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10-26-12

On day six we learned about Washington and how he retreated from New York to New Jersey. He noticed how the Continental Army had lost all hope in their cause and won the battle of Trenton and Princeton to put them back in the war. On day seven we did a scavenger hunt that was a quiz grade on the battles of the Revolution. We used our known information and newly known information to solve the questions asked.

Blog Day 4 10/18/12

On Day three of the the week we worked on our sections of The Declaration of the Independence. We all got in a group and gave each of us info on what our sections meant. We then had a heated discussion about whether our words are worth anything. I would say no. On Day 4 we had a substitute teacher she had us read "Crisis" By Thomas Paine. After that we wrote an essay about whether today's times were tough as the American Revolution time's I said yes. Over the past two days we learned about the Declaration of Independence and wrote an essay.

Blog Post Day 2

On day one we learned about every one's History project subject replica. My history project's subject was Frederich Wilhelm Von Steuben. He was a Prussian drill master that came over to America upon Benjamin Franklin's request to be Inspector General. I was told to draw a replica size image of my person for the project. Then I had to find eight to ten facts about my person. For example Baron Von Steuben was the one to teach the Americans how to use the bayonet, he also was General Washington's chief of staff. I also had to put an object in the pocket on my replica, it was a will because he gave his estate to General Benjamin Walker and Captain William North. On day two we analyzed the declaration of independence. My group had to analyze the introduction and put it into our own words. We then made a twitter post from Ben Franklin giving the meaning of the part of the declaration we had to analyze. Over the past to days we have learned a lot.

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Last two days of school 10-12-12

During the last two days of school we have learned about the Revolutionary war battles starting at Concord and Lexington and ending right after Bunker Hill. We watched a sort of animated slideshow that showed the class all the battles in between Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill. We also learned that during all of these battles there were a lot more British casualties then American casualties and wounded. We saw how the American's took Breeds Hill and Bunker Hill and fought off the British multiple times before finally falling to the advancing British army. On friday we learned about The Common Sense articles, The Olive Branch Petition, and The Plain Truth. The Common Sense was a loyalist response to the Plain Truth and about why we should stay attached to England. The Plain Truth was a article about why we should gain independence from England. The Olive Branch Petition was a petition against the English telling them that if we got basic rights then we would stop fighting, however the English didn't agree to it. This was what we have learned in class.

Last Two Days of School 10/9/12

 On friday, day one, we learned about Paul Revere's ride. We learned the complete story and began to learn some of the key moments of the Revolutionary War time period. We read "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem began to show us that some sources aren't exactly accurate. Such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, which puts across the idea that only one rider (Paul Revere) rode to warn Massachusetts of the impending attack; it also made us believe that Paul Revere's ride was glorious and perfect in every way without fault. However, we were then given a sheet of paper giving us the true facts of Paul Reveres's ride in which his horse was slashed by his spurs and he was caught after a slightly successful night to say the least. Today in History we learned about how eyewitness accounts were not at all reliable sources. We watched a thought provoking video about the prior statement I made that proves it's point using a crime scene as an example. Then we read some articles from different soldiers' (both British and American) accounts of the shot heard around the world in Lexington and Concord, and had to decide if they were accurate or not. In most cases the eyewitness reports proved to be inaccurate. That was the summary of two days of school in Mr.Boyle's E period class.