The American Revolution: How the US Started!
Amy Burger
Average rating:4.6Number of reviews:(92)
In this 4 week course, students will learn how the US became the nation that it is today!
Class experience
US Grade 6 - 9
This amazing 4 week course is for anyone from the casual history buff to the most serious of history students. In this course, we will look at the Revolution from the lens of those who lived it. We will look at the viewpoints of Patriots who opposed Britain, the Tories (Loyalists) who opposed breaking off from England, enslaved people who just wanted freedom- no matter where it came from, and Native Americans who were seemingly stuck in the middle and losing their land to all colonists. We...
Students will learn about life in the colonies, what caused the US to declare independence, the various viewpoints of those who lived it as well as the Revolutionary War and the problems and triumphs that went with the founding of a new country.
I am a Social Studies teacher who teaches American History and Civics and I hold a Master's degree in Political Science as well as a BA in Political Science with a minor in history. I teach at a school that practices culturally responsive teaching.I also studied marginalized people groups through "Teaching Hard History" seminars at Carolina K 12 through the University of North Carolina.In 2017, I also had a teaching fellowship with Carolina K12 in which we looked at Civil Rights through Oral History.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
We will be talking about a War and the various viewpoints of those affected. We will be looking at primary sources which may have culturally offensive language. This class will also look at the Declaration of Independence. We will be discussing the context of the Declaration and primary sources from Colonial Willamsburg, Stanford History Education Group, Teaching Tolerance and Gilder Lehrman American History and comparing and contracting it on its merits and faults including the part of its text that includes a racist slur referring to Native Americans.
Average rating:4.6Number of reviews:(92)
I am a teacher of Social Studies. I have taught my school students to do the same through compare and contrast and guided reading. I love my family and my cat. Sophia. I am a huge Star Wars and Ice Hockey fan and I love teaching! I teach American...
Group Class
$60
for 4 classes1x per week, 4 weeks
45 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-16
3-12 learners per class
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