Revolutionary War Strategies

The strategies I used in this lesson were critical thinking and class discussion. I wanted to get the class to think critically about sources they read. The goal was to have students question what they were reading and use the graphic organizer to help them do so. I think what went well in my lesson was the use of the graphic organizer to keep the students focused and on track. Also I think discussing the documents at the end helped to tie together the purpose of the lesson, which was to attempt to determine who fired the first shot of the revolutionary war. I also thought I did a pretty good job at facilitating the discussion. I was disappointed when more students did not participate. If I were to teach this lesson again I would try to get