SS085.3

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Contents 1 Social Studies Standard 5.3 - Level 8 2 Standard in Kid Friendly Language 3 Standard Unwrapped 4 Instructional Strategies 5 Assessment Strategies 6 Resources 7 Projects and Activities

Social Studies Standard 5.3 - Level 8

Students know how political power has been acquired, maintained, used, and/or lost throughout history.

Standard in Kid Friendly Language

Standard Unwrapped

KNOW

• Rise of European Monarchies
• The lead-up to the Revolutionary War and why the colonists wanted to separate from Great Britain.
• How the citizens of the U.S. created the legislative and executive branches of government through the Constitutional Convention.
• How United States formed its government and where it got its main principles that are written in the Constitution:
  • John Locke
  • Iroquois League
  • Montesquieu
  • Magna Carta

ABLE TO DOdonated

• Outline the European feudal system and the system of monarchies during the 1500's.
• Research, write and perform skits on events that led to the American Revolutionary War to understand why colonists wanted to break with Great Britain's form of government.
• Debate the creation of the legislative and executive branches of U.S. government through the Constitutional Convention.
• Paraphrase and explain how each group or person above contributed to the Constitution:
  • John Locke
  • Iroquois League
  • Montesquieu
  • Magna Carta

Instructional Strategies

• Outline the European feudal system and the system of monarchies during the 1500's.
• Research, write and perform skits on events that led to the American Revolutionary War to understand why colonists wanted to break with Great Britain's form of government.
• Create a plot line of the events leading up to the Revolutionary War and the breaking ties with the British government.
• Debate the legislative and executive branches of government in a Constitutional Convention.
• Paraphrase and explain how each group or person above contributed to the Constitution:
  • John Locke
  • Iroquois League
  • Montesquieu
  • Magna Carta

Assessment Strategies

• Outline
• Notes
• Quizes
• Tests
• Plot line
• Skits
• Paraphrasing

Resources

• Textbook
• Various reference books on lead-up to Revolutionary War
• Various State reference books

Projects and Activities

• Notes
• Plot Line, research activities and skits on Lead-up to Revolutionary War
• Debate and create a legislative and executive branch of government for the U.S. in a Constitutional Convention, then compare and contrast it to our present form.
• Write in own words how each of the four philosophies influenced the framers in the creation of the Constitution:
  • Magna Carta
  • John Locke
  • Montesquieu
  • Iroquois League