Social Studies Chapters 11 and 12

In Chapter 11 we read about six figures who shared their ideas during the period leading up to the American Revolution. We read about three loyalists: Thomas Hutchinson, Lord Dunmore and Jonathan Boucher and three patriots: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Mercy Otis Warren. We learned about their arguments for whether the colonists should stay loyal to Great Britain or should fight for independence. After learning the viewpoints of the loyalists and patriots in chapter 11, we began a writing piece titled Loyalists vs. Patriots. Students used their chapter notes and text books to plan and write informational paragraphs about the loyalists and patriots and form an opinion paragraph about which side of the argument they agree with. To add some alternate perspectives to our understanding, we also read an additional article "Eight Famous African Americans During the Revolutionary War". We chose one of those people to contribute one fact we learned to a class JamBoard.

Examples of Loyalist vs. Patriots Paragraphs

In Chapter 12 we are learning about the Second Continental Congress and the process of writing the Declaration of Independence.