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Six core lesson plans with extension activities Understand the importance of the American experiment American HeroesCharacter Cards Declaration of Independence
Being An American: Exploring the Ideals that Unite Us Lesson Overview Quote Summary Objectives Materials List
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies 8. Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses). 9. Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenthcentury foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincolns Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.
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Explain We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. Why include a long list of grievances?
What was the reason for pointing out that the colonists had tried to get the King to change the way he treated them? Which section do you believe was the most important section? Why?
2. How could the Continental Congress approve this document when so many of its members owned slaves?
3. Does the fact that many of these men owned slaves mean these ideals are wrong or less important?
Thomas Jefferson Charles Willson Peale, (1791)
Handout D: A Note on the Signers We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
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