War+of+1812+-+LV

is going to create a children's story about ............ that will: My children's story will solve the following problem: Childeren's lack of knowledge of the War of 1812 My audience will experience my story through the eyes of: A young child experiencing the war. My children's story will have the following key historical events: Every event leading up to the War of 1812, and the events that followed. My children's story will have the following key historical characters: British soldiers, American soldiers, Indians, and Francis Scott Key My children's story will have the following key historically important concrete objects: The American Flag, war instruments. My children's story will make the audience feel the following emotions: Sadness, grief, happiness, success, failure. My children's story will be credible because I will support it with the following sources: My text book, and sources my Social Study teacher provides.

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YOUR INTERPRETATION SECOND As the sun rose the next day We saw what we've been seeing from previous mornings The bombs we'd seen fly through the air We thought for sure had destroyed everything But our flag still remained You can still see the flag flying over the home of the free and brave
 * __Page 1__-** One day a powerful war broke out between Britain and France during the year of 1803, the United States found itself caught in the middle.
 * __Page 2__-** Everybody who wanted to stop the fighting knew they had to stop selling war items, but that would be very hard.
 * __Page 3__-** A British Ship stopped a United States ship to steal sailors. That is called **__impressment__.**
 * __Page 4__-** After that, everybody tried to stop trade to Britain.
 * __Page 5__-** This did not last too long.
 * __Page 6__-** The British wanted to stop the American's from moving west.
 * __Page 7__-** Tecumseh was the leader of the Shawnee Indian tribe. Tecumseh warned other Indian tribes about dangers settlers would cause.
 * __Page 8__-** Tecumseh had a dream to bring together Indian tribes and attack American settlers.
 * __Page 9__-** The battle of Tippecanoe started when the Indians attacked Harrison's camp.
 * __Page 10__-** After the Indians lost the battle, Tecumseh lost everything he needed to make his dream come true.
 * __Page 11__-** A powerful group called the War Hawks thought that Britain was trying to stop the United States from becomming powerful.
 * __Page 12__-** The Federalists, who the War Hawks did not like, wanted to become friendly with Britian instead of fighting. People did not think the Federalists were powerful enough to fight Britain.
 * __Page 13__-** President James Madison did not know if the trade war should keep going, he held a vote. Everybody wanted to start a war.
 * __Page 14__-** Politicians were afraid that the United States wasn't ready to fight the very powerful Britain. They thought war would not help anything.
 * __Page 15__-** James Madison had problems deciding what to do. He had Southern and Western states vote, and they had voted for war. When he had New England vote, they had voted for peace. When the votes were counted it showed that the War Hawks had won.
 * __Page 16__-** The United States was very small next to Britain which is very big. Britain's army and navy were stronger than America's army and navy.
 * __Page 17__-** So in order to battle the larger navy the American's got privateers. Privateers are ships that are privately financedVOCAB, owned and worked on, but Privateers are real, unlike pirates((THERE ARE PIRATES).
 * __Page 18__-** Colonel Winder was supposed to break a bridge at Frenchmen's Creek. Instead Colonel Winder **went beat** the British. Once he beat the British he went back to break the bridge, but he had left his axes behind.WHATS UP WITH THIS BRIDGE
 * __Page 19__-** General Smith and General Porter had a fight on Grand Island, they both tried to shoot eachother and they both missed. This fight started after General Smith stopped trying to break into Canada, and once General Porter found out he had called him a coward.
 * __Page 20__-** Washington was not protected so many buildings were burnt down because American's were attacking upper CanadaASK ABOUT THIS.
 * __Page 21__-** The American troups that were protecting Washington and Balitmore got very scared and ran away while President Madison left the city to be safe.NOPE The British burned down the Capitol, the President's house, the Treasurey, the War Office and the Office of National Intelligencer.
 * __Page 22__-** After the British was done attacking Washington they decided they wanted to attack Baltimore too. It would be a very big deal if British attacked Baltimore since it was a very large city and was known for hating the English.
 * __Page 23__-** Colonel Arthur Brooke brought his army very close to the city, but turned around because they could not get the American's out of the city.
 * __Page 24__-** Cohchrane began bombing at 5 A.M. to attack Ft. McHenry. He brought all his bombs, rockets and ships.DETAILS
 * __Page 25__-** INTRO WHY THERE WHERE WAS HEFrancis Scott Key saw the bombs bursting in air overhead during the night. Those flashes of light proved that the flag was still there. When he woke up he saw our flag still standing, still waving. He wrote a poem if that nights events, and that morning that would later be sung to the tune of "Anacreon in Heaven." AND IT BECAME...
 * __Page 26__-** I believe that it was not the best choice to start this war. There was nothing accomplished besides killing many innocent victims. The plus side? We now have our nations beloved anthem. May that star-spangled banner yet wave!
 * __Page 27__-** My Interpretation-
 * __The Star Spangled Banner__**

The Real Star Spangeled Banner-

Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed, at the twilight's light gleaming? Whose broad stripes & bright stars, thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave**?**