Alabama Social Studies SS24.6.9a
The Standard
- SS24.6.9
- Summarize the reasons for the colonies’ victory in the War for Independence.
Evaluate the political and military contributions to the American Revolution of Founding Fathers, including their efforts to mobilize support, develop military strategy, and conduct foreign diplomacy.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how leaders built support for independence, made military choices, and sought help from France. They compare those choices and use evidence to judge how each helped the war effort.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can connect Jefferson’s Declaration to the case for independence, Washington’s attack at Trenton to a boost in morale, and Franklin’s talks in France to French aid. They can explain why each contribution mattered.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think every founder commanded troops or that the Declaration ended the war. Some assume France helped without negotiations, or that the victory at Trenton won the war.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Label Jefferson’s Declaration, Washington’s attack at Trenton, and Franklin’s French alliance as political, military, or diplomatic work. Choose one and explain how it helped independence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a Declaration excerpt, a Trenton map, and a French alliance summary; have them sort the cards by political, military, or diplomatic work.
Ask: Which mattered more to independence, Washington’s victory at Trenton or Franklin’s French alliance? Have students give one fact for each.
Play a match game: students pair Jefferson, Washington, and Franklin with action cards, then say how each action helped the war effort.
Show a student council election flyer; ask how its arguments for support compare with Jefferson’s case for independence.
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