Unit 1: From Revolution to Constitution

Summative activities:

1. Make a time line of major events in American Revolutionary history, from the Stamp Act of 1765 to the Treaty of Paris of 1783. Write a one-sentence explanation of the importance of each event included in your selection.

[Standard 1—chronological thinking]


2. Divide the class into two groups to study and discuss the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Students should work as a group, but make each student responsible for learning and understanding a few lines of each document. Final presentations should include one group teaching a document, line by line, to the other group.
   [Standard 2—historical comprehension]