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=The American Revolution Discovery=


 * **Title**: ||< Let's find out about the American Revolution ||
 * **Subject**: ||< Social Studies ||
 * **Grade**: ||< 5th ||
 * **Time Frame**: ||< 5-7 days ||
 * **Summary:** ||< The students will investigate The American Revolution, causes and effects ||
 * **Tasks**: ||< 1) The students will be put into groups of four. They will be grouped based on their knowledge base. One expert, two learners, and one novice
 * before the students start on their investigation, talk to them about the expectations of their group, tell them that there were causes(things that led to war) of the revolution and because of the revolution their were life changing effects to the colonies.
 * hand out the the hourglass sheet to glue into their interactive notebooks and discuss that this is how they should look at the revolution( the causes came down to the revolution and came out on the other side, that in turn caused the effects of the revolution)
 * They will be using all forms of technology to make discoveries as to why the revolution occurred(causes) and what the effects the revolution had on the making of the United States
 * they can use google search, history websites, articles, and books
 * They will take notes as they find information and keep it in their interactive notebook
 * teacher will check in daily to make sure they are on the right track and steer them back if they are off the topic or are too far off the path
 * They will work in their group to present the information they have discovered in the form of a prezi or some other digital project
 * students should take notes during other's presentations and compare their information to others.
 * When they complete all presentations go back to the hourglass sheet and hand out the list of important events of the revolution
 * discuss how many they found and know about now after their discovery; put them in mixed groups to work on putting the events where they go in relation to the causes and effects on the hourglass sheet
 * come back together and discuss the placement of the events and have the students glue them down
 * talk to the students about the importance of the different events and how they all led to the forming of The United States of America.
 * Examples of hourglass sheet(before/after)
 * [[image:hourglass revolution.JPG width="143" height="186"]] [[image:hourglass completed revolution.JPG width="134" height="180"]] ||
 * Objectives: ||< * What TEKS or other objectives does this activity/lesson project meet? ||
 * Assessment: ||< How will you assess the students learning?
 * Through their digital presentation, notes, and hourglass sheet in their interactive notebooks ||
 * Resources: ||< * What resources will be needed?
 * computers, ipads, iphones, books, websites, and interactive notebooks ||
 * **Teacher**
 * Reflections:** || Please share what went well, what was challenging and what you might tweak or modify for your next round.... ||
 * **Examples**: ||< * Links to teacher or student work examples. ||

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