Unit Map 20112012
P.S. 176 The
Ovington School
Collaboration / 2D
Grade 4 Social
Studies* / Grade 4
(P.S. 176 The
Ovington School)
Wednesday, November
2, 2011, 1:16PM
Unit: Colonial and Revolutionary Periods in New York (Week 22, 3 W
Big Ideas
The local history and government of New York reflects the conflict during the Ame
Essential Questions
What evidence of the American Revolution do we see in the world today?
How did the American Revolution affect the people of New York?
Does the American Revolution have ANY affect on me today?
Common Core Standards and Indicators
CCLS:ELA & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects K–
Writing
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effe
technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events usin
technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
3a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrato
characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
3b. Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or sh
responses of characters to situations.
3d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experi
events precisely.
5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rew
a new approach.
5. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengt
as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
Social Studies Core Curriculum, 4th Grade , Local History and Local Government
Understandings
Colonial and Revolutionary periods
Lifestyles in the colonies—comparisons during different time periods
Different types of daily activities including social/cultural, political, econom
scientific/technological, or religious
Ways that colonists depended on and modified their physical environment
Colonial societies were organized to answer three fundamental economic
What goods and services do we produce? How do we produce them? For wh
produce them?
Causes for revolution: social, political, economic
The Revolutionary War in New York State
Geographic features that influenced the War
Loyalists and patriots in New York State
Leaders of the Revolution
Effects of the Revolutionary War
Social Studies, Elementary , History of the US and NY
History of US and New York
4. The skills of historical analysis include the ability to: explain the significance o
evidence; weigh the importance, reliability, and validity of evidence; understand
of multiple causation; understand the importance of changing and competing in
different historical developments.
view historic events through the eyes of those who were there, as shown
writings, music, and artifacts.
Content
A. American Revolution
1. The lifestyles of different groups of people living in the
colonies before the Revolution
2. The colonists' dependancy on and modification of their
environments
3. The production of goods and services within the colonies
4. The causes and effects of the American Revolution (social,
economic, political and geographical)
Skills
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What was New York's role in the American Revolution?
How did the Revolution impact the lives of people in all the
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http://schools.nycenet.edu/offices/teachlearn/ss/socstudscopeseq.pdf
B. Historical Fiction Writing
1. Structure and characteristics of journal writing
2. Writing from a person's point of view
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Key Terms / Vocabulary
1. self-government
2. compact
3. economy
4. proprietor
5. cash crop
6. plantation
7. mercantilism
8. representative
9. tax
10. tariff
11. protest
12. militia
13. revolution
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independence
patriot
loyalist
Tory
retreat
surrender
spy
Assessments
A Day in The Life Journal
Narrative Writing Assignment
Students choose a group of people who lived during Colonial times (African slav
Patriots, Native Americans) and write three journal entries from their point of vi
should take place before the war, another during the war, and the last entry aft
must include a description of daily activities, responsiblities, and lifestyle change
due to the Revolution.
Boston Tea Party
Digital Storey/Movie: Dramatization
Students re-create a dramatized account of the Boston Tea Party, taking into ac
causes for the rebellion as well as the sentiments of those involved. Beforehand
write the scripts for their dramatizations and then will videotape the re-enactme
Patriots vs Loyalists
Digital Storey/Movie: Dramatization
Students use their knowledge of the beliefs of the Patriots and Loyalists to parti
picketing, protesting taxation without representation. The picketing would be oc
"outside" of a mock-debate, where Loyalists and Patriots are debating their view
the American Revolution is or is not justified.
Activities
A 1 and A 6. Student groups imagine they are Loyalists or Patriots, create poste
their stance on the War.
A 4. Students analyze and interpret political cartoons
1. In small groups, students analyze historical fiction books, such as those fro
America series, to identify the characteristics and structure of journals.
2. Students listen to and read the song The Shot Heard 'Round the World, th
the meaning, relating it to the American Revolution.
3. Students write letters as colonial spies, using invisible ink to write secret m
http://www2.si.umich.edu/spies/).
4. Students view and analyze Paul Revere's lithograph of the Boston Massacr
its accuracy and why who designed it affects its historical accuracy.
Resources
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Social Studies: New York History and Governme
http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/Shot.html
Map of the Thirteen American Colonies
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/colonies.pdf
Political Cartoons from the period of the American Revolution
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/cartoon/snake.html
http://mbpo.org/Uploads/Toppling%20King%20George%20statue%20picb.j
Photograph of Paul Revere's Boston Massacre
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/enlargement.html
Copy of the Declaration of Independence
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/text.html
When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Pa
Lynne Cheney
You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party!: Wharf Water Tea, You'
Drink by Peter Cook
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? By Jean Fritz
The Scarlet Stockings Spy by Trinka Hakes Noble
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls o
American Revolution by Laurie Halse Anderson
If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore
Big GeorgebyAnne Rockwell
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Collier and Christopher Collier
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/amflash.htm
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