Thursday, October 25, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Day 5 and 6
On Friday we took notes on battles in the beginning of the Rvolutionaru war. We learned how George Washington escaped from the British several times. Monday we had a scavenger hunt around the downstairs of the school. I thought this activity was extremely fun because of the competitive edge. Competing for extra points made the activity that much better. It was really fun getting to run around the school looking for the right we codes. Overall the last two days have been a great experience in learning about the revolution.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Day 3 and 4
On Wednesday we broke into two groups and we shared our information we pulled out from our article on the Decleration of Independence. This was good but it got noisy and almost became competitive to see who could be the most obnoxious. Then Thursday we had a sub and we wrote an essay on whether we believed we are still in, " times that try men's souls". I believe we are because of the war in Iraq for their independence.
Day 1 and 2
Monday we presented our "guests" in class. Overall I thought that it went well. I had a good time learning about the other students people and their history in the American Revolution. Tuesday, we broke up into groups of three and we read different parts of the Decleration of Independence. Then we had to make a twister tweet using 140 characters to describe our section. I thought that was fun creating a unique username and #'s.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Civic Values
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Day 5 and 6
On Wednesday, we talked about the Battle at Lexington and the events that followed. The British and Americans fought at Concord and the Americans the British had to retreat to Boston. The Americans were firing at them the whole way by using Guerrilla warfare. When the British got to Charlestown, they dig trenches on Bunker Hill preparing for an American attack the next day which didn't come. Today we talked about different opinions on American freedom. I read the Olive Branch partition and it stated that the Americans wanted to be more equal with Britain. It stated that the United States wanted to have the king's protection but be more equal.
Day 3 and 4
On Friday we talked about Paul Revere's ride. We determines that the other man who rode that night was more effective in announcing the British arrival. Paul Revere got the credit for the ride because he was a true patriot with history. On Tuesday we talked about the battle in Lexington and who fired the first shot. With the evidence we had I think that the americans fired first.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Day 5 and 6
Today in class we talked about George Washington and the French and Indian revolution. We found out that George Washington was a wealthy plantation owner for tobacco. When the French were threatening the British, George and his small militia attacked the French. This small attack startled the French but they quickly recovered and sent Washington running back to Virginia. When the war ended in 1763, Kimg George III was in dept so he taxed the colonies and this sparked the American Revolution.
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