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Yesterday we took our open-note test on the American Revolution and today we 
will begin watching the movie, "The Patriot."  Listed below are the 
objectives and state instructional standards being taught by viewing this 
film.

Objectives for “The Patriot”

1.View sources related to historical events to reinforce the activities 
completed in our American Revolution Unit. 
2.Connect the lives of people in the 1700s to the lives of people today in 
America.
3.Identify 18 aspects of the American Revolution illustrated in the film.  
4.Movie will serve as a springboard to the culminating in-class project of 
making a class quilt about the American Revolution.  (planned week of 12/1.

NCSCOS for “The Patriot”

2.01 Trace the events leading up to the Revolutionary War and evaluate their 
relative significance in the onset of hostilities.
2.02 Describe the contributions of key North Carolina and national 
personalities from the Revolutionary War era and assess their influence on 
the outcome of the war.
2.03 Examine the role of North Carolina in the Revolutionary War.
2.04 Examine the reasons for the colonists’ victory over the British, and 
evaluate the impact of military successes and failures, the role of foreign 
interventions, and on-going political and economic domestic issues.
2.05 Describe the impact of documents such as the Mecklenburg Resolves, the 
Halifax Resolves, the Albany Plan of Union, The Declaration of Independence, 
the State Constitution of 1776, the Articles of Confederation, the United 
States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights on the formation of the state and 
national governments.

At the conclusion of the film each class will make a quilt to illustrate the 
events of the American Revolution.  The quilt squares will include the 18 
topics discussed from the movie as well as some additional topics we learned 
in the book.  The quilt assingment will be a competition between classes with 
the winning quilt earning its makers 10 points extra credit on the next NC 
project check.


Mrs. Attardi