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=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= E: History E1: Historical knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns Grade 9 to Diploma: The Revolutionary Era, 1754-1783 Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the United States and and World History, including the roots of democratic philosophy, ideals and institutions in the world. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: Social Studies

//What understandings are desired?//
•the causes, course and consequences of the American Revolution • social contract theory influence on American Revolution ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * •the American Political System developed from colonial systems of government

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•Why the colonists felt they could declare independence? •How has the American Revolution influenced the United States today? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How Social Contract Theory influenced the American Revolution?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Key Factual Information: Signing of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Continental Congresses •Vocabulary:Social Contract Theory, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Intolerable Acts || •describe the influences of Social Contract Theory on American Government. •make sense of the development of the American political system. •exhibit the causes and course of the American Revolution •compare and contrast colonial and English points of view • consider the consequences of the American Revolution • recognize the influence of social contract theory on American Government ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * •Important Events and People: Intolerable Acts, Founding Fathers, Signing of the Declaration, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Battle of Lexington and Concord, French and Indian Wars.


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**