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The Committee of Correspondence: Moving Towards Independence
Discipline
Social Studies
Grade
4
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This is an in-depth resource about the Committee of Correspondence's role in moving the colonies toward independence. It includes an 11 page document featuring portraits of historical figures during the country's founding. The resource will enhance student's understanding of the common cause of liberty and justice.

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Ohio Social Studies Academic Content Standards (2010)
Grade 4: Ohio in the United States
History Strand
Heritage
4. 
The 13 colonies came together around a common cause of liberty and justice, uniting to fight for independence during the American Revolution and to form a new nation.
Social Studies Standards (2001)
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8)
1.
Show the relationship between participating in civic and political life and the attainment of individual and public goals including:
  1. The Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence/American independence;
  2. The Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement/Abolition of slavery.