American Revolutionary War K-5
Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 to Treaty of Paris in 1783
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Loyalists vs. Patriots
Elizabeth Brown
Description of Lesson: Why did people side with the Loyalists or the Patriots? What made them choose?
Loyalists vs. Patriots
Emily Strong
Description of Lesson: Students will start off the lesson by looking at a hand colored engraving by Paul Revere of the Boston Massacre, 1770. Students will finish and review the Venn Diagram we started from previous lesson (Loyalists vs. Patriots – Day 2). Students then choose what side they would take if they were a colonist at the time, and begin brainstorming/prewriting a persuasive letter to another colonist .
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