Bartlett Community Partnership School
Objectives:
1. Identify a historical memory box
2. Identify and describe objects that represent the character Samuel from Woods Runner
3. Analyze and tell historical significance of documents/objects from the American Revolution.
Do it Now:
1. Make a name sign/placard - Follow template
2. Imagine students in 200 years are doing a project about YOU!
Pick 3 objects that represent you
Tell how/why these objects represent you
Lecture/Smart Board:
What is a memory box?
Discuss what objects could represent Samuel from Woods Runner and place them in the "Memory Box" on the Smart Board
-Rifle
-Map of NYC
-Moccasins
-Newspaper clipping of Battle of Lexington/Concord
Activity:
Groups analyze documents or paintings and discuss how it represents the Revolution.
Fill out paragraph organizer with reasons their object represents the Revolution.
-excerpt from Common Sense
-Join or Die cartoon
-picture of Boston Tea Party
-picture of battle on Concord Bridge
-excerpt from Declaration of Independence
Wrap-up:
Group share
Exit Ticket:
What is a memory box?