Description
- Overview:
- In this lesson, students will study the first outbreak of violence in the American Revolution in an effort to answer the central historical question: What happened at the Battle of Lexington? Through sourcing and contextualization questions students will study a textbook passage on the battle, 2 primary source documents (one from a British soldier and one from a group of minutemen), and 2 paintings of the battle. As a final assessment, students will rewrite the textbookŰŞs account, taking into account the new perspectives they have learned.
- Subject:
- U.S. History
- Level:
- Middle School, High School
- Material Type:
- Lesson
- Provider:
- Stanford History Education Group
- Provider Set:
- Reading Like a Historian
- Date Added:
- 09/24/2012
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Text/HTML, Video
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