The Secret Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence |
| This American Revolution/Revolutionary War parody on the Declaration of Independence require students to fix the spelling, grammar, and punctuation of the "rough" draft of Thomas Jefferson's declaration. |
Use this Activity: |
| Morning Work - The editing activity will take students an 15 minutes complete, making it an excellent candidate for morning work. |
| Homework - This activity is a great way to assign homework in social studies or language arts. |
| Interactive Notebooks - This activity is a great entry for interactive social studies notebooks. |
| Part of a Lesson - Teaching about Thomas Jefferson or the Declaration of Independence? Distribute this activity to students and challenge students to fix it. Allow them to work in pairs or small teams. |
| Be Real - Tell students that all members of the Committee of Five were excellent writers and that, as far as we know, there is no poorly written secret rough draft of the Declaration of Independence. |