Real Revolution

The Real Revolution:

The Global Story of American Independence

Study Guide

Introduction

This study guide is designed to enhance students’ mastery of key content and skills in U.S. and World History, geography, economics and other disciplines through examination of the people, ideas, and trade networks that created the American Revolution. It is intended to be used in conjunction with The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence by Sibert Award-winning author Marc Aronson, along with other materials. The lessons will complement curriculum in the social studies, particularly colonial and pre-Revolutionary U.S. history, mercantilism and colonialism in world history, boom-bust economic cycles and the origins of representative institutions. Each lesson is designed with multiple objectives in mind, to make the most efficient use of teachers’ time.

The guide consists of four lesson plans drawn from topics investigated in The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence:

• HDI: MPU – History Detectives Investigation of the Missing Persons of the American Revolution

• “The Revolution was in the Minds of the People” – Reading Guide and Cartoon Analysis for The Real Revolution

• Heard ‘Round the World: Using Maps and Time Lines to Explore the American Revolution as a Global Event

• Why Tea?: A Simulation Game showing the Impact of Global Economics on the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution

Within each lesson plan you will find all or most of the following information:

• Synopsis of lesson

• National curriculum standards met by this lesson (based on Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning standards and benchmarks, www.mcrel.org)

• Time required

• Materials needed

• The lesson (with lesson-starter and lesson procedures)

• Additional resources

• Interdisciplinary activities

Although the study guide is designed so that the four...