The American Revolution: The Beginning of Bilingual History

Die hier vorgestellte Unterrichtseinheit basiert auf den jahrelangen Erfahrungen von Dr. Jan Kulok aus Stuttgart. Er hat seine Materialien, die hier nach und nach via Landesbildungsserver digitalisiert werden, freundlicherweise zur Verfügung gestellt. Die erste digitalisierte Unterrichtseinheit in diesem Projekt ist die zur Amerikanischen Revolution als Einstieg in die Klasse 8 der bilingualen Geschichte. Deshalb wird hier zunächst auch ein Ansatz vorgestellt, der das Jahresthema bis zum 1. Weltkrieg in den Blick nimmt.

The Boston Tea Party 1773
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Lesson Topic

0. Changes between 1750 and 1914 (industrial, social, political): inferring from picture sources

• Comparison1750-1914
• Worksheet: Comparison 1750-1914
• Revolutions in Year 8

The Mayflower
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Topic 1: The American Revolution

• Knowledge categories: liberty, revolution, constitution, separation of powers, balance of power, legislative, executive, judicative
• Skills priorities: working with pictures I, working with text documents I, working with maps I
• Vocabulary File

Lesson Topics

1. Settling the New World: the Puritans at 'Plimoth'
2. Cultural Contacts: the Puritans meeting the Wampanoag
3. The French and Indian War
4. Problems between Britain and the North-American settlers
5. George Washington and the War of Independence
6. History as it should have been: George Washington Crossing the Icy Delaware (E. G. Leutze) and historicism
7. The Constitution of 1787 and the Bill of Rights
8. Slavery

Lesson Topics

1. Settling the New World: the Puritans at 'Plimoth'

• American History before 1620
• The Mayflower Compact
• The Embarkation of the Pilgrim Fathers
• Skills: Picture Analysis
• Picture Analysis: The First Thanksgiving

The first Thanksgiving at Plymouth (1914) by Jennie A. Brownscombe
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2. Cultural Contacts: the Puritans meeting the Wampanoag

• The Puritans
• The Pilgrim Fathers
• Plimoth Plantation

Plimoth Plantation
Foto: Dr. Jan Kulok

3. The French and Indian War

• The French and Indian War: Map Analysis

• Reasons for the French and Indian War
• The Deaths of Montcalm and Wolf

The French attack St. John's, Newfoundland in 1762
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4. Problems between Britain and the North-American settlers

• The Settlers' Protest
• The Horse America
• Boston: Old Meeting Houses

Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
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5. George Washington and the War of Independence

• The Grand Union Flag
• The Star-spangled Banner
• The Star-spangled Banner (German)
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Declaration of Independence (Text)
• Rights declared in the Declaration of Independence
• Reasons for the British Defeat
• Reasons for the British Defeat (Large)

The Declaration of Independence
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6. History as it should have been: George Washington Crossing the Icy Delaware (E. G. Leutze) and historicism

• Washington crossing the Delaware
• The War of Independence
• Lord Cornwallis on the Loss of War

Washington crossing the Delaware
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7. The Constitution of 1787 and the Bill of Rights

• Jefferson and Washington
• The U.S. Constitution
• Branches of the U.S. Government
• The U.S. Bill of Rights

8. Slavery

• WebQuest: The Slavery Museum (Liverpool)

End-of-topic tasks

• List the main reasons why the North-American colonies wanted to secede from Britain.
• Explain why the colonies won the war against the mother country.
• Explain how the US constitution works.
• Analyse a painting commemorating the US Revolution.
• Assess the importance of the Declaration of Independence.
• Assess the importance of the Bill of Rights.

Alle vorherigen Arbeitsblätter als zip-Datei (16,8 MB) .

The 15-star, 15-stripe Star Spangled Banner Flag
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