A content-rich companion to The Hidden Revolution: History Case Files
This supplemental pack provides structured, named biographies, comprehension checks, and analytical writing prompts on 14 Black Patriots, Black Loyalists, and Black women of the American Revolution. Where The Hidden Revolution emphasizes inquiry and deduction through anonymous case files, this resource deepens understanding through clear historical narratives, evidence-based questions, and rigorous short-answer analysis.
Students read concise, historian-style biographies and complete:
4 multiple-choice questions per figure (content comprehension)
1 short-answer analytical question per figure (evidence-based reasoning)
A theme identification task (Freedom, Loyalty, Labor, Mobility, or Contradiction)
Teachers receive a complete answer key with model SAQ exemplars, making this easy to implement for homework, classwork, stations, or assessment.
Who’s included:
Black Patriots: Prince Estabrook, Salem Poor, Austin Dabney, James Armistead Lafayette, Oliver Cromwell, Crispus Attucks
Black Loyalists: Boston King, David George, Harry Washington, Colonel Tye
Black Women: Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett), Mammy Kate, Black Camp Followers
How teachers can use it:
After The Hidden Revolution to reinforce learning
Before the case files as background knowledge
For differentiation (scaffold for some; extension for Honors/AP)
As warm-ups, exit tickets, or mini-assessments
This pack strengthens reading comprehension, historical reasoning, and analytical writing while centering Black agency, labor, and leadership in the Revolutionary era.
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What’s included:
✔ 14 concise biographies (Patriots, Loyalists, and Black women)
✔ 56 multiple-choice questions (4 per figure)
✔ 14 short-answer analytical prompts
✔ Student response packet (no biographies — write-in format)
✔ Teacher packet with full answer key + model SAQ exemplars
✔ Aligned to the same themes as The Hidden Revolution
Skills students practice:
Close reading of historical texts
Evidence-based reasoning
Thematic analysis
Analytical writing
Ideal for:
U.S. History (9–10)
Honors U.S. History
APUSH
Black History Month or Revolutionary War units