In this unit students will explore the Declaration of Independence and its key ideas by looking at three mystery inquiries, 1)Why do people celebrate on the Fourth of July? 2) Why did Americans want independence? and 3) Why would someone refuse to celebrate the Fourth of July? Students will explore primary sources showing Fourth of July celebrations, the Declaration of Independence and Frederick Douglass's speech "What to the American slave is your Fourth of July?"
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