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Section 5: Overview

Creating an Original Work

We will use primary and secondary sources to create an original work. We will research a Founding Era person and event and synthesize our research to create lyrics for an original song. Through this work, we will consider how we interpret the person and stories from primary and secondary sources.

  • Lesson 1:

    We will begin to explore the following question: How will I use primary and secondary sources to create an original work?

  • Lesson 2:

    We will continue to explore the following question: How will I use primary and secondary sources to create an original work? We will locate primary and secondary sources for the individual we are researching.

  • Lesson 3:

    We will continue to explore the question, “How will I use primary and secondary sources to create an original work?” We will continue using the Internet to locate primary and secondary sources.

  • Lesson 4:

    We will continue to explore the following question: How will I use primary and secondary sources to create an original work? We will also continue to research our topics.

  • Lesson 5:

    We will continue to explore the following question: How will I use primary and secondary sources to create an original work? We will use a tool to analyze our sources.

  • Lesson 6:

    We will continue to explore the following question: How will I use primary and secondary sources to create an original work? We will also analyze our sources.

  • Lesson 7:

    We will continue to explore the following question: How will I use primary and secondary sources to create an original work? Following our research, we will closely analyze one of the previously studied songs in order to guide our writing of lyrics for our own original song or writing new verses to an existing song from the musical using our research and the influence of primary sources.

  • Lesson 8:

    We will deconstruct and analyze mentor sentences from Hamilton: An American Musical.

  • Lesson 9:

    We will continue to explore the following question: How will I use primary and secondary sources to create an original work? In our groups, we will use our analyses and notes from the previous lessons to create our blueprints for our song, rap, or poem.

  • Lesson 10:

    We will continue to explore the following question: How will I use primary and secondary sources to create an original work? In our groups, we will select our accompanying music and write lyrics for our songs, raps, or poems.

  • Lesson 11:

    We will finalize and submit the Section 5 Diagnostic.

  • Lesson 12:

    In our research groups, we will present our original lyrics and expository paragraphs.

  • Lesson 13:

    We will review feedback on the Section Diagnostic. We will use the feedback to make revisions to our work.

  • Lesson 14:

    We will share the analyses we have made about our independent reading texts and make connections to the unit. We will plan a final product to share our experiences from reading independently and the knowledge we have gained.