Essential Questions Specialty Area 10

1. Analyze the role of the Loyalists or Tories in the Revolutionary War.
  • a. Who were the Loyalists?
  • b. Why did some colonists remain loyal to Britain?
  • c. How were they treated by the Patriots?
2. Who were the Patriots or Revolutionaries
  • a. How were they treated by the Loyalists?
  • b. Why did some colonists chose to turn on their mother country?​
3. What groups felt ignored by the Declaration of Independence? Why?
  • a. How did Abigail Adams react to the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
  • b. How did many slaves react to the Declaration of Independence?
4. Who was Molly Pitcher and what was her role in the Revolution?

5. Who was Betsy Ross and what did she do to help the cause for the Revolution?

6. Who was Deborah Sampson and what was her role in the Revolution?

7.  What role did children play during the Revolutionary War?  How did war impact them?

8.  What role did women (both Loyalists and Patriots) play during the Revolutionary War?  How did war impact them?
​
​​Your Thesis:
SO WHAT?  While completing your research what conclusions did you draw? Why does this topic matter, how do the events you studied change history?  Write a one paragraph thesis that addresses what is important about this subject & what should people remember.

Web links to Research, Project Helps and Online Presentation Assitance

The "Project Assistance" button above will give you access to numerous websites that can assist you in creating web based projects.  Regardless of your chosen project take a few minutes to review the available web sites, you might find something you were not previously aware of that will be of interest to you!
The "Willowcreek Library Texts and Tools" button above will link you to the Alexandria Library.  Within the Alexandria library any books with the call number starting with "REF" or a number are informational texts, conversely any call number starting with "FIC", "PB", or "SC" are fictional texts.  To access books tagged for the Revolutionary war, go to the search page, type in  "ness rev war", and hit search. on the top right hand corner click on the "find more" box. To assist in your search, go to the top drop down menu "unsorted" and sort by "Call Number", this will categorize the fiction and informational texts,posting the informational texts (excluding reference texts) on the top; in addition it will indicate the order of the texts on the stacks.  Identify the call number to find the text on the stacks.

Page Numbers in the Text Specialty Area 10

Picture
Call to Freedom
Pages: 160-161
Pages: 166-169

American History 
Pages: 218-219
Page:  226
Pages: 231-237
Pages: 244-245
Pages: 258-257

Instructor Created Materials

Student Created Materials

Suggested Websites for Specialty Area 10

Suggested Novels for Specialty Area 10

Title: The Fighting Ground 
Author: Avi 
Jonathan is taken by Hessians to a farmhouse where he meets a little boy who is the only survivor of his family. When given the opportunity, Jonathan finds it impossible to kill the Hessians. He escapes with the little boy and finds the remnants of the two men he was with in battle. When he realizes that they must have killed the boy's parents, Jonathan smashes his rifle and heads back to the farm. . 
Title: Soldier's secret: The story of Deborah Sampson 
Author: Sheila Solomon Klass 
During the Revolutionary War, a young woman named Deborah Sampson disguises herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army 
Title: Amos Fortune, free man 
Author: Yates, Elizabeth 
The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty. 
Title: Time enough for drums
Author: Ann Rinaldi 
Sixteen-year-old Jem and her servant struggle to keep things going at home in Trenton, New Jersey, when the family men join the war for independence from the British king
Title: Winter of the Red Snow: the Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, PA
Author: Kristiana Gregory 
Eleven-year-old Abigail presents a diary account of life in Valley Forge from December 1777 to July 1778 as General Washington prepares his troops to fight the British. 
Title: Taking Liberty, the Story of Onie Judge 
Author: Ann Rinaldi 
Onie Judge is a slave on the plantation of Mt. Vernon home of George & Martha Washington. She is not called a slave she is referred to as a servant. When she rises to the position of personal servant to Martha her status among the household staff, black or white is second to none. Slowly Onie’s perception of her life with the Washington’s begins to crack as she realizes the truth: no matter what it’s called it’s still slavery and she is still a slave. Onie must make a choice does she stay where she is comfortable with his family that has loved her and nourished her and owned her since she was born, or does she take her liberty, her life into her own hands. 
Title: Forge 
Author Laurie Halse Anderson 
Sequel to: Chains. Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more. 
Title: Chains 
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson. 
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War 
Title: Paul Revere and his midnight ride EASY READ  
Author: Gary Jeffrey; illustrated by James Field 
The thrilling story of one of the most famous horse rides in American history awaits readers in this book. Paul Reveres journey to warn colonial leaders of the coming British invasion is told with illuminating detail, blending important facts with an easy-to-follow narrative. Includes index 
Title: Storyteller 
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff 
Forced to spend months at an aunt's house, Elizabeth feel a connection to her ancestor Zee, whose picture hangs on the wall, and who reveals her story of hardships during the Revolutionary War as Elizabeth comes to terms with her own troubles 
Title: The year of the hangman 
Author: Gary Blackwood. 
In 1777, having been kidnapped and taken forcibly from England to the American colonies, fifteen-year-old Creighton becomes part of developments in the political unrest there that may spell defeat for the patriots and change the course of history. 
Title: Spy! 
Author: Anna Myers 
In 1774, 12-year-old Jonah becomes a pupil of Nathan Hale, inspiring him to question his beliefs about the upcoming revolution, leading Jonah to a decision that causes Nathan's execution. 
Title: Time enough for drums
Author: Ann Rinaldi 
Sixteen-year-old Jem and her servant struggle to keep things going at home in Trenton, New Jersey, when the family men join the war for independence from the British king. 
Title: The spy: A tale of the neutral ground (CLASSICAL NOVEL, ADVANCED READERS ONLY) 
Author: James Fenimore Cooper 
Reprint of an 1821 novel that tells the story of a man who risked his life in service to America during the Revolutionary War
Title: Everybody's revolution: a new look at the people who won America's freedom  
Author: Thomas Fleming 
The story of the American Revolution featuring men and women from various cultural backgrounds who made significant contributions. 
Title: Attack of the turtle 
Author: Drew Carlson Fourteen-year-old Nathan joins forces with his cousin David Bushnell to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare 
Graphic Novel
Title: The Sons of Liberty
Author: Lagos, Alexander, Walker, Steve, Kramek, Oren, Lagos, Joseph 
Two runaway slaves in Colonial America gain super-powers and two mentors
Picture
See Below For Available Films and Podcasts Related to Specialty Area 

Rebels & Redcoats

A unique British produced documentary that shares the British perspective about the American Revolution

PBS Liberty: Blows Must Decide

LIBERTY! is a six-part series of one-hour documentaries for PBS. It describes how the American Revolution evolved and how a new nation was born in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War, using actors, Revolutionary era scholars, and eyewitness accounts of the time.
Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, a British force arrives in New York harbor. Washington and his troops are driven to New Jersey. With only a few days of enlistment left for many of his volunteers, a desperate Washington leads his army quietly across the Delaware River on the day after Christmas, 1776, to mount a surprise attack on a sleeping garrison in Trenton

The American Revolution: The Story of Us

A miniseries presenting the history of how the United States was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed technology to advance human progress -- from the rigors of linking the continent by transcontinental railroad to triumphing over vertical space through the construction of steel-structured buildings. The series also is a story of conflict, with Native American peoples, slavery, the Revolutionary War that birthed the nation, the Civil War that divided it, and the great world war that shaped its future."

America's Founding Mothers

This four part series produced by FOX network and the conservative talk host Glen Beck, lucks and the vital role American women played in the Revolutionary War
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Carol Berkin on Women and the American Revolution

Loyalists & Tories During the Revolutionary War

The videos that follow discuss the impact Loyalists and Tories had on the outcome of the Revolutionary War.  In addition the clips discuss the fate of these colonists who are often forgotten who sacrificed a great deal for "their" country.
History of Canada Episode 5: A question of Loyalty, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Network
Loyalists in Revolutionary War New York 1763-1785
Maya Jasanoff
An Imperial Disaster: The Loyalists Diaspora