Mr. VerlinOverbrook High SchoolOctober 21, 2015

Do Now: Free Writing What does it mean to be a revolutionary?

List 3 things which women could do now but could not during colonial times.

Objectives: The students will be able to explain at

least 1 issue facing colonial women and evaluate how well they dealt with it.

Focus Lesson: Colonial… Direct Instruction

Women’s rights Citizenship Phillis Wheatley

Guided Practice Class Reading: “Phillis Wheatley: A Revolutionary

Woman” (Elements… pp. 60-61) Take 3 QNTs on excerpts which speak directly to civil

rights. Cooperative Learning

Divide into small gorups (4 people max.). On your QNT sheets, identify the main idea of the work

and some possible reasons why Wheatley wrote it.