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Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: American Democracy, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this unit of eight lessons, from EDSITEment, the propensity to complain is used to increase student awareness of the preceden...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Jefferson vs. Franklin: Revolutionary Philosophers
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students deepen their understanding of the documents crucial to the birth of United States demo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Myth and Truth: Independence Day
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Literature and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson explores all the dates and stories associated with the Declaration of Independence. Students learn ab...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0It's Independence Day! Or Is It?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the events leading up to the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776. A ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Liberty! The American Revolution
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: American Democracy, The American Revolution, History-Social Science, U.S. Constitution, United States HistoryLiberty! The American Revolution is an online companion to the 6-part PBS series. It begins in the aftermath of the French and I...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: American Democracy, Geography, Branches of Government, History-Social Science and 3 additional..Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom recounts the history of the building in Philadelphia where the Second Contine...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Declaration of Independence
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis page, from Yale Law School s Avalon Project, provides the text of The Declaration of Independence. This resource is ref...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0It's Independence Day! Or is it?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students consider why there are so many different dates associated with the Declaration of Independence and why the nation's bir...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Drafting the Declaration: The Jefferson Desk and the Declaration of Independence
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis teacher resource from "The Object of History", a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's National Museum of American ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Jefferson Desk
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis object-based learning activity revolves around the desk on which Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0