Creating a Time Capsule with My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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Theme: |
Revolutionary War
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Grades: |
6 - 8
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Subject: |
Social Studies
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Duration: |
Three 45 minute class sessions
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Standards
& Goals: |
Virginia State Standards
- The student will develop skills for historical and geographical analysis, including the ability to identify and interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase understanding of events and life in United States history to 1877 and to make connections between the past and the present.
- The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes and the results of the American Revolution by identifying the issues of dissatisfaction that led to the American Revolution.
7.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of informational texts.
7.7 The student will apply knowledge of appropriate reference materials
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read the final chapter of My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- Create a time capsule using research about the Revolutionary War and the details from My Brother Sam Is Dead
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