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8th Grade – Social Studies – Lynn Lockard

Today’s Assignment

Students will learn about one of the United States most famous documents that started the American Revolution – the Declaration of Independence. Students will READ four short excerpts about the document and demonstrate comprehension by answering a mulitple choice question. There is a total of 4 short reading passages with one multiple choice question for each passage. This portion of the assignment will take approximately 20 minutes (5 minutes for each passage and question) to complete.
To go deeper into the events that led to the writing of the document and understanding actually what the document says, students will watch a video clip OR read the movie transcript about the Declaration of Independence. After watching the video clip or reading the movie transcript, students will use the attached worksheet to order events and explain in their own words the meaning of select passages from the Declaration of Independnence document. This portion of the assignment will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

The attachments for the Read and Respond Activity, Worksheet and Movie Transcript handouts are posted here on this website link. Students may choose to print the handouts or use Notebook Paper to write their answers. The Declaration of Independence movie video clip is posted on the student’s Google Classroom if student is able to watch video from their device. The student may access all handouts and needed information for this assignment on their Google Classroom for U.S. History. When logging on to Google Classroom, students use their school email and password.

Students may also choose to sign-in to their CLEVER account and complete the Read and Respond Activity on Flocabulary. By signing into to the Flocabulary resource they will have access to supporting video and vocabulary definitions. When logging on to CLEVER, students use their student ID number and birth date.

Website Links (if any) you may need:

classroom.google.com; CLEVER.com

Files (if any) that you may need to download:


drive.google.com/open?id=1w1X1SqtIhIQTcPWLUm0Wh8ZK1nBuhfWz, drive.google.com/open?id=163qJFnL2lxTRM0Pt7cJ62vJT3W9y8bd_, drive.google.com/open?id=1LYuNjsQzcKv3cGhUYmbMaLQVK_yiCt3b

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If you need to reach a teacher for help about this assignment please email: lynn.lockard@knox.kyschools.us