Crossroads: Middle School Curriculum

Crossroads:
Middle School Curriculum

Unit_IV: What Was The American Revolution? 1760-1836

Question 1: What were the causes of the American Revolution?

Resource 1: British Laws: Student Worksheet
Resource 2: Teacher Resource on the Declaration of Independence
Resource 3: Declaration of Independence: Student Worksheet
Resource 4: Declaration of Independence
Resource 5: Causes of the American Revolution: Concluding Activity

Question 2: Was the American Revolution a revolution?

Resource 1: American Revolution: Reading A: National Leaders
Resource 2: American Revolution: Reading B: Loyalists
Resource 3: American Revolution: Reading C: Women
Resource 4: American Revolution: Reading D: American Traders
Resource 5: American Revolution: Reading E: Slaves
Resource 6: American Revolution: Concluding Activity
Resource 7: Assessment Criteria: Concluding Activity
Resource 8: American Revolution: Reading F: Two Historians' Views
Resource 9: American Revolution: Valley Forge

Question 3: How did the Revolutionaries design the first American system of government?

Resource 1: State Constitutions: Worksheet
Resource 2: Articles of Confederation: Worksheet
Resource 3: Articles of Confederation: Resource

Question 4: In what ways was the United States constitution of 1787 a document of compromise, balance and flexibility?

Question 5: How was the Constitution written and adopted?

Question 6: How did the challenges to the government lead to broadened interpretations of the Constitution?

Resource 1: Challenges to the Government: Student Worksheet
Resource 2: Challenges to the Government: Teacher Guide

Question 7: Did the new nations meet the goals stated in the Declaration of Independence?

Resource 1: Goals of the Declaration of Independence: Student Worksheet
Resource 2: Goals of the Declaration of Independence: Suggested Answers
Resource 3: Goals of the Declaration of Independence: Assessment Criteria

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