4th+Grade+American+Revolution+Unit+-+Option+2

=****Email to Ms. B regarding collaborative 4th Grade America Revolution Project:** ** =

Dear Lauren:

I am so glad we are getting the chance to collaborate on something. I have decided to use a Big 6 approach to the subject in order to make the research an approachable and friendly part of project. I look forward to your feedback.

Regards, Lisa

__Step 1: Task Definition. **What do we want to know?** __

Identification of clear & concrete goals. What info do they have? What do they need to acquire? 1) What did loyalists believe? Why? 2) Patriots? 3) Why might someone have chosen to remain neutral in the conflict? How did they act?

__Step 2: Information Seeking Strategies. **Where can we find it?** __

Review of primary versus secondary sources.

Example: primary source: __A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin __ By Joseph Plumb Martin Signet Classics, 2010

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Example: Secondary source: __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> By Kay Moore Illustrated by Daniel O’Leary <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Scholastic, 1998

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Step 3: Location and Access. **What can we find? How?** __

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Review of holdings: 973.3 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Review of websites <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">(students will be receive a handout with bibliography for additional optional exploration)

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Step 4: Use of Information. **What does it tell us?** __

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Read and evaluate information.

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Step 5: Synthesis. **What have we learned?** __

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What picture emerges about loyalists and patriots? How were they alike? How were they different? What belief does your “family” espouse? Why?

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Step 6: Evaluation. **How did we do? Would we change anything next time?** __

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">To occur twice—informally after search and upon completion of project). What worked? What didn’t? What we will do differently next time?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Note: Steps 3-5 will be done in family groups—with each member focusing on a unique source and participants pooling knowledge obtained.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Step 6 should be done individually and collectively