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Grade Level:: 5
Subject:: Social Studies
Topic:: American Revolution
Objective:: Students should be able to use facts gained from research to create a skit to present about a day in the life of someone from the American Revolution.
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Materials:: Fritz, J., & DePaola, T. (1987). Shh! we're writing the Constitution. New York: Putnam.

Gormley, B. (1997). First ladies: Women who called the White House home. New York: Scholastic.

Jurmain, S., & Day, L. (2006). George did it. New York: Dutton Children's Books.

Maestro, B., & Ryan, S. (n.d.). Coming to America: The story of immigration.

Murphy, J. (2003). An American plague: The true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. New York: Clarion Books.

Otfinoski, S., & Fritz, J. (2003). And then what happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz. New York, NY: Scholastic Teaching Resources.

Scarf, M., & Beckhoff, H. (1968). Meet Benjamin Franklin. New York: Random House.

Tomes, M., & Fritz, J. (2003). Where was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Margot Tomes. New York, NY: Scholastic Teaching Resources.

Troy, A., & Green, P. (1992). What's the big idea, Ben Franklin? Palatine, IL: Anne Troy and Phyllis Green.
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