Founding Brothers Lesson Plan

'Lost Voices' Presentations

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

To research recent scholarship on the revolutionary era

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5

Structure:

In the preface of Founding Brothers, Ellis, addresses trends in recent historical scholarship and writes that, "Much of the best work has taken the form of a concerted effort to revere the lost voices from the revolutionary generation [...]." While Ellis makes clear that his project does not fit this mold, students will work over the course of the...