How did a series of tax laws become a revolution? This multi-format scavenger hunt, digital webquest, and self-paced packet traces 15 pivotal events from 1765 to 1776 using real primary source documents. Students collect a clue word at every station and assemble a famous Revolutionary-era quote at the end. Part of the Five Pillars of the Declaration of Independence framework. Grades 3-12.

Did the signers of the Declaration really lose everything? Was Hancock's famous signature actually an act of defiance? Did the signing even happen on July 4?

The answer to all three is more complicated than you think and more interesting.

The Signers' Sacrifice gives students 12 myth investigations, 3 investigative roles, and the most important question in historical thinking: why did we need this story to be bigger than the truth?

Grades 3–12. Print and go. Works for classrooms and homeschools.

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