Today I will be out working on curriculum so students will be watching "Liberty: A History of US" video and taking notes.  It will be a review of the causes of the Revolution, the fighting and political developments during the Revolution and the Philadelphia Convention and the Constitution.

I'm also sorry that I'm behind on my grading. ASPEN is NOT up-to-date.

Homework due tomorrow:
We The People Lesson 12: How was the Philadelphia Convention Organized & Who Attended?
We The People Lesson 19: How did Congress Organize the first Government?
(PDFs of both are on yesterdays post)

Welcome Back!

There was a little confusion before vacation about what the homework was.  Over vacation students were supposed to answer the lesson review questions at the end of We The People Lesson 12 (page 105).  I will collect it Wednesday 3/1.  Here is the PDF:We The People: Lesson 12: How was the Philadelphia Convention Organized?

This week's calendar:CALENDAR FEB 27

Today in class we will review the Philadelphia Convention and move into the Federalist Anti-Federalist debates over ratification.

For homework tonight students will continue to explore how Congress organized the government. HW is due Wednesday.  Here is the PDFWTP lesson 19

Shay's Rebellion

Shay's Rebellion Reading

Today in class students will:
1. Hand in the notes from their HW last night into the period folders
2. Watch "Going Home" Liberty Kids episode above about Shay's Rebellion
3. Start their We The People "Philadelphia Convention" Reading and Review Questions that will be due after vacation.  Here is the PDF of the HW WTP Philadelphia Convention HW Packet

Today in class we learned about the Articles of Confederation. Tonight students will read and take notes on Shay's Rebellion.  If you don't have an article use the internet to find an article about Shay's Rebellion and take notes on it to turn in tomorrow.

Yorktown

Tuesday and Wednesday this week are dedicated to learning about the siege of Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris.

For the homework please follow the link, read, take the quiz, and then email me your score! http://www.ducksters.com/history/battle_of_yorktown.php

In class we will use this Google Slide presentation to guide class.  It includes links to the reading and videos. Yorktown Google Slides

Valley Forge Stations

Directions:
Today you will complete 1 station and gather the materials for the 2nd station to finish at home tonight. 

Station 1: Background Reading & Questions Station

1. Read the Readworks “Valley Forge” article and answer the questions in complete sentences that restate the question in the answer.
2. Read the “Forging of an Army” article and create 10 questions based on the reading. http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/ValleyForge.html

Station 2: Liberty Kids Station

1. Go to my blog and watch the Liberty Kids episode “Valley Forge” and answer the questions on the worksheet.LIBERTY KIDS EPISODE QUESTIONS

Station 3: Primary Source Station

1. Read each primary source and answer the questions (answers do not have to be in complete sentences) PRIMARY SOURCES & QUESTIONS

Station 4: Image Station

1. Make a copy of VALLEY FORGE IMAGE DOC
2. Share your copy of the Doc with me.
3. Choose 5 images and annotate them answer the questions that apply.

Extra Credit

If you finish a station early either finish stations you didn’t finish or move to the back table and complete one of the choices there.

• An improbable French Leader in America
• Non Colonists in the American Revolution
• Declaration of Independence
• American Revolution Extra Credit List

Liberty Kids: Valley Forge

The Battles of Saratoga & Alliances

Here is this week's calendar: Calendar Week of Feb 6th

Today we will use a variety of texts to learn about the Battles of Saratoga and how it was a turning point in the war and secured our alliance with France.

al·li·ance

noun

1. a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

Battles of Saratoga & Alliances Google Form

If you have time consider watching these videos:

Battles of Saratoga

Allies at Last

Sybil Ludington...the female Paul Revere

Today in class we will watch the Liberty Kids episode below and answer questions. Students will add notes to "What did women do to help the Revolution." Then students will chose an assignment to complete.  The assignment is due Monday

Sybil Ludington Choice Assignments & Reading

Sybil Ludington Video Quiz

The Midnight Ride of Sybil Ludington

by Meryl Ann Butler

Listen my children, to hear the tale

Of the midnight ride of a brave young girl.

On the twenty-sixth of April, in seventy-seven,

She rode her steed like an angel from heaven.

With the Brits burning Danbury, her father, the colonel

Had no choice but to charge her with the journey, nocturnal.

The fate of a new nation was riding that night,

On young Sybil Ludington, her horse, and their flight.

And no poetic moon shone its bless'd light upon her,

As it thundered and stormed across thither and yonder.

Rain drenched her clothes, branches pelted her face,

As she galloped on dark, muddy paths to each place.

Choosing carefully the houses of the Patriot allies,

Passing up those of Brit supporters and Tories,

She rapped on the doors of those who would trust her,

And shouted, "make haste - to Ludington's to muster!"

And lo! As she galloped, through the dark of the night

A glimmer - and then, a gleam of bright light!

The fires of Danbury, just a few miles away,

Glowed on the horizon like the dawn of the day.

Shiv'ring and mud-covered, her skin cut by thorn bushes,

She deftly evaded one or two ambushes

While riding for hours throughout Duchess County,

Calling to arms the local Patriot army.

By the time she returned home to see dawn's first luster,

Four hundred had answered her shout out to muster!

Assembled by her father, all were ready for action

Tho' they numbered far fewer than the large British faction.

But with hearts filled with passion they marched off to Danbury,

And surprised the Brit Regulars, who'd been making damn merry  

With the liberal use of the rum they'd discovered

When the Patriots' hidden supplies were uncovered.

In chaotic astonishment drunken redcoats retreated,

Which swayed the next battle, where the Brits were defeated.

Sybil was hailed "heroine," like none'd ever outranked her,

And even George Washington came calling, and thanked her.

She was but Sweet Sixteen, while Paul's age was forty.

His miles were sixteen, but her mileage was forty!

So why's she forgotten, un-revered in history

While Revere has the spotlight?   It is quite a mystery!

But any poor poet, no matter how sincere,

Must embellish the story that promotes his career.

So, in spite of the stellar job Washington said Sybil'd done

Poor Longfellow failed to find any rhymes for "Ludington.'

But the poet found words that would rhyme with Revere,

And his mighty pen caused the real hero to disappear.

And that is how Paul Revere's ride became history,

While Sybil waits still, for the telling of "Sis"-story.

Tonight's homework Washington Crossing Delaware HW

Revolutionary Women

Today we will read Joy Hakim's "Revolutionary Women & Children" and take notes on what women did to help the American Revolution

Here are the google slides with the notes from class:Revolutionary Women Google Slides

Next we will watch a clip about "Molly Pitcher" and take a quiz:Molly Pitcher Quiz

And talk about a clip from the video below: