Declaration of Independence: Workbook 2
Instruction Guide & Lesson Plan
Welcome & Historical Overview
- Read pages 1-9
- Complete the questions on page 6
DISCUSS: Do you think the Lee Resolution was necessary? Why or why not?
Introduction
- Read pages 11-12
- Define unfamiliar words
- Rewrite the Introduction in your own words
- Discuss what everyone wrote (split into smaller groups if needed)
DISCUSS: When is it okay to separate from someone or something?
Preamble
- Read pages 15-20
- NOTE: easier if you do one page at a time
- Define unfamiliar words
- Answer the questions on each page
- After every page or two, discuss what everyone wrote (split into smaller groups if needed)
- Complete the question on page 21, and then discuss your answers together
DISCUSS: What is the purpose of government?
Grievances
- Read pages 24-51
- For each grievance, read the historical context (QR code on page 22)
- Next, read the grievance
- Define unfamiliar words
- Answer the questions on each page, then discuss them together
- TIP: Do as many grievances as works best for you (and their attention spans).
Denunciation of Britain
- Read page 54
- Define unfamiliar words
- Answer the questions on page 55 and then discuss
Resolution of Independence
- Read page 58
- Define unfamiliar words
- Answer the questions on page 59 and then discuss
Signers and Printings
- Read and discuss pages 62-63
- (optional) have students research a signer of their choice; it is interesting to figure out who they were, what they did, and how they died
DISCUSS: What do you think of the king’s response? How would you respond if you were the king?
โLiberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.โ
โ John Adams
โ John Adams