Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the Declaration of Independence through active participation. They will present their parts of the project, and they will assist the teacher in creating the new Declaration of Independence. They will each sign the Declaration with their feather tipped pens. They will also be involved in discussion, where they will share some of their ideas from their previous assignment, which was an essay on what it would be like to live in the colonial times.

Content: Knowledge and Application

Procedure: The class will begin again, by reviewing the material.  The students will then receive an activity sheet where they will have to write the names associated with the pictures shown.

The teacher will then pass out special fountain pens, feathers, and glue, and the students will create their own feather-tipped pens.

After that, the students will listen to a childrens book entitled Life in Colonial America, in order to give them of a sense of what it was really like to live during that time.

Next, the students will dictate to the teacher their new Declaration.  The teacher will record it on a large piece of special scroll paper.

After that, the students will begin with their presentations.

The first group will present the new class song and teach it to the class.

Then, the next group will tell the class what day they would celebrate on and why and they will name that day.

After that, the last group will present to the class the new monument that they designed.

In the end, the class will sign the new Declaration and sing the class song.

Assessment: The teacher will be able to monitor the students and will be able to see, through the projects, whether or not they understand the concept of the Declaration of Independence. He or she will also be able to assess how well the students can spell the names and events associated with the time period.

Materials:     Worksheets                   Feathers
                       Fountain pens                Glue