Day 2, February 5, 2013 American Revolution The Kings M & Ms Activity Indicators: Majors: 4.RIT.

9 Integrate information from two text on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgably. 4.RIT.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. Minors: 4.RIT.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to grade 4 topic or subject area. 4.L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. 4.SL.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organizer manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. CC: 5.C.1 Examine the consequences of interactions among groups and cultures in Maryland. 5.C.1.A. Describe Maryland colonists reactions to changing economic policies from England using events that led to the American Revolutionary War. 5.C.1.B. Explain the interactions between colonists and the British during the PreRevolutionary period. FQ: How did the American Revolution impact the colonists living in Maryland? EU: Migration occurs for economic and cultural reasons and impacts the development of existing cultures. Materials: M & Ms, paper or plastic cups, object cards, two bags (grocery bags will work) Procedure: 1) Randomly draw names for the king of Britain and two tax collectors. Have those three students come to the front of the room. 2) Explain to students that everyone else are colonists. 3) Give each student a cup containing ten M & Ms. Instruct students not to touch them.

4) The king and tax collectors will stand in the front of the room. 5) Explain to the students that the king will be drawing from a pile of object cards and will announce to the colonists what item is to be taxed- If you are wearing jeans; If you are wearing jewelry; If you are wearing running shoes; If you have a sibling; If you bring your lunch; If you are wearing a tee-shirt. 6) The tax collectors will collect all of the taxes (which will be the M &Ms). 7) It is possible that all of the colonists will get all of their money (M & Ms) confiscated. 8) After finishing the last object card, explain to students that the taxes (M &Ms) will be divided between the king and tax collectors. 9) Some students may be displeased with getting all their M & Ms taken. Closure: 1) Hold a discussion about how they felt from being taxed by the king. 2) Compare their frustration to taxes placed upon the colonists living during the American Revolution (taxation without representation). 3) TTW take notes on a classroom chart of the students reactions to the taxes. Assessment: 1) Student oral response 2) Classroom chart