WEEK #5 (September 11th-15th)
Monday: We went through a discussion of the battles at Lexington and Concord, and watched a few videos including one contrasting the Kentucky Rifle and the Brown Bess Musket
Tuesday: We brought in our delicious homework, discussing the history of humans struggling to obtain enough calories to stay alive
Wednesday. We discussed the battles of the revolutionary war, with a focus on Saratoga, Trenton, and Yorktown
Thursday: We discussed Cornwallis' attempt to roll up colonial resistance in the south, battles at Kings Mountain, Cowpens and finally ended with a discussion of prison ships and the more than 11K deaths of prisoners aboard them.
Friday: We Discussed the history of Government and the Articles of Confederation
Week 5 Vocabulary
Articles of Confederation - the first constitution of the United States, "A firm league of friendship"
Benedict Arnold - an early American hero of the Revolutionary War (1775-83) who later became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history after he switched sides and fought for the British
Battle of Saratoga - marked the climax of the campaign lead by General John Burgoyne in upstate New York
Common Sense - a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
Declaration of Independence - the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776,
George Washington - the Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary Army
Lexington and Concord - were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Thomas Jefferson - was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Valley Forge - the military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 losing 2500 of their 10,000 troops in the process.
Yorktown - The decisive victory of the Revolutionary War, where George Washington accepted the surrender of General Cornwallis
Week #5 Homework:
Read Chapter six in the Text P.158-179
Resources:
Standards Addressed:
Essential Questions:
Monday: We went through a discussion of the battles at Lexington and Concord, and watched a few videos including one contrasting the Kentucky Rifle and the Brown Bess Musket
Tuesday: We brought in our delicious homework, discussing the history of humans struggling to obtain enough calories to stay alive
Wednesday. We discussed the battles of the revolutionary war, with a focus on Saratoga, Trenton, and Yorktown
Thursday: We discussed Cornwallis' attempt to roll up colonial resistance in the south, battles at Kings Mountain, Cowpens and finally ended with a discussion of prison ships and the more than 11K deaths of prisoners aboard them.
Friday: We Discussed the history of Government and the Articles of Confederation
Week 5 Vocabulary
Articles of Confederation - the first constitution of the United States, "A firm league of friendship"
Benedict Arnold - an early American hero of the Revolutionary War (1775-83) who later became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history after he switched sides and fought for the British
Battle of Saratoga - marked the climax of the campaign lead by General John Burgoyne in upstate New York
Common Sense - a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
Declaration of Independence - the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776,
George Washington - the Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary Army
Lexington and Concord - were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Thomas Jefferson - was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Valley Forge - the military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 losing 2500 of their 10,000 troops in the process.
Yorktown - The decisive victory of the Revolutionary War, where George Washington accepted the surrender of General Cornwallis
Week #5 Homework:
Read Chapter six in the Text P.158-179
Resources:
Standards Addressed:
Essential Questions:
