American Revolution Lesson: Common Sense & Declaring Independence, Grades 4-6

Stay in the British Empire, or break away? This 40-minute lesson follows one year, from the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and asks students to weigh the arguments themselves.

What's inside

• 17 slides, with speaker notes on all 17
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student reading, "The Road to Independence," 1 page
• Primary source page, the title page of Common Sense, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, reading, primary source, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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