I think the Wood text provides a good summary of the causes and contributing events leading up to the Revolution. I also think it includes some complex text that will be useful for close reading with students. I immediately noticed one particular quotation that I plan to use with my third graders:
"Nowhere were events more spectacular than in Massachusetts. There the situation was so inflammatory that every moved triggered a string of explosions that widened the chasm between the colonists and royal authority."
The text as a whole and this particular quotation are a good introduction to how the American Revolution became an inevitability.
How would you use this text in your planning and teaching?
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The Wood text is rich in information, but I struggle in finding a way to use the text with my Deaf 5th grade students. I have students who are new to the country, ESL students, and/or 2-3 years behind in their reading. My class is currently learning about the loyalists and patriots. I would use the paragraph about Common Sense (Declaration of Independence section), translate it into American Sign Language, and discus the video with my students: How did the text Common Sense change people's opinion? He picked a specific style to write it in- why do you think he did that? Do you think he was successful?
After Saturday's class I purchased Wood's book on the American Revolution and I have been reading it every since. I am going to suggest to my colleagues that they use the text as a supplement in 10th grade US I Honors, or at least assign it for summer reading. I remember Professor Wood came into to speak to a professional development I did through you last year and I was so impressed by his Boston history. The students at Suffolk University are very fortunate. My notes on the text are at home, but to answer your questions I think the there are several chapters that could be used or even passages in 10th/11th grade US History. I would like to use it with a historiographical activity I do with my US I H2 class. I haven't decided on the exact passage but I have successfully used chapters from Kyle Ward's "History in the Making" with both AP(11th grade) and US I H2 (10th grade). I feel I could easily use a chapter/excerpt from Wood's book as well.
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