Oklahoma Social Studies 8.C.1.4

8.C.1.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 8.C.1.4.A

  Describe how the congress successfully formed the Continental Army, directed military strategy, established a national currency, and negotiated a foreign allian...

• 8.C.1.4.B

  Explain the purpose and outcome of the Olive Branch Petition as the colonists’ final attempt to avoid war by affirming loyalty yet seeking the king’s interventi...

• 8.C.1.4.C

  Summarize the decision to appoint a committee to draft a declaration of independence.

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What Students Need to Do

Students explain how delegates made shared decisions for the colonies before there was a formal national government. They trace decisions about the army, war plans, paper money, and France. They explain why Congress sent a peace petition and later chose a committee to draft a declaration of independence.

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What Mastery Looks Like

A student can show how one army, coordinated campaigns, paper money, and an alliance with France helped the colonies act together. They explain that the petition asked the king to restore peace while affirming loyalty, but he rejected it. They distinguish appointing a drafting committee from declaring independence.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may assume Congress already had the powers of a government under a constitution. Some think the Olive Branch Petition declared independence. Others think the drafting committee made the final decision to separate from Britain.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Name two ways Congress helped the colonies act together during the war. Then explain what the Olive Branch Petition asked for, how the king responded, and why Congress appointed a drafting committee.

1. 01

   Print dated cards for the army, Canada campaign, paper money, peace petition, drafting committee, and France treaty; have pairs build a timeline.

2. 02

   Ask: Why would Congress send the king a peace petition while building an army? Have students write two sentences using both decisions.

3. 03

   Call out four actions: appoint Washington, issue paper money, reject the petition, appoint a drafting committee; students hold up Congress or king cards.

4. 04

   Give groups a mock schoolwide snow-day plan; ask them who coordinates supplies, pays costs, and contacts the town when no one group is in charge.

• 8.C.3.2

  Analyze the significance of the Constitutional Convention on the formation of a new organization for national government.

• 5.C.3.2.D

  Describe how the passage of the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) prompted the colonists to unite at the First Continental Congress.

• 5.C.4.3

  Examine the first United States of America centralized system of government under the Continental Congress and established by the Articles of Confederation.