US History
Garis
Name __________________________________
Date __________ Pd _______
Learning Target: Students will identify important information about the Revolutionary War and the
Declaration of Independence by completing a webquest.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR – IT’S ON!!
Instructions:
Go to Mrs. Garis’ Homepage on the District 155 webpage:
http://ww2.d155.org/cg/tdirectory/MGaris/default.aspx
Click on the US History Folder.
Click on “Revolutionary War – It’s On!!”
Follow the directions as seen and have fun!
Review
Let’s see what you remember so far. Click on this link http://www.neok12.com/quiz/AMEREV03 and take the
quiz.
Your score? ___________ Are you happy with your score? __________
Summarize the picture shown when you completed the quiz:
Loyalist vs. Patriots
There were two distinct opinions during the Revolutionary War: one was to stay LOYAL to the British Crown
(Loyalist or Tory), and the other was to DECLARE INDEPENDENCE and overthrow the British government (Patriot
or Rebel). We are going to explore these two differing opinions.
Definitions
Click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalist_(American_Revolution)
Define the term Loyalist:
Click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_(American_Revolution)
Define the term Patriot:
Click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation
Define the term Taxation Without Representation:
Which would YOU be -- a Loyalist or a Patriot? Go to: http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/bjutcOH/What-are-youPatriot-Loyalist-or-Britishand take the personality test here.
What were your results?
Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?
Click on http://thebean1.tripod.com/loyal.html
What are the reasons discussed here that a colonist would be a Loyalist?
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Click on http://revolutionbuddies.weebly.com/the-patriot.html
What are the reasons discussed here that a colonist would be a Patriot?
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Click on http://www.libertyskids.com/arch_who_tpaine.html
What was Thomas Paine’s biggest impact on the Revolution? Why was “Common Sense” so effective?
Click on this link and watch the video. Explain the main accomplishments of the Second Continental
Congress
http://schoolmediainteractive.com/view/object/clip/4A054197A2AC66E4155FF814AF689F7E/02
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Olive Branch Petition:
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George Washington:
Advantages of Colonists in video
Advantages of British in video
Colonial Delegates sign the Declaration of Independence!
Click on the link and follow the text of the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence as you listen:
http://www.flocabulary.com/declaration-of-independence/
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to
which the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that
they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. (That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among
Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed)."
Next, on that same page, click on the highlighted text: “all men are created equal”…
Who is left out of this idea at this time in history?
Then click on the text: “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed”
From whom did these ideas come from?
Next, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfRaWAtBVg
Listen to the song are follow the lyrics below:
Halfway across the globe
And we're standing on new ground
Screaming 'cross the waves
You can't hear a sound
There's no fair trials, no trade, no liberties
No tea
We've colonized America; we won't stand for tyranny,
Oh king
And it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize
It's too late
We've paid your foolish tax, read the acts
And they just won't do
We want to make it clear, we believe this much is true
All men were created with certain
Unalienable rights
Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit
Of happiness
And it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said It's too late to apologize
It's too late
It's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah
Halfway across the globe
And we're standing on new ground
Now go back and annotate the above text. Circle or underline at least three lines and explain specifically how they
specifically relate to an event in American History.