Grade 8 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 2, Lesson 4

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
A More Perfect Union

Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 2, Lesson 4: Fighting the War at Home (pp. 71-75)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Change The Revolutionary War created many hardships and changes for civilians as well as soldiers.

Discuss with students how the Revolutionary War created many hardships and changes for civilians as well as soldiers.

Share with students the role African-Americans, women, and Native Americans played in the war. Encourage them to understand why the Native Americans generally sided with the British.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Assign each student one of the following roles: soldier in British army, soldier in American army, African-American, Patriot woman, Loyalist woman, Native American. Ask each one to write a journal entry as that person about the experience of war.
Ask students to draw a mural depicting the colonists' struggle for independence. Encourage students to show battle scenes as well as domestic and political struggles.

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