Friday, May 25th, 2012

Final Test of the year! The Road to Revolution and the War for Independence!

Thursday, May 24th

The End of the American Revolution!

• The War in the South
• British Strategy in the South
• Yorktown and the End.
• Re-fight Yorktown in my room - complete with trenches and redoubts!

Wednesday, May 23rd

The American Revolution continued -

• War in the Middle Colonies
• British Strategy
• Burgoyne's March
• Howe's March
• Saratoga!

Tuesday, May 22nd

The American Revolution continued -

• The Invasion Force Arrives
• The Battle of Long Island
• American Crisis
• Trenton and a Morale Boost!

Monday, May 21st

The Declaration of Independence (Day 2)

• Students worked in pairs on simplifying Jefferson's words of the Declaration. They were working on excerpts from each of the five sections of the DOI. 
• We read the list of 27 grievances (with modern explanations) 
• Any remaining time - we began to look at the summer of 1776 and the British invasion of Long Island

Friday, May 18th

Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence (Day 1)
Read excerpts from Common Sense for clarification and understanding
Watched some dramatic clips from John Adams (HBO series) about the Declaration (good stuff!) Here they are below:

Thursday, May 17th

The Americans Move Closer to Independence!

• An Army that Wasn't An Army
• The Olive Branch Petition
• Common Sense