RevolutionaryWarKE

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

Notes: Events leading up to the shot.

Suger Act-Tax on suger Stamp Act- Tax on stamps Boston Massacre- British troops kill 5 colonests. Colonests outraged. Boston Tea Party- Colonests threw tea off ships. Resuted in closing of Boston Harbor. Shot Heard Around the World.

My fellow citizens, we will fight to stop the British. After the French and Indian War, Great Britain was low on funds. They saw us as a big money sourse to pay back the dept they owed. They taxed us on suger, then stamps. We protested to repeal all of the taxes because we don't beleave that we should gat taxed when we are so far away from the king. They listened to us, but they didn't respond to us. The Boston Massacre killed five innocent civilians. We now stand here to retaleate for those dead people who died for doing no harm. We also had the Boston Tea Party. Tea taxes were very high and we hated the tea tax, not to mention all of the other taxes. We now stand to stop the British from wreaking havoc to our homes and famalies. If we retreat like cowards, the British will pass by. Then they will kill and slaughter everyone in their path in towns in their path. We may be used to holding a pitchfork or teding to the feilds. We now stand here with a musket to tend to all of the future generations. This shot will change all countries forever. Weather it is in Europe, or other countries that may form in America, this will change all of those countries.