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West Point and Benedict Arnold | American Revolution Series | Grades 4, 5, 6
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Engage your students in the drama of the American Revolutionary War with this interactive, no-prep West Point & Benedict Arnold lesson! 🇺🇸

This resource helps students understand the strategic importance of West Point and the famous betrayal of Benedict Arnold through primary source analysis, informational reading, and critical thinking activities.

✨ Perfect for integrating social studies and literacy skills in upper elementary classrooms.


📚 What’s Included

  • Informational reading: West Point & Benedict Arnold

  • Primary source map activity:

    • “Sketch of West Point 1783” (Library of Congress)

    • Student observation & inference worksheet

  • Main Idea & Supporting Details graphic organizer

  • Vocabulary support (traitor, treason, fort, fortified)

  • Complete lesson plan (introduction, activity, closure)

  • Answer key ✅


🎯 Skills & Learning Focus

Students will:

  • Analyze primary sources and historical maps

  • Practice observations vs. inferences

  • Identify main idea & supporting details

  • Explore cause and effect during the Revolutionary War

  • Understand how geography impacted military strategy

📍 Why Teachers Love This Resource

✔️ No Prep – Just Print & Go
✔️ Encourages critical thinking and discussion
✔️ Combines history + ELA skills in one lesson
✔️ Includes authentic primary source analysis
✔️ Engaging, classroom-tested activities


🏫 Standards Alignment

This lesson supports:

  • Common Core ELA Standards (Grade 4–5):

    • RI.4.1 / RI.5.1 – Text evidence & inference

    • RI.4.3 / RI.5.3 – Explaining events and concepts

    • RI.4.5 / RI.5.5 – Text structure

  • NCSS Themes:

    • Time, Continuity, and Change

    • People, Places, and Environments


💡 Perfect For:

  • 4th–5th Grade Social Studies

  • U.S. History / Revolutionary War units

  • Integrated ELA + Social Studies lessons

  • Sub plans or emergency lessons

  • Review and test prep


Please see my store for other lessons in my American Revolution Series.


Note: This lesson is sold with a gold and blue cover as part of my New York State Social Studies Framework series. The only difference is include the NYS standards in the lesson download.

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