Revolutionary+War!!!RE09

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Essential Question(EQ): When is it necessary to fight? (What is worth dying for?)
Problem:The day is April 17, 1770. You stand with a group of minutemen across the Lexington Common prepared to stop the British Redcoat's advance. As you stand with your musket on your shoulder, you know all of the men are questioning whether or not they should fire and risk death, or if they should retreat back to the safety of their houses. You decide to step-up to the front and address the assembled Minutemen as the sounds of the Red Coats' drums come down the road announcing their imminent arrival. What do you tell the minutemen? Fight? Flee? Stand their ground? What is the evidence you provide them with to convince them that your directive is the path they should choose.

EQ=Is it necessary for you to fight? Is your evidence worth dying for?

We will start off the unit discussing what is worth fighting for right now in your life. We will then examine if it was necessary for the colonists to fight, and then finish the unit looking at some of the 21st Century situations that the USA will be in that will require the people of this country to decide, "When is it necessary to fight?"

Ask questions Take notes on your questions and cite your sources Write your notes into a formal answer Reorganize your answers into an order that helps you prove your answer to the EQ is correct Create an introduction and conclusion
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//**What does the final product look like?**// The day before it is due you will record the phone call on our Gcast podcast channel. On the day of your speech you will have two minutes to convince the class to fight and possibly die, or to retreat and find another way. You may bring in one prop for each 15 seconds of speaking time. You must give evidence proving your answer to the Essential Question is correct and 3-4 facts backing up each piece of evidence supporting your answer to the Essential Question. Everything that you say or present must have a direct connection to proving your answer to the Essential Question is the one right path for the Minutemen to follow.

//__For those of you that need a tally sheet...__// 15 points for one reason and the evidence supporting it 15 points for one reason and the evidence supporting it 15 points for one reason and the evidence supporting it 15 points for one reason and the evidence supporting it 15 points for props that show a symbolic understanding of your evidence and use of primary source documents 15 points for wiki page or notebook organized with questions, notes, formal answers, final draft, and citations 10 points for being courageous while speaking in front of the class 5 points for including one appropriately used quote from a primary source

Due Date Monday rough drafts are due and we will rehearse. Tuesday and Wednesday we will present and record the live presentations

NOTES

- The battle took place on April 19th, 1775¹ - Unit of 700 men dispatched by British General Thomas Gage to seize ammo caches owned by revolutionaries¹ - Unit commanded by Lt.Colonel Thomas Smith¹ -British also watnted to capture leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams who were at Lexington¹ - Info of British plans forced Sons of Liberty to dispatch horseback riders ,such as Paul Revere and Dr.Samuel Prescott, to alert local militia's of the British's plan's to seize the American's munitions that were at Concord² -Minutemen were usally irregular soldiers that did not stand in formation and used hunting rifles.³ -Colonists were heavily taxed over basic goods, the taxes were paying for the massive debts by the British government that was brought on by the French-Indian and Seven-years War⁵ -Townshend act weas a reprecussion for stamp act¼

Why is it nessecary to fight? -If we retreat, the British may still pursue us and harm us or our friends and family -Retreating will only make the British more upset and create reprucssions that could raise the already high taxes we have. - The British will force more taxes upon us because we destroyed a large amout of tea -If we do not stand up now, we will probably never be able to stand up for ourselves because they will destroy all materials needed for us to continue our uprising. -

Rough Draft Today, fellow Americans, we stand in front of the Great British Army who wish to capture our weapons and our cause. Now that they are here, their size daunts us, some of us have the idea of running away with our tails behind our legs, but it is better to risk our lives and fight!We came so far that if we flee alot of our time and principal will be wasted. We all know that the lobster backs will they pursue us as they do with any other rebel they find and brutally excute us as they show no contempt fo our freedom. We will still have to pray to their king and parliment as they are gods. We must treat the king and parliment like gods because we have no freedom over our religion. We will still have taxes from the British also! They will keep forcing us to pay THEIR debts for the war THEY made us fight. In addition to that, they will force more ridiculous taxes against us as a punishment like they did with the Townshend act when we stood up aganst their stamp taxes .Their taxes have even extended out to our tea! (pulls out tea bag). We cannot afford for them to capture our munitions stored at Conord. Those munitions are important because we are poor in purse. We also cannot forage for more weapons from the common people because they will lose hope in our cause. They also are here to capture or leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock at Lexington. If we lose them to the bloody-backed British war machine. We will not be able to continue our cause because their leadership will bring us closer to victory. Now, most importantly, if we retreat, we lose OUR cause. Now, even if we die, we died for our principal, and it is better to die with honor on your feet then to be executed on your knees.

Final Draft Today, my brave comrades! We stand in front of the Great British Army who wish to capture our weapons and destroy our cause. Now that they are here, their size daunts us, some of us have the idea of running away with our tails between our legs, but it is better to risk our lives and fight! We came so far that if we flee alot of our time and principal will be wasted. We all know that the lobster backs will they pursue us as they do with any other rebel they find and detain and maybe even kill us. As they bear no mind to anybody's word or need for freedom. We will still have to pray to their king and parliment as they are gods. We must treat the king and parliment like gods because we have no freedom over our religion. The crown will still force more taxes upon us! They will keep forcing us to pay THEIR debts for the war THEY made us help fight. In addition to that, they will force more ridiculous taxes against us as a punishment like they did with the Townshend act when we stood up aganst their stamp taxes .Their taxes have even extended out to our tea! (pulls out tea bag). We cannot afford for them to capture our munitions stored at Conord. Those munitions are important because we are poor in purse. We also cannot forage for more weapons from the common people because they will lose hope in our cause. They also are here to capture or leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock at Lexington. If we lose them to the lobster-backed British war machine. We will not be able to continue our cause because their leadership will bring us closer to victory. Now, most importantly, if we retreat, we lose OUR cause. Now, even if we die, we died for our principal, and it is better to die with honor on your feet then to be executed on your knees. So, are you men ready to flee, or are you men ready to fight?

[|p://www.americanrevolution.com/BattleofLexingtonandConcord.htm]¹ http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp² http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minutemen³ http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/sugaractdef.htm⁵ http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm¾