Did the signers of the Declaration really lose everything? Was Hancock’s famous signature actually an act of defiance? Did the signing even happen on July 4?

The answer to all three is more complicated than you think and more interesting.

The Signers’ Sacrifice gives students 12 myth investigations, 3 investigative roles, and the most important question in historical thinking: why did we need this story to be bigger than the truth?

Grades 3–12. Print and go. Works for classrooms and homeschools.