Causes of American Revolution Revolutionary War Social Studies Unit Activities

American Revolution United States History or Social Studies Activities Unit includes American Revolution timelines that examine the causes and events leading up to the American Revolution. Worksheets, map activities, guided notes, reading stations passages, and assessments for grades 6, 7, & 8 are all included in over 300 pages of content that will engage your students!

 

Like all of our History bundles, the Revolution unit has a common flow created to reduce anxiety for you and your students throughout the year! We know that teachers love no-prep history activities, and students need structure and accountability to succeed; our units are taught with a common sequence, complete with mini-assessments along the way.

 

 

Here’s what’s included, organized in 8 sequenced subfolders AND on a linked Google-ready table of contents for easy access:

 

⭐ 1. INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY SUBFOLDER – Students either analyze visuals, primary source excerpts, and maps to make predictions about the content they will learn about or watch a video and complete a graphic organizer.

• Investigation Introduction Lesson
• Revolution Video Guide

 

⭐ 2. VOCABULARY SUBFOLDER– Includes three assignment vocabulary options, review games, and a quiz. Also, includes Quizlet links for online learning practice with the same words and definitions!

 

⭐ 3. NOTES, READINGS, and GRAPHIC ORGANIZER SUBFOLDER-

Includes everything you need to teach the content via readings, activities, or direct instruction. Complete with a content quiz!

• Revolution Reading Workbook, Folding Project, and Quiz
• Slides Guided Notes Graphic Organizer Set
• Student Centered Reading Stations

 

⭐ 4. ACTIVITIES SUBFOLDER- Includes diverse, interactive, student-centered activities, worksheets, and close readings from which teachers can pick and choose based on personal style and class needs.

 

• Common Sense Pamphlet by Thomas Paine– Common Core Primary Source Document Analysis. Students interpret and make meaning of this chunked document.
• The Declaration of Independence Breakup Letter-Common Core Primary Source Document Analysis
• George Washington- Hero or Hype CER Poster
• Printable Instagram from a soldier activity
• American Revolution Game Board Project – Students analyze which events pushed the colonies toward independence and create a board game. A rubric and examples are included.
• Printable Political Cartoon Template- Works perfectly with the printable notes included with this bundle.
• Patriots and Loyalists: Who Said It? -Common Core Reading and Writing Activity. Students read about both sides and determine who most likely would have said various primary source quotes.
• Battles of the American Revolution Lesson Set! Stations, Interactive Google Maps, or Game!
• Two-Part American Revolution DBQ (Document Based Questions) Assessment with 6 Primary Source Documents and Common Core Writing. This assessment is versatile, with tons of teacher options for a differentiated classroom.
• Primary Source Activities: The Sugar Act,  Martial Law, and the Stamp Act
• History’s Mysteries- Was George Washington a War Hero? -Close reading and claim, evidence, and reasoning activity.
• Rating Colonial Unrest Worksheet
• American Revolution Fun Skit Activity with Graphic Organizer for Students to copy down key points
• The History Place- Events Leading to Revolution Timeline Worksheet Perfect for Chromebooks

⭐6. WARM-UPS DAILY SKILL-BASED TEXT ANALYSIS WARM-UPS/ BELLRINGERS– Students make inferences and predictions from the text, choose the best evidence to support a claim, cite sources, paraphrase and learn to write strong commentary in these daily skill-based mini-lessons and practice slides.

 

⭐7. KEY CONCEPTS FOR US HISTORY SUBFOLDER – Each unit comes with a key concepts introduction PowerPoint and graphic organizer, Big Ideas Matching, Big Idea Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Writing Guides, Foldable Mini-Packet of Resources, and a Key Concepts Field Report Summary Activity. Also includes 2 unit-specific review activities:

• Doodle Notes Key Concept Summary
• Unit-specific key concept reveiw

⭐8. UNIT ASSESSMENT CLAIM, EVIDENCE, REASONING (CER) TEST– Each unit comes with an editable assessment that has students support claims with evidence.

 

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