Declaration of Independence

This module asks students to perform a close reading of two important Humanities Texts: the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Declaration of Sentiments (1848). For this reason, Skills Cluster 2: Reading Process will be repeated during the instructional process for this module. The...

Students reconstruct the colonial argument for dissolving ties to Great Britain. Main steps of the learning process include:

• Close reading of the first two paragraphs of the Declaration, with primary attention to the claim about when revolution is justified.
• Task engagement
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Authors of both nonfiction and fiction have defined the American Dream and offered varying viewpoints on the extent to which America fulfills the ideas implicit in this dream.

In this module, students will examine multiple texts and then frame an analysis as to whether or not, or to what...