Everything you need to understand or teach Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776) may have been the first American bestseller, rousing the colonial spirit for American independence throughout the early Revolutionary War. Certainly Paine did not originate the argument for independence, but his timing of articulating it could not have been better. His pamphlet was first published, anonymously, in January 1776, after hostilities between the colonies and Great Britain had already begun. The pamphlet gained immediate popularity, with up to 150,000 copies circulated in...
Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings Lesson Plans contain 138 pages of teaching material, including: