Taxing With Smarties Activities
Lesson Topic: Taxing with Smarties Activity Date: January 13 Grade: 4th Opt Length of Lesson: 25 min
CENTRAL FOCUS:
The central focus of this lesson is for students to gain an understanding of how the colonists felt about all of the taxing from the King George.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
TN.SocialStudies.SPI.4.23
Explain how political, religious, and economic ideas and interests brought about the Revolution, including:
Resistance to imperial policy (Proclamation of 1763)
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
Taxes on tea
“Taxation without Representation”
Coercive Acts
LESSON OBJECTIVE(S):
TSW be able to explain through written expression how the colonists were taxed unfairly.
MONITORING STUDENT LEARNING - FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:
Formative …show more content…
Academic Language: Vocabulary: Tax
The previous lesson focused on the introduction of George Washington and King George III.
The subsequent lesson will focus on the Boston Tea Party.
PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:
Introduction:
TTW pass out the materials and go over the directions.
Directions: You have received two packs of smarties. The Queen (Mrs. White) will read off a new law. If the law applies to you, you must pay up. The Tax collectors (Ryan and Lauren H.) will come and collect your smarties. Parliament (Mrs. W) will receive 2 smarties and the Tax collectors will collect 1 smartie for every law passed.
Procedures & Times:
The Queen will read off the laws and the tax collector will pick up the tax from each colonist.
If you have on white socks, you are taxed one smartie.
If you have on any clothing with the color blue, you are taxed three smarties.
If you wear glasses you are taxed one smartie.
If you have hair is shorter than your shoulder you are taxed three smarties.
If you have braces, you are taxed one smartie.
If you have blonde hair you are taxed two smarties.
If you have on shoes without laces, you are taxed three
CENTRAL FOCUS:
The central focus of this lesson is for students to gain an understanding of how the colonists felt about all of the taxing from the King George.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
TN.SocialStudies.SPI.4.23
Explain how political, religious, and economic ideas and interests brought about the Revolution, including:
Resistance to imperial policy (Proclamation of 1763)
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
Taxes on tea
“Taxation without Representation”
Coercive Acts
LESSON OBJECTIVE(S):
TSW be able to explain through written expression how the colonists were taxed unfairly.
MONITORING STUDENT LEARNING - FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:
Formative …show more content…
Academic Language: Vocabulary: Tax
The previous lesson focused on the introduction of George Washington and King George III.
The subsequent lesson will focus on the Boston Tea Party.
PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:
Introduction:
TTW pass out the materials and go over the directions.
Directions: You have received two packs of smarties. The Queen (Mrs. White) will read off a new law. If the law applies to you, you must pay up. The Tax collectors (Ryan and Lauren H.) will come and collect your smarties. Parliament (Mrs. W) will receive 2 smarties and the Tax collectors will collect 1 smartie for every law passed.
Procedures & Times:
The Queen will read off the laws and the tax collector will pick up the tax from each colonist.
If you have on white socks, you are taxed one smartie.
If you have on any clothing with the color blue, you are taxed three smarties.
If you wear glasses you are taxed one smartie.
If you have hair is shorter than your shoulder you are taxed three smarties.
If you have braces, you are taxed one smartie.
If you have blonde hair you are taxed two smarties.
If you have on shoes without laces, you are taxed three