ak+war+of+1812

globetrotter is going to create a children's story about the war of 1812 that will: Be educational but also funny My children's story will solve the following problem: the war of 1812 My audience will experience my story through the eyes of: Harry Harrison My children's story will have the following key historical events: The entire war My children's story will have the following key historical characters: James madison, Francis Keys, Dolly Madison, My children's story will have the following key historically important concrete objects: cannons, guns, land, forts, houses, flag, ship My children's story will make the audience feel the following emotions: humor, sadness, proud My children's story will be credible because I will support it with the following sources: 1812 video,

Brainstorm -- write what each page will be about and some of the action occuring in it....then write a brief description of the picture that you will include for that page of writing. This is just the rough draft! Or, use a story board.

Intro- pg1 **Let us go back in time to the date of 1812 and look into the history** Britain and France at War pg2 **Britan and France begin a war** Britain and France decision about imports from USA pg3 **THey sign a law that states that USA imports are illegal.** Impressment pg4 **When British and France boats took US sailors and forced them to fight** Chesapeake incident pg5 **The British ship Leopard stopped a US ship and forced them to join them. The US sailors refused and The British took open fire.** Embargo Act pg6 **Americans stopped all trade with Britian** Did the Embargo act work? pg7 **The embargo act did not work** Why did British help Indian Nations? pg8 **They didn't want the US expanding west.** Who was Tecumseh? pg9 **An Indian chief** What was his dream? - pg10 **To combine all the Indian tribes and rebel against the Americans** Battle of Tippecanoe pg11 **Tecumseh leaves and puts his brother in charge, and he attacks the Americans** Impact on Tippecanoe on Tecumseh's Dream pg12 **they lose the war and Tecumseh is wounded, all Indians lose trust in him** War Hawks Point-of-View pg13 **The War Hawks thought they should go to war** The opposition's point-of-view pg 14 **Stay out of the war** The President, the reasons, the vote **James Madison votes to go to war** US at beginning of war compared to Britain **The Britsih had more soldiers and more equipment then the US** Privateers**The privateers were Americans that owned private ships, went out, and fought British ships** Early Blunders(2) **The Americans decide to attack Canada. (owned by the Britians) The Americans burn down the capital.** Washington, D.C. (2pp) **The British burn the capital and white house through revenge. Dolly Madison is one of the last people to leave.** Baltimore, Ft McHenry, Francis Scott Key, etc (4-6pp) **For revenge the British burn teh American's capital. Baltimore's navy was ready for the Brotish attack When the British attacked they fired at fort McHenry As the fight raged on Francis Scott Key looked on** Conclusion **The British finally realized they were losing and left** //O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,// //What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?// //Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' 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?// //On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,// //Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,// //What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,// //As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?// //Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,// //In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:// //'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave// //O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!//
 * PGS 2-14 COPY FROM BOOK**
 * Lyrics to SSB-**

My Interpretation- //O say, can you see, in the mornings's early light,// //What so happily we saw at the night's last shining?// //Whose wide stripes and nice stars, through the endless fight,// //O'er the walls we watched, were so proudly waving?// //And the rockets' red light, the bombs bursting in air,// //Gave signs through the night that our flag was still there.// //O say, does that star-striped banner yet wave// //O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?// //On the shore hardly seen through the mists of the deep,// //Where the enemy's aragance host in dread silence reposes,// //What is that which the breeze, o'er the lowering hill,// //As it perfectly blows, half is hidden, half is closed?// //Now it catches the light of the morning's first ray,// //In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:// //'Tis the star-strped banner: O, long may it wave// //O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!//