CYBER LESSON

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CYBER LESSON

• IF YOU LIVED AT THE TIME OF THE
• AMERICAN REVOLUTION
• By Kay Moore

Jody Muldoon
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MATERIALS

• Book-..If You Lived at the Time of the American
  Revolution
• Computer with internet access
• Your journal
• Pencil or pen

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INTRODUCTION

• Do you ever wonder what it would have been like
  if you had lived at the time of The American
  Revolution?
• Would your family have been on the side of the
  Patriots or on the side of the Loyalists?
• What would your life have been like once your
  family decided to be a Loyalist or a Patriot?
• You will find the answers to these questions and
  more by reading the book.IF YOU LIVED AT THE
  TIME OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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BEFORE READING

• On the first half of your graphic organizer,
  predict the following-(make at least 1
• prediction for each part of the question-10 in
  all)
• If your family were Loyalists, how would your
  life have changed after the
• Declaration (of Independence)? What if your
  family were Patriots?
• How could you tell who were Loyalists? Patriots?
• If your family were Loyalists how did you support
  the war? If your family were
• Patriots?
• 4) If your family were Loyalists how would they
  get food and clothing? What if
• they were Patriots?
• What would school be like if your family were
  Loyalists? Patriots?
• Link to the Graphic Organizer. Save in your file.
  When complete print it out.

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DURING READING

• Fill in the second half of the graphic organizer
• while I read aloud- (at least 2 answers for each
  part-20 in all)
• What happened to Loyalist families after the
  Declaration? Patriot families?
• How could you tell if someone was a Loyalist?
  Patriot?
• How did Loyalist families get food and clothing?
  Patriot
• families?
• Would you have gone to school if your family were
  Loyalists? Patriots?
• How would your family have supported the war if
  they were Loyalists? Patriots?

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AFTER READING

• In your journal, write whether you would want
  your family to side with the Loyalists or with
  the Patriots. Give at least 3 reasons from the
  text to support your opinion.
• Discuss with the person sitting next to you which
  side each of you is on and why.

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BEYOND READING
Click on the name of one of the men or women who
were well known at the time for either being a
Loyalist or a Patriot. Choose one from the list
whose side you would have wanted to be on. Take
notes in your journal and be prepared to become
this person when you present to the
class. LOYALISTS PATRIOTS John
Burgoyne Phillis Wheatley Thomas
Hutchinson Deborah Sampson Benedict
Arnold Abigail Adams Dr. Benjamin
Church Crispus Attucks Nathan Hale
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RUBRIC