This course is the third in the series to cover the 9 eras of American History. It covers events leading up to the American Revolution, the American War for Independence, and the creation of the United States Government. Lessons are planned using the UCLA history standards. Classes in this series do not need to be completed in chronological order. 

This class will be a mix of lecture and interactive note-taking, discussion, and projects/games/activities that extend learning. Students will often guide their own learning by asking meaningful questions and seeking the answers through primary sources. 

Lesson 1:
Discontent in the Colonies
Using primary sources from and multiple perspectives, students will discover the events that lead up to the American War for Independence. 
---Taxes and smuggling
---Sons and Daughters of Liberty
---Acts of rebellion

Lessons 3-4:
The Boston Massacre
Using primary sources and videos, students will learn what the Boston Massacre was and how it contributed to the unrest in the American Colonies.
---Perspectives on the massacre
---Use of propaganda on both sides
---Play the interactive role-playing game "For Crown or Colony."

Lesson 5:
Tensions Rising
Using primary sources and identifying multiple perspectives, students will learn about events considered to be the tipping point for the fight for American Independence. 
---Boston Tea Party
---Intolerable Acts

Lesson 6:
Fighting Begins
Using primary sources and identifying multiple perspectives, students will learn about how the fighting began.
---Continental Congress
---role of militia
---Paul Revere and Lexington and Concord

Lesson 7
Documents that Changed History
Using primary sources and identifying multiple perspectives, students will learn about the important documents that changed the Revolutionary War into a War for Independence. 
---Common Sense by Thomas Paine
---The Declaration of Independence
---Articles of Confederation

Lesson 8
Women of the Revolution
Using primary sources and identifying multiple perspectives, students will discuss various women who were influential to the cause of American Independence. Some names include:
---Phyllis Wheatley and the role of authors, poets, and propagandists
---Deborah Sampson and the role of female soldiers and minutewomen
---Margaret Cochran Corbin and the role of camp followers
---Sybil Ludington, messenger 
---Abigail Adams and the role of wives and mothers
---Daughters of Liberty

Lesson 9:
Names to Know
Using primary sources and identifying multiple perspectives, students will discuss various men whose names are important to remember in regards to the American War for Independence.
---Presidentials (George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson etc.)
---Other Heavy Hitters (Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Lafayette, Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale etc.)
---The Other Side (King George, Benedict Arnold, etc.)

Lesson 10:
The Great Compromise
Using primary sources of real-life perspectives, students will learn about the beginnings of the United States Constitution. 
---Constitution vs. Articles of Confederations
---Slavery and the constitution
---Bill of Rights

Students of all backgrounds and learning abilities are welcome in my classroom. If there is an accommodation you'd like me to make for your child, please reach out. This classroom is a safe space.