• SS.5.A.5.1: Identify and explain significant events leading up to the American Revolution.
• SS.5.A.5.2: Identify significant individuals and groups who played a role in the American Revolution.
• SS.5.A.5.3: Explain the significance of the Declaration of Independence.
• SS.5.A.5.4: Examine the changing roles of women and their impact during the Revolution.
• SS.5.A.5.5: Examine major battles and military campaigns of the American Revolution.
• SS.5.A.5.7: Examine the economic, military, and political factors that contributed to the end of the Revolutionary War.
• SS.5.A.5.8: Explain personal and political hardships resulting from the American Revolution.

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines 

Multiple Means of Representation

Students will learn through historical images, short readings, teacher explanations, vocabulary visuals, timelines, and primary-source documents.

Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Students can demonstrate learning through writing, an oral response, a timeline, a graphic organizer, or a visual explanation with captions.

Multiple Means of Engagement

Students will work with partners and small groups, investigate real historical evidence, and explore how the Revolution affected different people.

Themes of Social Studies

Theme 1: Culture: Students explore how beliefs and values influenced the colonists' decisions.

Theme 2: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students examine how the colonies changed from British rule to independence.

Theme 6: Power, Authority, and Governance: Students investigate disagreements about British authority, taxation, representation, and self-government.

Theme 10: Civic Ideals and Practices: Students discuss the ideas of liberty, equality, rights, and citizenship.