Use the worksheet source-boundary check, Page 4 click demo, Page 6 route check, and final two-route playtest during the five-day flow
Summative
A published, playable nine-page interactive record display in which both routes and both matching takeaways work
The student journey
This is a build — not a worksheet packet
Every lesson runs like the story students are about to make: read it, write it, build it, polish it, publish it. The printables scaffold each stage — the published Elementari project is the destination.
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Read
Students read a short, high-interest passage — a real-world hook, not a dry textbook definition — to spark ideas for what they'll make.
📖When the Revolution Reached New Jersey Doorsteps
For many New Jersey civilians, the American Revolution arrived as a record: a name on a militia list, an order for food or a wagon, a loyalty oath, or a claim for property that had been taken. These papers show a war that reached far beyond…
SourcesNew Jersey State Archives: Revolutionary War EraNational Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey: Revolutionary WarNational Park Service: New Jersey's Divided LoyaltiesCrossroads of the American Revolution: New Jersey in the Revolution
In the studio, students bring the project to life — adding art and following the exact writing and coding steps shown below. The Studio Compass walks them through it, one step at a time.
🧭Studio CompassStep 1 / 10
Design an animated cover with autoplay music
Build a cover that introduces two connected wartime pressures in New Jersey.
Key words — tap to learnIf / Then
Each step checks off & advances on its own
All 10 studio steps · dynamic to the project
1Design an animated cover with autoplay music~25 min
2Set the evidence table~5 min
3Show public independence and divided loyalties~10 min
4Show war reaching property~20 min
5Compare enrollment and supply records~5 min
6Write the record choices and button labels~15 min
7Connect both record buttons~20 min
8Explain why militia service was uneven~30 min
9Connect two home-front records~15 min
10Compare the records and finish the interaction~30 min
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Polish
ongoing
Teacher and peer feedback pin right onto the project — students revise until it's ready to share.
Feedback on the project2 pins
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Add one more sentence here so readers get the full picture.
👍 2Teacher
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The interaction is clear — it helps the reader follow the project!
A couple of things to gather, a few quick steps to prep — then you're ready to hand it to students.
What you need
A device per student or pair
Internet connection
Headphones or speakers
Prep · about 10 min
1Print the student kits
2Assign this lesson to your students
3Skim the build steps
Teacher background
What you need to know
The Revolution made civilians' labor, goods, movement, safety, and political allegiance part of the war through militia mobilization, loyalty enforcement, trade rules, requisitions, raids, and property loss.
Key terms
mobilization
Organizing people and supplies for war.
militia
Civilians organized for military service, often part-time.
exemption
Permission not to follow a rule or requirement.
Loyalist
A person who remained loyal to the British Crown.
requisition
An official demand for goods or supplies.
confiscation
The government taking property under its authority.
Watch for these misconceptions
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A page names a historical record but does not explain what it changed for civilians. →Ask: What did this record demand, restrict, remove, or make less safe? Add that consequence without inventing a person or event.
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The committee chair's imagined line sounds like a documented quotation or adds an unsupported fact. →Keep the line focused on comparing two records and label it as imagined; remove invented dates, names, quantities, or claims.
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A record button opens the wrong evidence page, a continue button fails, or Page 9 shows the wrong takeaway. →Start from Page 6 twice. Test militia -> Page 7 -> militia takeaway, then home front -> Page 8 -> home-front takeaway.
Standards alignment
Aligned to the standards you teach
Every task maps to a specific standard, so planning and reporting are covered.
Tracking 7 frameworks: Common Core ELA, Common Core Math, NGSS +4
Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
RH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Also addressedW.8.2 · W.8.3 · L.8.6 · L.8.5
Full task-by-task mapping — including Depth of Knowledge — is in the answer key.
Differentiation & accessibility
Built to reach every learner
One lesson, three built-in paths — with accessibility baked into the materials, not bolted on afterward.
Extra support
Emerging readers & writers
Read-aloud and multilingual support in the Elementari build
Studio Compass highlights one task at a time — including the coding
Sentence frames and a word bank so it is never a blank page
On grade
The core lesson
The passage and storyboard exactly as written
Model answers and “look-fors” in the answer key
Self-check chips at every milestone
Ready for more
Extension & challenge
Challenge vocabulary and a real-world extension question
Deepen one existing page or interaction — without changing the required mechanics
A longer, evidence-based reflection prompt
Accessibility, built inPredictable step-by-step structureOne task at a time · Studio CompassHighlighted response areasLow-stimulation printMovement-friendly pacingDesigned so every student can design, write, and code — with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in mind.
Questions
Teacher FAQ
Do I need to know how to code?
No coding experience needed. Studio Compass guides students through Guided Steps — each names the exact block and checks itself off — while you facilitate.
What devices does it work on?
Any modern browser — laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets. Nothing to install.
Do my students need an account?
No student email addresses required. You roster your class in a couple of clicks, and students join with a simple class code.
Is it standards-aligned?
Yes — each lesson shows national frameworks and supported state codes from your Standards setting, with specific standards and DOK levels called out in the answer key.
Can students work at different levels?
Built-in read-aloud, sentence frames, and task-level word suggestions meet students where they are, and the self-checking steps let each student work at their own pace.
How do students share their work?
They submit to you for review; you publish the best to your class showcase, each with a public link.
Ready when you are
Bring this lesson to your class
Import your class, assign in one click, and watch them build — the whole kit comes with it.
