Chapter 12, History Alive, Declaration of Independence

Chapter 12, History Alive, Declaration of Independence

Social Studies History Alive, America’s Past and Present

Objectives

·      To Identify the major events that led to the creation of the Declaration of Independence

·      To Identify the Second Continental Congress, its purpose and impact

·      To identify and analyze the popularization of Common Sense and its effect on Thomas Jefferson’s writing of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and the Patriot’s signing of the final document.

·      To analyze the impact of signing the Declaration of Independence

·      To Paraphrase the key passages from the Declaration of Independence

·      To identify the significance of the Fourth of July. (7/4/1776)

Vocabulary

Second Continental Congress

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Declaration of Independence

Author of the Declaration of independence

Delegates

Treason

Assignments

Homework sheet (12 points)

Classwork/ homework (5 points) Writing

Quiz (20 points)