Student Activities
- Grade Level:
- Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject:
- Literacy and Language Arts,Math,Social Studies
- State Standards:
- NATIONAL/STATE STANDARDS:
South Carolina Social Studies 3.3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the American Revolution and South Carolina's role in the development of the new American Nation.
Timeline activity to accompany the Ed Bearss battlefield tour video.
Objective(s)
Students will construct an accurate timeline of ten Revolutionary War battles.
Materials
construction paper
Procedure
Pre-Video Procedure (activities/discussion/lesson)
Construct a timeline of 10 Revolutionary War dates - month and year of battle as well as July 4th
Cut & past on construction paper for individual timeline
Watch video at www.nps.gov/cowp/planyourvisit/outdooractivities.htm.
Post-Video Procedure (activities/discussion/lesson)
Use sentence strips of battles, months, & years to create human timeline of 10 important dates of American Revolutionary War.
Reform student timeline as necessary
Assessment
- Percentage of accurate individual constructed timelines
- Percentage of accurate students placing themselves in the correct order to construct a human timeline.
Last updated: November 2, 2018