RevolutionaryMI09

=Title: Would you have fired the "Shot Heard Round the World?"  = = =

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 . You can do all of the above....or answer the question below: Was the American Revolution really a revolution?

Wallingford Curriculum Skills: 1.1 Develop a variety of research strategies 1.2 Compare and Contrast sources, POV, time periods, and ideas. 1.3 Analyze PS/SS 1.4 Assess validity of researched info 1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9,1.10,1.11 EV People respond to and resolve conflicts in a variety of ways EQ What is worth fighting for?

Notes Script  Stand your ground Minutemen! We are here for our rights to be an American not a citizen of Great Britain. We shall fight to the death! for our right not to pay high taxes for stamps, sugar, wines, coffee, and molasses. They fear us having cluster of weapons in Concord, therefore General Thomas Gage was ordered by the British to seize them, we have the advantage of number of weapons. Remember why we are here because we are the Sons of Liberty who dumped tea that we pay high taxes, we dumped it because its symbolic for our freedom of not paying high taxes for this stuff. We must also fight because they can't control us like they restricted us from having any town meeting and abandoned us from going to Boston harbor unless we pay back for the tea we dumped at the harbor. We shall also fight because they killed our 5 men who only protested against high taxes without violence. And remember everyone did their best so far such as Paul Revere who warned all of us that the redcoats were coming, so lets not turn them down for all their hard work. So far no one started any kind of engagement against the British, so we shall start the first military engagement against the British. We must fight to let the sun shine upon us bright and to shine to our future generation. That is why we must stay put and fight to the death for liberty and freedom to us all!
 * Massachusetts was a rebelious colony.
 * Paul Revere arranged for a signal to be sent by lantern from the steeple of North Church - one if by land, two if by sea. On the night of April 18, 1775 the lantern's alarm sent Revere, William Dawes and other riders on the road to spread the news. The messengers cried out the alarm, awakening every house, warning of the British column making its way towards Lexington
 * General Thomas Gage who's in British side was ordered to seize collection of weapons in Concord.
 * British charged large taxes on stamps, sugar, wines, coffee, and molasses.
 * British controlled Americans.
 * Sons of liberty threw tea in the boston harbor.
 * The battle of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

Websites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lexington.htm http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/lexington/civilwar.htm http://www.americanrevolution.com/BattleofLexingtonandConcord.htm