Empowering Global Citizens

Overview

In this unit, students will study the American Revolution with a focus on
the rights of the individual and on the organizations for social change con—
cerning these rights. They will begin with a story from literature, jalmny
Remain, and move into a close reading of the Declaration of Independence.
They will then build a historical understanding of the reasons for settlement
in the New World, the causes of the American War of Independence, and
the outcomes of the war. They will also examine Benjamin Franklin as a
unique personage with tremendous personal agency in the social movement.

Several optional enrichment activities as well as a field trip are suggested.

Resources

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Johnny Remain

Ideas for this unit are taken from the following site: http://www.lengel.net/
hebron/Sssunitl .html.

Students will read jo/mny Pen/lain as homework during the American

Revolution unit, and then they will spend one day a week discussing it. (Or
the teacher may incorporate the book into the core historical study of the

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