CIV.5

We Hold These Truths

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Description

Philadelphia, July 1776. The Declaration has been drafted. The vote is tomorrow. Players must live through the grievances that made independence necessary, and then make the case for it. Across three acts, students navigate a colonial Philadelphia map as a printer and assembly representative, deciding whether to accept or resist each Crown demand and experiencing the consequences of their decisions. They persuade fence-sitting delegates by assembling Jefferson's own Declaration arguments from scrambled phrase fragments. And they read the signed document closely enough to see exactly who it included and who it left out. The Declaration parchment fills in section by section as they work. By the end, students have not just read the Declaration. They have felt why it had to be written. Covers all 11 concepts from LO #5: Declaration of Independence.

Vocabulary Words

Thomas Jefferson

John Locke

Thomas Paine

King George III

Declaration of Independence

Common Sense

Quartering Act

Parliament

Colonies

Colonial assemblies

Independence

Grievance

Natural rights

Unalienable rights

Equality

Liberty

Consent of the governed

Self-government

Representation

Taxation without representation

Standing armies

Quartering

Petition for redress

Tyranny

Revolution

Monarchy

Right to alter or abolish government

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Declaration of Independence. Suitable for .

Main Concepts

The grievances in the Declaration address specific colonial concerns about representation, taxation, military power, and self-government.

The Declaration includes a list of grievances to support the claim that the British government had violated colonial rights and abused power.

The Declaration became a foundational document that shaped later arguments about rights, equality, and self-government in the United States.

The Declaration reflects John Locke’s influence through its emphasis on natural rights and the social contract.

The Declaration is organized into major sections, including an introduction, statement of principles, grievances, and conclusion.

The Declaration’s statement of equality was powerful but did not fully apply in practice to all people living in the new nation.

The Declaration is built on the idea that all people are created equal and possess unalienable rights.

The Declaration of Independence explains why the colonies chose to separate from Great Britain.

The Declaration combines Enlightenment ideas with specific colonial experiences under British rule.

The Declaration argues that when a government becomes destructive of people’s rights, the people may alter or abolish it.

The Declaration argues that governments are created to secure people's rights and derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What are "grievances"? What are the parts of the Declaration of Independence? Why do you think that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in this way? Why are citizens taxed by the government?

After the Game

What were the main arguments in the Declaration of Independence? Why do you think that Jefferson included IDEAS about governing and PROOF that Britain was not governing in the right way? What are some of the grievances? What was wrong about being taxed without representation? Why do you think that John Locke and Thomas Jefferson thought that people needed to CONSENT to being governed?

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