1. Mr. Verlin Overbrook High School October 21, 2015

2. 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.

3. Objectives:  The students will be able to explain at least 1 issue facing colonial women and evaluate how well they dealt with it.

4. 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.