Texas TEKS 5.2.C

Social Studies5th GradeHistory

The Standard

summarize the results of the American Revolution, including the establishment of the United States.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify the main political and geographic outcomes of the war. They combine those outcomes into a brief summary explaining how thirteen colonies became an independent nation.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student names the Treaty of Paris, British recognition of independence, and the formation of the United States. The student distinguishes these outcomes from later events, such as adopting the Constitution.
Common Misconceptions: Students often think the Declaration of Independence ended the war in 1776. They may assume the Constitution began immediately after victory or that freedom applied equally to everyone. Some confuse one battle result with an outcome of the whole war.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: In three sentences, explain how the war changed the colonies. Use the terms Treaty of Paris, independence, and United States.

Lesson moves

Give pairs event and result cards, then have students match Yorktown, the Treaty of Paris, British recognition, and new national boundaries.
Ask students to write: How did winning the war change the colonies, and what problems remained after independence?
Play Outcome or Event, reading statement cards as teams classify each one and justify their choice with one sentence.
Compare a 1783 boundary map with a current United States map, then list two changes and one feature that remained.

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