
RI.4.3 SL.4.1 SL.4.3 SL.4.4 W.4.9
Analyze the role of a few individual heroines in the American Revolution and why they were referred to as heroines.
Analyze the role of Black people during the American Revolution.
RI.4.2 RI.4.3 SL.4.3 SL.4.4 W.4.9
Analyze the role of Black heroes in the American Revolution and why they were important.
Informative Writing – 4 days
Write an informational report about a person that participated in the American Revolution, describing their cause, action, obstacle, and outcome.
SL.4.4 W.4.2 W.4.2.a W.4.2.b W.4.2.d W.4.5 W.4.6 W.4.7 W.4.8
Assessment
Opinion Writing – 4 days
Write an essay defending if the colonists were or were not justified in declaring independence and fighting the Revolutionary War.
L.4.1.f L.4.2.a W.4.1 W.4.1.a W.4.1.b W.4.8 W.4.9
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