Close-Read - La Declaracion de la Independencia

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6 questions

Note from the author:

This GoFormative allows students to read the important parts of the document so that they can deconstruct the dense language of the Declaration of Independence.

Close-Read - La Declaracion de la Independencia

Last updated almost 7 years ago

6 questions

Note from the author:

This GoFormative allows students to read the important parts of the document so that they can deconstruct the dense language of the Declaration of Independence.

Write the central idea of the Preamble (the introduction).

In the second paragraph, how is the word unalienable used in the text?

"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, LIberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Paraphrase the follow excerpt from the text:

"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Hapiness."

Page 1-3 of this document is a list of actions that the King of England has done that pushed the colonists to want independence.

Pick three (3) from the list and paraphrase them.

Close-Read - La Declaracion de la Independencia

Close-Read - La Declaracion de la Independencia

Write the central idea of the Preamble (the introduction).

In the second paragraph, how is the word unalienable used in the text?

"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, LIberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Page 1-3 of this document is a list of actions that the King of England has done that pushed the colonists to want independence.

Pick three (3) from the list and paraphrase them.

What is the central idea of this paragraph?

Write the central idea of the Preamble (the introduction).

In the second paragraph, how is the word unalienable used in the text?

"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, LIberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Page 1-3 of this document is a list of actions that the King of England has done that pushed the colonists to want independence.

Pick three (3) from the list and paraphrase them.

What is the central idea of this paragraph?

Close-Read - La Declaracion de la Independencia

Close-Read - La Declaracion de la Independencia

Write the central idea of the Preamble (the introduction).

In the second paragraph, how is the word unalienable used in the text?"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, LIberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Page 1-3 of this document is a list of actions that the King of England has done that pushed the colonists to want independence. Pick three (3) from the list and paraphrase them.

What is the central idea of this paragraph?

Write the central idea of the Preamble (the introduction).

In the second paragraph, how is the word unalienable used in the text?"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, LIberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Page 1-3 of this document is a list of actions that the King of England has done that pushed the colonists to want independence. Pick three (3) from the list and paraphrase them.

What is the central idea of this paragraph?

In the second paragraph, how is the word unalienable used in the text?

"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, LIberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Page 1-3 of this document is a list of actions that the King of England has done that pushed the colonists to want independence.

Pick three (3) from the list and paraphrase them.

In the second paragraph, how is the word unalienable used in the text?

"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, LIberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Page 1-3 of this document is a list of actions that the King of England has done that pushed the colonists to want independence.

Pick three (3) from the list and paraphrase them.