American Revolutionary War Unit

We began our unit last week. This is a summary of the unit and what we are planning so far.

Week 1
We began by completing a map of the first 13 colonies. I got a free printable outline map from http://www.eduplace.com/ .

TT's Books-
Exploring American History-CLP Chapter 13 and 14
Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson (Read Aloud)
Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne (Silent Reading)

Poogie's Books-
The American People & Nation by Michael J McHugh-CLP Chapter 5
Paul Revere and the Minutemen (Poem) by Carole Charles
Paul Revere by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson

Activities-
TT will complete a George Washington Tab book from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ it is filled with facts and info about the life of GW.

TT and Poogie will do a " Stain Glass" American flag using white glue and chalk.
They will be making a colonial flag. Then they will complete a small book on the history of the American flag found on http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ .

Week 2
This week we will begin to focus on the causes of the war. TT will focus on researching for an oral report on George Washington. We had to go to the library to choose some more books for his report.

TT's Books-
Exploring American History -CLP Chapter 15
Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson (Read Aloud)
When Washington Crossed the Delaware by Lynne Cheney

Movies-
The Patriot
The Crossing

Activities-
TT-Work on costume and props for an oral presentation about the life of George Washington.

Poogie-we will recreate some of the meals shared by the soldiers.

Web Sites-
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/history/vstory.html Good history of Valley Forge
http://www.multied.com/revolt/ Causes of war http://www.americanrevolution.com/index.htm Excellent for all aspects of war study
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html Great timeline of events George Washington in portraits

I found an excellent timeline to print out of the Revolutionary War prior, during and after. However, I cannot find the web site. I will post is as soon as I can.

Week 3
I plan to study several of the major battles of the war and their location.

Week 4
This week we look towards the formation of a new country. The focus will be on the writing of the Constitution.

Week 5
We hope to study the formation of the national and state governments.

I will edit and post more as I get to the planning stage of each unit. We are having a great time with our unit.