For my last-mini lesson plan I wanted to think of a creative idea to teach my students about how the colonists felt. I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do so I began searching on Pinterest and kept coming across a candy taxation activity. Right away I loved it. I though it was such a hands on way for students to learn about the taxation in the colonies. This was also great because the students got to experience it first hand and learn about how the colonist felt. The students could read and hear about how this made the colonist feel, but they would never truly understand why they rebelled unless they got to experience it.
Here is my lesson plan - teachers feel free to use and adapt as needed !
Here are some of the materials used in the lesson !
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| These are the different roles passed out around the class. Some students will be the king or parliament while others are colonists or tax collectors! The different roles will help students to learn about the different perspectives of the people involved in the tax acts. It is important that the students get to experience how the taxes made people feel. |
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Here is rule card that tells the colonists to pay taxes! The students learn the hard
way about not paying taxes! |
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| A card that teaches students about the hardships of taxes and how they effect so many ! |
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| Once again the students learn about the difficulties of paying taxes! |
Kelli,
ReplyDeleteI really like your lesson plan and your blog! Your lesson plan looks very organized. I love this idea and this it would be very engaging to the fifth graders. I would be very interested to see you teach this lesson to the fifth graders. It looks like it easy to put together too on index cards. Keep up the great work!
~Nicole Bosi