Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Haitian Revolution, and supports the standard explaining connections among historical contexts and people’s perspectives at the time. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.

Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Ask students: Why do you think people might want to start a revolution? 

Prompt students to consider revolutions they may have learned about, like the American Revolution or the French Revolution. 

Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE

Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS 

Assign the Haitian Revolution Challenge and Quiz, prompting students to apply essential literacy skills while demonstrating what they learned about this topic.

Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND

Students express what they learned about the Haitian Revolution while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student needs.

  • Make-a-Movie: Produce an interview with Toussaint Louverture about his various roles in the Haitian Revolution. 
  • Make-a-Map: Make a concept map comparing and contrasting the French, American, and Haitian Revolutions. 
  • Creative Coding: Code a museum with artifacts representing different historical figures’ contributions to the Haitian Revolution.  

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