1. “Two sides of the Revolutionary War; Loyalists and Patriots -Tom Wenstrom

2. Overall Goal Take a deep, unbiased look into both sides columnists played during the Revolutionary War; the loyalists side and the patriot side

3. Key Objectives Students will analyze and create own ideas using primary sources Students intellectually interact with peers through means of cooperative learning Develop skills to detect bias and propaganda Develop skills and thoughts of their own; argue and defend these beliefs Make perditions using given information and own judgment

4. Brief overview of some activities that will meet objectives Examine two sources of propaganda; one for the loyalists and party and one for the patriots, however the teacher will not reveal which photo belongs to which party This will teach the kids to develop ideas using primary sources This will activity will the students in the process of detecting bias and propaganda

7. Brief overview of some activities that will meet objectives Students will be asked to break up into smaller groups and discuss specific ideas This will create peer to peer cooperative learning

8. Brief overview of some activities that will meet objectives We will break the class into two groups randomly; Loyalists and Patriots The two sides will than hold a debate over given scenarios Example of a scenario’s would be “After the war should all the loyalists be hung or deported, or should they be allowed to stay in the United States” “If the British approach a poor farmer and they offer the poor man an extremely enormous amount of money in exchange for food, should the man sell the crops to the British?” This will allow the students to defend and argue their own points of view

9. Brief overview of some activities that will meet objectives The students will write a one page paper predicting what side they would have been on if they were living in America at the time of the Revolution This allows kids to be creative and make predictions using the knowledge they attained along with their own insight

10. Evaluation The students will be evaluated throughout the week, regarding their participation and insight into discussions The class debate will be a key evaluation to evaluate students progress in developing their own thoughts The short paper will also be used to assess the student’s creativity and understanding of the two parties According to the Connecticut State Department of Education sixth grade students should be evaluated on short one or two page papers, so this may have the most value