Over the next two weeks read the articles about the American Revolution and the War of 1812 listed here - they can be found at the website address below... write a brief summary of the article - focus on the facts of the article and the personal accounts given...We will discuss these in class on Oct 20 - Your next quiz will be on Oct 27 - I will have a study review guide to give out on Oct 20 to help you study for the quiz. Have a great week off!!
Here are the articles to read - they can be found by clicking on to the time period at the top of the page, then the article itself...
Click on 18th century and read:
1. The Execution of Nathan Hale
2. Washington Crossing the Delaware
3. The Continental Army at Valley Forge
Click on 19th century and read:
1. The British Burn Washington
2. The Battle of New Orleans
3. Old Ironsides Earns It's Name
The site address is:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
Below is a youtube film showing actual footage of kamikaze attacks by the Japanese during WW II - very interesting...amazing to imagine what American sailors experienced during these moments...wow...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZRFt8YBpM
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ohh......
Do we have to write a summary for each article? You wrote 'write a brief summary of the article', but you gave a bunch of articles!
actually i was wondering the same thing as chase...do we have to write a paragraph for each article?
yes guys - a paragraph on each article - thanks!
Okay, thanks! ...but I'm gonna secretly take advantage of the word 'brief'! ^_^
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