4.3+Collaborative+Lesson+Plan

**​Template for Collaborative Lesson Plan – A. 4.3** __**Planning**__ At the end of this students will be able to
 * **Reading Comprehension Strategy:** synthesizing
 * **Reading Development Level:** Advanced
 * **Instructional Strategies** Notemaking and Summarizing and Evaluation
 * **Lesson Length:** 15 class periods
 * **Purpose:** The purpose of this lesson is to have students read the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, or Bill of Rights; a biography of the authors of chosen document; identify the social, cultural, and historical context in which these documents were written; and defend student’s position on whether these documents could have been written today and the relevance of chosen document to each student’s life, both present and future. The purpose of this lesson plan is to provide an opportunity for students' to engage in effectively synthesizing multiple sources involving thematic unit, The American Revolution.
 * **Objectives**

// 1. // Identify and describe the cultural, historical, and social contexts of the documents that established the US as an independent federation, and one document in detail among the following: The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the US Constitution. //__ Texas Standards __//// : Social Studies Advanced Studies: 19 TAC §113.52.(c) (1) (A-C), English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (2) (C) // //__ AASL Indicator __//// 1.1.5. Strand: Inquire, think critically and gain knowledge. Indicator: Evaluate information found in selected sources on the basis of accuracy, validity, appropriateness for needs, importance, and social and cultural context. Benchmark: Recognize the social, cultural, or other context within which the information was created and explain the impact of context on interpreting the information. //

// 2. // Identify the relevance to their own lives of the above listed historical documents. //__ Texas Standards __//// : Social Studies Advanced Studies: 19 TAC §113.52.(c) (1) (A-C) // //__ AASL Indicator __//// 4.1.5. Strand: Pursue personal and aesthetic growth. Indicator: Connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience. Benchmark: Connect new ideas and understandings to future needs and interests that relate to college, careers, and personal lives. //

// 3. // Make notes, cite sources, and organize information //. // //__ Texas Standards __//// : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (8-10), : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (15) (C) // //__ AASL Indicator __//// 2.1.2: Strand: Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. Indicator: Organize knowledge so that it is useful. Benchmark: Organize knowledge independently, deciding the structure based on the relationships among ideas and general patterns discovered. //

// 4. // Synthesize and interpret information from multiple sources in multiple formats //. // //__ Texas Standards __//// : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (22-23) // //__ AASL Indicator __//// 2.1.1: Strand: Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. Indicator: Continue an inquiry-based research process by applying critical-thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, organization) to information and knowledge in order to construct new understandings, draw conclusions, and create new knowledge. Benchmark: Build a conceptual framework by synthesizing ideas gathered from multiple texts. //

5. Create and present a Web 2.0 tool related to findings, both from documents and biographies //. // //__ Texas Standards __//// : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (15) (D) // //__ AASL Indicator __//// : 3.1.4. //// Strand: Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society. Indicator: Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess. Benchmark: Prepare and deliver a “professional” presentation to audiences outside of school using technology as medium of presentation. //

6. Self-assess with a rubric and a response sheet //. // //__ Texas Standards __//// : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (15) (D), // //__ AASL Indicator __//// : 2.4.2. Strand: Pursue personal and aesthetic growth. Indicator: Reflect on systematic process, and assess for completeness of investigation. //


 * **Resources, Materials, and Equipment**
 * __Literature__** (Student and Teacher Resource List)
 * ~ Title ||~  ||
 * 1776 (2002) || DVD ||
 * Alexander Hamilton (2007) || DVD ||
 * Founding Brothers (2002) || DVD ||
 * Liberty! The American Revolution || DVD ||
 * The History Channel Presents The Revolution || DVD ||
 * Thomas Jefferson - A Film by Ken Burns (1996) || DVD ||

› [|Visit Amazon's Akhil Reed Amar Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || Akhil Reed Amar || Random House Trade Paperbacks (September 12, 2006) || › [|Visit Amazon's Akhil Reed Amar Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || Akhil Reed Amar || Yale University Press (April 1, 2000) || **› ** [|Visit Amazon's Alexander Hamilton Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay || Simon & Schuster; Reissue edition (June 29, 2004) || › [|Visit Amazon's Alison L. LaCroix Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || Alison L. LaCroix || Harvard University Press (April 1, 2010) || › [|Visit Amazon's Angela Roddey Holder Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || Angela Roddey Holde r || Barrons Educational Series Inc; 2nd edition (1987) || › [|Visit Amazon's Bernard Bailyn Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || Bernard Bailyn || Belknap Press of Harvard University Press; Enlarged Edition edition (March 1, 1992) || › [|Visit Amazon's Brandon Marie Miller Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || Brandon Marie Miller || Lerner Publications (January 2005) || 
 * ~ Title ||~ Author ||~ Publisher and Date ||
 * America's Constitution: A Biography  Akhil Reed Amar (Author)
 * The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction Akhil Reed Amar (Author)
 * The Federalist Papers (Enriched Classics) <span style="color: #e47911; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal;">Alexander Hamilton <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> (Author)
 * Democracy in America (Penguin Classics) || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Alexis de Toc <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">queville || Penguin Classics (July 1, 2003) ||
 * The Ideological Origins of American Federalism <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Alison L. LaCroix (Author)
 * The Meaning of the Constitution <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Angela Roddey Holder (Author)
 * The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal;">Bernard Bailyn (Author)
 * Declaring Independence: Life During The American Revolution (People's History) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Brandon Marie Miller (Author)
 * The American Revolution: Primary Sources (American War Library) || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Britta Bjornlund || Lucent Books; 1 edition (January 31, 2003) ||
 * We the People, Volume 1: Foundations || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Bruce Ackerman || Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (March 15, 1993) ||
 * A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Carol Berkin

Carol Berkin (Author) › [|Visit Amazon's Carol Berkin Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || Mariner Books (October 20, 2003) || › [|Visit Amazon's David O. Stewart Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">David O. Stewart || Simon & Schuster (April 10, 2007) || › [|Visit Amazon's David Wootton Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">David Wootton || Hackett Pub Co (September 2003) || <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Don Nardo (Editor) › [|Visit Amazon's Don Nardo Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Don Nardo || Greenhaven Press; 1 edition (April 8, 2005) || › [|Visit Amazon's Don Nardo Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Don Nardo || Lucent Books (January 1999) || › [|Visit Amazon's Gordon S. Wood Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Gordon S. Wood || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Penguin (Non-Classics) (May 29, 2007) || › [|Visit Amazon's Gordon S. Wood Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Gordon S. Wood || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">The University of North Carolina Press (March 18, 1998 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">) || <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Gordon S. Wood (Author) › [|Visit Amazon's Gordon S. Wood Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Gordon S. Wood || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Vintage (March 2, 1993) || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">,  <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">› [|Visit Amazon's James Madison Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] Edward J. Larson (Author)
 * Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787 || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Catherine Drinker Bowen || BOMC (1986) ||
 * the American Revolution (Opposing Viewpoints in World History) || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Charles W. Carey || Greenhaven Press; 1 edition (September 12, 2003) ||
 * Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 || Christopher Collier ||  ||
 * The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> David O. Stewart (Author)
 * The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">David Wootton (Author)
 * The Creation of U.S. Constitution (Opposing Viewpoints in World History)
 * The Declaration of Independence: A Model for Individual Rights (Words That Changed History Series) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Don Nardo (Author)
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Creating an American Culture, 1775-1800: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Eve Kornfeld || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Bedford/St. Martin's; 1st edition (March 5, 2001) ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">E PLURIBUS UNUM || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">Forrest McDonald || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Liberty Fund Inc.; 2nd edition (October 30, 2009) ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Landmarks of the American Revolution (American Landmarks) || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Gary B. Nash || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Oxford University Press, USA (June 12, 2003) ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">The Unknown American Revolution: The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America || Gary B. Nash || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Penguin (Non-Classics) (May 30, 2006) ||
 * The Bill of Rights (At Issue in History) || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Gary Zacharias ( <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Editor), Jared Zacharias (Editor) || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Greenhaven Press; 1 edition (December 10, 2003) ||
 * Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Gordon S. Wood (Author)
 * The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Gordon S. Wood (Author)
 * The Radicalism of the American Revolution
 * The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Harlow Giles Unge <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">r || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Da Capo Press; 1St Edition edition (September 29, 2009) ||
 * The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">Jack N. Rakove <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> (Introduction) || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Belknap Press of Harvard University Press; 1 Ant edition (November 30, 2009) ||
 * The Constitutional Convention: A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison (Modern Library Classics) || James Madison (Author)

<span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Michael P. Winship <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">› [|Visit Amazon's Edward J. Larson Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Modern Library (November 8, 2005) || › [|Visit Amazon's Jennifer Viegas Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Jennifer Viegas || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Rosen Publishing Group; 1st edition (January 2003 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">) || <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">› [|Visit Amazon's Joseph J. Ellis Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Joseph J. Ellis || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Vintage; Reprint edition (October 14, 2008) || › [|Visit Amazon's Joseph J. Ellis Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 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[|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Linda R. Monk || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Hyperion (February 18, 2004) || › [|Visit Amazon's Marc Aronson Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Marc Aronson || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Clarion Books (November 14, 2005) || › [|Visit Amazon's Pauline Maier Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? 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[|Learn about Author Central] || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Ron Chernow || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Penguin (Non-Classics) (March 29, 2005) || › [|Visit Amazon's Thomas Paine Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Thomas Paine || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Signet Classics (July 1, 2003) || <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">› [|Visit Amazon's Thomas Paine Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Continuum (August 1, 1988) || › [|Visit Amazon's Woody Holton Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? [|Learn about Author Central] = = || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Woody Holton || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Bedford/St. Martin's (January 23, 2009) || › [|Visit Amazon's Woody Holton Page] Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See [|search results] for this author Are you an author? 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 * The Declaration of Independence: A Primary Source Investigation into the Action of the Second Continental Congress (Great American Political Documents) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Jennifer Viegas (Author)
 * A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">John Ferling || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Oxford University Press, USA (October 28, 2004) ||
 * The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">John Ferling || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Bloomsbury Press; 1st US Edition edition (May 26, 2009) ||
 * American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic (Paperback) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal;">Joseph J. Ellis (Author)
 * American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Joseph J. Ellis (Author)
 * Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Joseph J. Ellis (Author)
 * Colonial America (Interpreting Primary Documents) || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Karin Coddon || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Greenhaven Press; 1 edition <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> (September 6, 2002) ||
 * Turning Points in World History - The American Revolution || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Kirk D.Werner (Editor) || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Greenhaven Press; 1 edition (September 1, 1999) ||
 * Origins of the Bill of Rights (Yale Contemporary Law Series) || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Leonard W. Levy || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Yale University Press (March 1, 2001) ||
 * The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution (Stonesong Press Books) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Linda R. Monk (Author)
 * The Creation of U.S. Constitution (Turning Points in World History) || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Loreta M. Medina || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Greenhaven Press; Library Binding edition (April 22, 2003) ||
 * The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Marc Aronson (Author)
 * The Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Michael Kammen <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> (Editor) || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Penguin (Non-Classics) (November 4, 1986) ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Founding a Nation (Historical Reader) || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">NeFxtext || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) (June 2000) ||
 * American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Pauline Maier (Author)
 * The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics) || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Ralph Ketcham || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Signet Classics (May 6, 2003) ||
 * As If an Enemy's Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution (Pivotal Moments in American History) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Richard Archer (Author)
 * The Forging of the Union, 1781-1789 (New American Nation Series) || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Richard B. Morris || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Harpercollins Childrens Books (July 1988) ||
 * James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights (Pivotal Moments in American History) || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Richard Labunski || <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center;">Oxford University Press, USA (June 20, 2008) ||
 * The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States) || <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Robert Middlekauff || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Oxford University Press, USA; Rev Exp edition (March 9, 2007) ||
 * The Colonial and Revolutionary Era: Beginnings to 1783 (Handbook to Life in America) || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">Rodney P. Carlisle <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> (Editor) || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Facts on File; 1 edition (April 2009) ||
 * Alexander Hamilton <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Ron Chernow (Author)
 * Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Thomas Paine (Author)
 * Paine and Jefferson on Liberty (Milestones of Thought) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal;">Thomas Paine (Author)
 * Our Country's Founders: A Book of Advice for Young People || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">William J. Bennett || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; 1 edition (September 1, 1998) ||
 * Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Woody Holton (Author)
 * Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture) <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Woody Holton (Author)
 * ●** YouTube of events that led up to the Revolutionary War: []
 * ●** The History Channel's video of actor Matt Damon reading and discussing a short clip from the Declaration of Independence at: []
 * ●** The History Channel's video on the Continental Congress and the signing of the Declaration of Independence: []
 * ●** History Channel on The Articles of Confederation: []
 * ●** Commentary on the Articles of Confederation: []
 * ●** Articles of Confederation: []
 * ●** From National Archives, commentary on the Bill of Rights: []
 * ●** Bill of Rights: []
 * ●** From National Archives, commentary on the Declaration of Independence: []
 * ●** Declaration of Independence: []
 * ●** From National Archives, commentary on the US Constitution: []
 * ●** Constitution: []
 * __Graphic Organizers:__ Synthesis graphic organizer __[[file:moreillon_supplement9b[1].doc]]


 * __ Materials: __** Teacher/Student Resource lists, rubric, graphic organizer

** __Equipment:__ ** Media cart
 * **Collaboration:** The teacher and librarian will essentially serve as guides by first modeling the lesson to students' and then facilitating. As students' progress with assignment, the teacher and librarian will evaluate per each stage to ensure student mastery.
 * **Assessment:** Student rubrics for presentation and composition development will serve as indicators of progress or lack of.
 * **Standards**
 * __Reading and/or writing:__** analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support understanding; explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author's purpose.
 * __Listening and speaking__:** listen responsively to student presentations; effectively articulate reflections and findings.
 * __ Other content areas __ ** __(Social Studies):__ use primary and secondary source materials to study people and events from the past
 * __ Information literacy __: ** organize for practical application; integrate information into own knowledge; use information ethically and creatively
 * __ Educational technology __: ** demonstrate functional operation of technology devices; design and create a multimedia presentation; publish and present


 * __ Implementation __**
 * **Process:** This draft provides a skeletal approach to implementing the lesson. It serves as a tentative format, subject to change with incorporation of other professional input such as monologues or performances from other content areas.
 * __Motivation__:** Students' will begin with an informal round robin discussion of what they believe to be the basis for the writing of the Declaration of Independence and its founder, Thomas Jefferson. Teacher will record these thoughts to reference at a later point in lesson. Students' will then have an opportunity to view youtube and Matt Damon's video footage of the Revolutionary War.

1. Identify and describe the cultural, historical, and social circumstances of the documents that established the US as an independent federation, and one document in detail among the following: The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the US Constitution. //__ Texas Standards __//   // : Social Studies Advanced Studies: 19 TAC §113.52.(c) (1) (A-C), English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (2) (C) // // __AASL Indicator__  1.1.5. Strand: Inquire, think critically and gain knowledge. Indicator: Evaluate information found in selected sources on the basis of accuracy, validity, appropriateness for needs, importance, and social and cultural context. Benchmark: Recognize the social, cultural, or other context within which the information was created and explain the impact of context on interpreting the information. //
 * __Student-friendly Objectives__ :**

2. Identify the relationship and significance to your own life of the relevance of the above listed historical documents. //__ Texas Standards __//   // : Social Studies Advanced Studies: 19 TAC §113.52.(c) (1) (A-C) // //__ AASL Indicator __//   // 4.1.5. Strand: Pursue personal and aesthetic growth. Indicator: Connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience. Benchmark: Connect new ideas and understandings to future needs and interests that relate to college, careers, and personal lives. //

3. Make notes, cite sources, and organize information. //__ Texas Standards __//   // : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (8-10), : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (15) (C) // //__ AASL Indicator __//   // 2.1.2: Strand: Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. Indicator: Organize knowledge so that it is useful. Benchmark: Organize knowledge independently, deciding the structure based on the relationships among ideas and general patterns discovered. //

4. Synthesize (blend) and interpret information from multiple sources in multiple formats. //__ Texas Standards __//   // : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (22-23) // //__ AASL Indicator __//   // 2.1.1: Strand: Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. Indicator: Continue an inquiry-based research process by applying critical-thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, organization) to information and knowledge in order to construct new understandings, draw conclusions, and create new knowledge. Benchmark: Build a conceptual framework by synthesizing ideas gathered from multiple texts. //

5. Create and present a Web 2.0 tool related to findings, both from documents and chosen biography. //__ Texas Standards __//   // : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (15) (D) // //__ AASL Indicator __//   // : 3.1.4. //  // Strand: Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society. Indicator: Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess. Benchmark: Prepare and deliver a “professional” presentation to audiences outside of school using technology as medium of presentation. //

6. Self-assess with a rubric and a response sheet. //__ Texas Standards __//   // : English Language Arts and Reading, English IV §110.34.(b) (15) (D), Humanities §110.55. (b) (2) (D) // //__ AASL Indicator __//   // : 2.4.2. Strand: Pursue personal and aesthetic growth. Indicator: Reflect on systematic process, and assess for completeness of investigation. //

Review list of historical documents. Discuss and model effective strategies for acquiring schema on adoption of historical documents.
 * __Presentation__:**

__**or** 1. Read the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, or Bill of Rights and provide annotations in an organized fashion. 2. Read a biography of the authors of chosen document with annotations 3. Identify the social, cultural, and historical circumstances in which these documents were written 4. Defend your position on whether these documents could have been written today and the relevance of chosen document to your life, both present and future 5. Choose appropriate Web 2.0 tool to present findings and conclusions 6. Assess project using student rubric
 * __Student Participation Procedures__**
 * Student Practice Procedures**__**:**

Teacher and Librarian will show class scene from 1776 DVD where Jefferson and Franklin are discussing why they should continue writing Declaration of Independence when there is so much contention in Continental Congress. Together, Teacher and Librarian will lead discussion on what Jefferson's reasons were for continuing and finishing the Declaration, and if students and instructors believe Jefferson did the right thing for himself - not for the country, but for the person, Thomas Jefferson.
 * __Guided Practice__**


 * __Closure__:** Teacher will review with class previous comments presented by students' from Round Robin discussion session. Think-pair-share something new that students learned from presentations on unit. Request volunteers to share with class.

Using the Round Robin forum, discuss what it means to synthesize and its procedure. Discuss the significance of incorporating technology in lesson as a forum to present findings.
 * __Reflection__:**
 * **Extensions** (Moreillon 15) If students were creating this document today, what ideas and/or wording would they include and why? What would they leave out and why?