Famous People In the American Revolution Annica Saunders ED629

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Famous People In the American RevolutionAnnica
SaundersED629
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American Revolution8th Grade
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Objectives

• To show students the impact that people can have
  on our society.
• Students are to think critically of why people
  are remembered in history.

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Materials

• Paper
• Pencil
• Text book
• Classroom books
• Access to the Internet

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Student Activities

• 1. Class Discussion
• 2. Who said that?
• 3. Who Am I?
• 4. Bragging Rights
• 5. Who is more Famous?

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Class Discussion

• As a class we are going to discuss just a few
  of the famous people during the American
  Revolution. During the discussion you are to
  answer the following questions.
• What makes this person famous?
• Why is their story important to remember?
• How did they influence the American Revolution?
• How do their contributions impact us today?

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Who Said That?

• Students are to match the quote with the
  person. They need to write a short response to
  why that person would have said that quote.

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Who Said That?

• Give me liberty or give me death.
• I regret that I have but one life to give for my
  country.
• I have not yet begun to fight.

• 1. John Paul Jones
• 2. Nathan Hale
• 3. Patrick Henry

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Who Am I?

• It is important to put a face to a name. In the
  activity Who Am I the class must guess who the
  person is in the picture. After they have
  discussed who it might be they are given the name
  and a reason why they are famous. Students are
  then assigned a famous person from the American
  Revolution and have to create a mask that
  represents that person. Then students will move
  around the room to different stations meeting
  people from the American Revolution. They will
  record who they met and why they are famous.

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Who Am I?
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Samuel Adams

• American revolutionary who led the agitation that
  led to the Boston Tea Party he signed the
  Declaration of Independence.

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Who Am I?
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John Paul Jones

• American naval officer famed for bravery, his
  most famous victory was the defeat of the British
  warship Serapis.

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Who Am I?
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Abigail Adams

• Tried to influence womens rights into the
  Declaration. She wrote to her husband, Remember
  the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to
  them than your ancestors

http//www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/liberty_menwomen.h
tml
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Who Am I?
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Mum Bett

• A Massachusetts slave, believed that the words
  all men are created equal should apply to her
  and other enslaved Africans. She successfully
  sued for her freedom in 1781.

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Bragging Rights

• There were many famous people during the
  revolutionary war. Use your resources (internet,
  text book or classroom books) to find five people
  from the list that we did not discuss as a class.
  Include their name, a quote, and the reason they
  are remembered today. You will pick one person
  to share with the class their Bragging Rights
  (Bragging Rights are all the reasons they are
  famous and why they are still remembered today.)

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Sample List of Famous People During the American
Revolution

• Abigail Adams
• John Adams
• Samuel Adams
• Jefferey Amherst
• Mary Brant
• Carter Braxton
• Thomas Burke
• John Cmapbell
• Alexander Hamilton
• John Handcock
• Partick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson
• Ann Lee
• John Locke
• James Madison
• Francis Marion
• Thomas Pain
• William Prescott
• Pontiac
• Betsy Ross
• Adam Smith
• George Washington

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Who is More Famous?

• The class is divided into two groups. Each
  group is assigned one person famous person from
  the American Revolution. Each side must debate
  with the other group and try to persuade them
  that their person is more famous.

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Web Sites

• http//www.historycentral.com/bio/RevoltBIOS/INDEX
  .html
• www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer
• http//www.americanrevolution.com/people.html
• http//www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/liberty_menwomen.h
  tml
• www.theamericanrevolution.org