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mrdgrade5history: October 13, 2010
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010. October 13, 2010. Spent the day at National Heritage Museum working in workshops and talking about our projects. Jim and Roger gave a great presentation about the Militia and the Regulars. Getting more excited about the project every day. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Discovery Education Video for April 19, 1775. Point of View Lesson Plan. Eyewitness to History - Lexington. Teaching American History.org. The American Revolution Homepage. My Making Freedom Video.
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mrdgrade5history: October 2010
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Things are starting to come together. Students have been working with. They seem excited about what we are going to do. I just wish we had more time, I'm interrupting the flow of my social studies to do this. Wednesday, October 13, 2010. October 13, 2010. Spent the day at National Heritage Museum working in workshops and talking about our projects. Jim and Roger gave a great presentation about the Militia and the Regulars. Getting more excited about the project every day.
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mrdgrade5history: Witness Statements
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John Parker, captain of the Lexington Company. John Parker had some military experience from the French and Indian War (though not as much as is sometimes said about him). As was traditional in New England militias, though officers held their commissions from the government, the men of the company had actually chosen him to lead them. Source: A Narrative of the Excursion and Ravages of the King’s Troops. Worcester, Mass.: Isaiah Thomas, 1775. Thirty-four men from the Lexington company. In 1775, Munroe wa...
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mrdgrade5history: November 2010
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Monday, November 29, 2010. Things went really well with this project. The students were excited about all of the activities. They loved playing the parts of the various witnesses. They also really enjoyed the marching. They love webquests.Their least favorite part was writing their point of view essays, which is not a big surprise. Friday, November 26, 2010. Students from my class and the two fourth grades went out on the playground to re-enact what happened on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775. Students...
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mrdgrade5history: Primary Sources - Eyewitness Accounts
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Friday, November 26, 2010. Primary Sources - Eyewitness Accounts. We began the lesson reviewing what a primary and secondary source was. We had been discussing the idea since the beginning of the school year. We use the terminology all the time when reading textbooks and doing investigations in all subject areas. It has been a focal point of instruction this year. Students were especially drawn to the testimony of Lt. Edward Thoroton Gould, who was captured on his way back to Boston, because he was t...
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mrdgrade5history: Webquest Lesson
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Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Discovery Education Video for April 19, 1775. Point of View Lesson Plan. Eyewitness to History - Lexington. Teaching American History.org. The American Revolution Homepage. My Making Freedom Video. View my complete profile. Primary Sources - Eyewitness Accounts. Watermark template. Powered by Blogger.
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mrdgrade5history: Point of View Lesson Plan
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Point of View Lesson Plan. Point of View Lesson Plan. Students will compare and contrast the two points of view expressed in witness statements from April 19, 1775. Material: Pencils, paper, notebooks, handouts. Students will use prior discussion, video presentations, and notes. Students will create an essay that compare and contrast the points of view of the British Regulars and Lexington Militia. History and Social Science:. Making Freedom Historical Benchmarks:. And Lexington Militia point of views.
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mrdgrade5history: Re-Enactment
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Friday, November 26, 2010. Students from my class and the two fourth grades went out on the playground to re-enact what happened on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775. My class was out first and we practiced marching like a militia company. The students struggled with doing movements as a unit. The 4th grades came out and we lined the classes up having my class as the Lexington Militia and the 4th grades as the British Regulars. We ended with the statement from Maj. Pitcairn to Gen. Gage. View my complete...
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mrdgrade5history: Webquest Lesson Plan
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Students will complete worksheet. Material: Pencils, paper, notebooks, handout, Notebook computers. Students will use prior discussion, video presentations, and notes. Students will answer questions and create diagrams after visiting listed website. History and Social Science:. Describe the major battles of the Revolution and explain the factors leading to American victory and British defeat. (. Gather relevant information for a research project or composition through interviews. Students will be observe...
