American Revolution: Taxes, Boston Massacre, Tea Party, Battles & Events, & MORE

Looking for a comprehensive and engaging social studies unit for your third, fourth, or fifth grade students? Look no further! Our American Revolution unit has everything you need to make history come alive in your classroom.

With a teacher guide, hands-on student activities (available in both printable and digital formats), learning centers, a review game, and a unit assessment, you'll have everything you need to teach your students about the causes of the American Revolution, major battles and events during the war, and the aftermath of the war.

Our goal is to help you make history relatable and engaging for your young learners. That's why our unit is designed to bring history to life with hands-on activities and interactive resources that make learning fun. With our American Revolution unit, you'll be able to inspire your students to care about the events and people of the past

HOW IT WORKS:

Easily structure your instructional sessions with our three-component lesson plan! Each lesson is designed to help you engage your students and create an interactive classroom environment.

• Start with the Introduction, where you'll review previously learned content and introduce new concepts and vocabulary. Using anchor slides, you'll begin as a whole group before breaking out into small groups for hands-on practice.
• The Lesson Activity is the heart of the lesson, where students will work in partnerships or small groups to explore history through a variety of engaging, hands-on activities. As they learn, they'll record their progress in their student activity packet.
• Finally, the Lesson Reflection brings the class back together to review and discuss what they've learned. Through journal questions in their student activity packet, students will reflect on their progress and solidify their understanding of the material. With this comprehensive approach, teaching has never been easier!

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

• Detailed Teacher Guide - with everything you need for each lesson. All needed resources are downloadable directly from the guide making prep a breeze! The teacher guide includes a unit overview and detailed daily lesson plans. The lesson plans include easy-to-follow information about student objectives, materials needed, teacher preparation required, and the steps on how to conduct the lesson. You'll even find sample anchor charts and answer keys embedded right into the teacher guide.
• 50 Anchor Slides - These slides will help you teach specific content as described in the lesson plans. The unit plans indicate what slides to use for each lesson. The slides are provided in PowerPoint, PDF, and PNG image files.
• Student Activity Packet (SAP)- This student activity packet that will be given to each student. In the packet there are activities and tasks that go along with each lesson. [also available in google slides]
• Bulletin Board Set - This set will be added to throughout the unit. As students learn new concepts, you will add new pieces to the bulletin board. It is meant to be a reference tool for students to review concepts learned.
• Images of the Revolution - These picture cards will be used to kick off the unit [also available in google slides]
• Liberty Poem - Students will be writing an acrostic poem and using this template as their final copy paper. [also available in google slides]
• “The Revolution and Me” Article - This article will be used to get students to start making connections about the war [also available in google slides]
• “That’s My Spot!” Game - This game will be played as a way to help students understand the results of the French and Indian War. [also available in google slides]
• “No Taxation Without Representation” Reader’s Theater - Students will learn about colony taxes through this reader’s theater script. [also available in google slides]
• Boston Tea Party New Article - After watching a short video, students will pretend to be a journalist during the Revolutionary war period and will write an article about the Boston Tea Party [also available in google slides]
• Patriots vs. Loyalist Sort- Students will learn to tell the difference between a loyalist and patriot with this sorting activity [also available in google slides]
• Major Events Learning Folders- This is a set of 6 learning centers. Editable versions are also available in case your state requires you to cover specific events.
• The Declaration of Independence: A Summary- This activity sheet puts the major points of the Declaration of Independence in kid-friendly language. [also available in google slides]
• “We The People” Class Book - In lesson 11, students will illustrate the major points of the Declaration of Independence by creating a class book.
• “Let There Be Peace Again” Article- This article teaches about the Treaty of Paris [also available in google slides]
• American Revolutionary “SCOOT!” - This game will be used as a whole-class unit review to help students study for the final unit assessment.
• Unit Assessment - This assessment will monitor students’ learning for the entire unit. An answer key is provided for easy grading.
• BONUS RESOURCE- LINKtivity® Digital Learning Guide and Student Flipbook - This LINKtivity® is a digital resource that helps teach students about the major events and battles of the Revolutionary War. This resource is sold separately HERE, but is included in this full unit at no extra charge!

CONCEPTS COVERED:

• What is a revolution?
• The French and Indian War (as a cause of the American Revolution)
• No taxation without representation
• Taxes on the colonies
• The Boston Massacre
• The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party
• The Intolerable Acts
• Patriots and Loyalists
• Major events & battles of the war including: The First Continental Congress, Lexington and Concord, Second Continental Congress, Fort Ticonderoga, Bunker Hill Declaration of Independence, Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown, The First President

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Excellent resource! Worth every penny! This is my first year teaching social studies and these units have been a lifesaver. Very easy to follow and prep for the teacher and full of a variety of lessons and materials for students. I love that there are a variety of different types of ways that students get to access the information: note-taking, reader's theater, articles, LINKtivity®, and more. Thank you for such a comprehensive resource!" - Literacy Loves Company, teacher

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I love how all-inclusive this unit is. I know that if I purchase something from the Classroom Nook, it is going to have everything I need. The lesson plans are included and the resources are SUPER engaging. My kiddos love all of her units!" -Teachery Tidbits, teacher

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is, BY FAR, the best, easiest to use and most comprehensive purchase I have ever made on TPT. I was blown away. Students do not typically love social studies and because I have the giant task of teaching the whole 5th-grade social studies and making it interesting, I was nervous starting with the American Revolution. Without this resource, I would have been overwhelmed and definitely would have struggled to make the content as fun. Thank you SO much for creating this." - Kelsey M, teacher

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