Alabama Social Studies SS24.6.8d
The Standard
- SS24.6.8
- Differentiate among the outcomes of major events and campaigns of the War for Independence, including the northern, middle, southern, and western theaters.
Explain why Loyalists and other colonists sided with the British during the War for Independence and how Great Britain’s defeat and withdrawal impacted their lives.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain why some colonists supported Britain, including trade ties, fear of rebellion, and promises of freedom. They describe how British defeat and withdrawal affected those supporters, including lost property and moves to Canada.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why a merchant might protect British trade and why an enslaved person might seek freedom with British forces. They can describe different outcomes, including staying and facing hostility or leaving with British troops.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume every colonist wanted independence. They may think everyone who supported Britain left after the war, or that every enslaved person who joined the British gained freedom.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Why might a merchant and an enslaved person each support Britain, and what could happen to each after British troops left?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs merchant, farmer, and enslaved person role cards to place on a chart of reasons for supporting Britain and possible outcomes.
Ask students to write: Why might two neighbors choose opposite sides, and what might change for each after the war?
Play a sorting race with cards labeled British trade, promised freedom, lost property, and move to Canada; sort motives from outcomes.
Use a current map to trace New York to Nova Scotia, where some Loyalist and Black Loyalist families resettled.
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Related Standards
- SS24.6.8a
Explain how the War for Independence created hardship and required sacrifice by colonists on the home front as well as by soldiers.
- SS24.6.9
Summarize the reasons for the colonies’ victory in the War for Independence.
- SS24.6.7d
Summarize the arguments put forth by Patriots and Loyalists regarding the question of independence from Great Britain, and describe efforts to compromise.
- SS24.6.8c
Explain the involvement of Indigenous peoples in the War for Independence and the effects of the war on Indigenous societies.
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