So, I'm sure you've heard of it before. Well lets learn a little bit about it.
So the Declaration of Independence is essentially broken up in to three sections: an introduction, a list of complaints to the King, and some closing remarks. All the famous phrases you will recognize are in the beginning, so here is what I want you to do:
Complete these activities on a seperate sheet of paper, and title it Declaration of Independence
1) "Phrases" -- pick out three phrases in the first two paragraphs that are either familiar, or interesting to you personally. Write down what you think it means for each one
2) "Objections" -- what follows, are a whole bunch of small paragraphs, where each one is a separate complaint about the King. Pick out what you think are the 5 most important objections they had. Feel free to look some words up, or ask me or a neighbor if they know the meanings.
http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/document/index.htm
Once you finish, let me know and add this to the warm up section.
If you finish early, take a shot at reading the ending paragraph, can you make out what they are saying to the King of England?
