Essential Questions Specialty Area 3
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1. Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
2. What was the Committees of Correspondence?
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4. What was the 1st Continental Congress?
5. What was the 2nd Continental Congress?
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Web links to Research, Project Helps and Online Presentation Assitance
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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!
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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.
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Page Numbers in the Text Specialty Area 3
Call to Freedom
Page 137
Page 139
Pages 140-141
Page 153
Pages 152-154
American History
Pages 192-195
Pages 196-201
Page 137
Page 139
Pages 140-141
Page 153
Pages 152-154
American History
Pages 192-195
Pages 196-201
Instructor Created MaterialRebellion: Megan WBelow is an outstanding presentation on Rebellion leading to the Revolutionary War. This information can be used to answer the questions in the student workbook on page 15.
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Student Created MaterialRebellion: Emmy NielsenBelow is a webcast presented by Emmy Nielsen. The first 15 minutes constitutes the lecture, the second 10 minutes is a game presented by Emmy and played by students in the class.
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Uprising in Boston: A Readers Theater written by Megan West
Rebellion by Anna M.On the left is an outstanding presentation on Rebellion leading to the Revolutionary War. This information can be used to answer the questions in the student workbook on page 15. It includes an illustrated short story, an instructional PowerPoint, and a Kahoot game. Well worth the watch!
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REBELLION: A Readers Theater written and shared by Nathan S.
Suggested Websites for Specialty Area 3
Suggested Novels for Specialty Area 3
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Title: 1776 : son of liberty : A novel of the American Revolution
Author: Massie, Elizabeth. African-American Caleb Jacobson, a sixteen-year-old free man living on a Maryland farm in the 1700s, is torn between loyalty to his fellow colonials and his race when rumors of war begins arriving from Boston. Title: The Many Rides of Paul Revere
Author: James Cross Giblin Follow the legendary patriot his childhood to his daring rides for the Revolutionary War Title: Five smooth stones: Hope's diary
Author: Kristiana Gregory In her diary, a young girl writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776 Graphic NovelsTitle: 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. |
.Title: The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre
Author: Ann Rinaldi Rachel Marsh is an indentured servant in the John Adams household of Boston in 1770. She has friends who support the rebellion and knows that eventually she must take a stand. Title: Five 4ths of July
Author: Pat Raccio Hughes On July 4th, 1777, Jake, 14, and his friends are celebrating their new nation's independence, but over the next four years Jake finds himself in increasingly adventurous circumstances 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 |
See Below for Available Films and Podcasts Related to Specialty Area 2
It's too late to apologize
Published on YouTube by Teana Janska on Apr 1, 2014
A video about american revolutionary war with the song Too late to apologize: The declaration Movies: The patriot, John Adams + parts of the official video to the song
A video about american revolutionary war with the song Too late to apologize: The declaration Movies: The patriot, John Adams + parts of the official video to the song
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PBS Liberty: Part I: The Reluctant Revolutionaries
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.
In part one of the six part series it is 1763, the capitol city of America is London, George Washington is lobbying for a post in the British army, and no one thinks of Boston harbor when they hear talk of tea parties. In a dozen years, the colonies are on the brink of rebellion. What happens to bring this country so quickly near war with England?
In part one of the six part series it is 1763, the capitol city of America is London, George Washington is lobbying for a post in the British army, and no one thinks of Boston harbor when they hear talk of tea parties. In a dozen years, the colonies are on the brink of rebellion. What happens to bring this country so quickly near war with England?
Revolution: American History, Produced by the History Channel
The American Revolution was a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation, and then expelled all royal officials. By 1774 each colony had established a Provincial Congress or an equivalent governmental institution to govern itself, but still recognized the British Crown and their inclusion in the empire. The British responded by sending combat troops to re-impose direct rule. Through the Second Continental Congress, the Americans then managed the armed conflict in response to the British known as the American Revolutionary War (also: American War of Independence, 1775--83).
The British sent invasion armies and used their powerful navy to blockade the coast. George Washington became the American commander, working with Congress and the states to raise armies and neutralize the influence of Loyalists. Claiming the rule of George III of Great Britain was tyrannical and therefore illegitimate, Congress declared independence as a new nation in July 1776, when Thomas Jefferson wrote and the states unanimously ratified the United States Declaration of Independence. The British lost Boston in 1776, but then captured and held New York City. The British would capture the revolutionary capital at Philadelphia in 1777, but Congress escaped, and the British withdrew a few months later.
The British sent invasion armies and used their powerful navy to blockade the coast. George Washington became the American commander, working with Congress and the states to raise armies and neutralize the influence of Loyalists. Claiming the rule of George III of Great Britain was tyrannical and therefore illegitimate, Congress declared independence as a new nation in July 1776, when Thomas Jefferson wrote and the states unanimously ratified the United States Declaration of Independence. The British lost Boston in 1776, but then captured and held New York City. The British would capture the revolutionary capital at Philadelphia in 1777, but Congress escaped, and the British withdrew a few months later.
The War That Made America: Episode 4
The American Revolution: The Conflict Ignites
The History Channel presents a detailed look at the first days of the war for independence in American Revolution, Vol. 1: The Conflict Ignites. British rule over the colonies was costly to the Crown. In order to subsidize its outposts, it passed the Townsend Act which raised taxes on basic goods. The Boston Tea Party demonstrated American's rising resentments toward England. When the British insisted on taxation without representation, the Americans responded violently. Lexington and Concord hosted the first shots of the American Revolution.
