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 * Grade 4 Unit 4: **


 * Revolutionaries from the Past**


 * This eight-week unit invites students to read historical fiction and poetry from America’s past—including works from the time of the American Revolution.**


 * Overview**

While reading about America’s past, not only do students highlight key information and supporting details about people and events in order to get a sense of chronology, but they spend time comparing and contrasting first- and third-person narratives. Students will read and discuss poetry, such as “Concord Hymn” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and read speeches by revolutionaries including Patrick Henry and Sojourner Truth. Students read informational texts and study author Jean Fritz, who wrote books about the American Revolution, such as //Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?// After learning about revolutionary people of the past, students write their own speeches outlining their opinion on a current event, possibly taking a “revolutionary” position. This unit ends with a class discussion and essay response to the essential question.

**ESSENTIAL QUESTION** What life lessons can we learn from revolutionaries in fiction and nonfiction?


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