Think about it… Who are these men? John Adams George Washingto n Samuel Adams Patrick Henry
Think about it…
Who are these men?
John Adams
George Washington
Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry
Members of the First Continental Congress
Who is missing?
Today’s Question:
Who fired the shot heard ‘round the world?
Activities:
1. Video clip
2. Lexington and Concord read aloud
3. Lexington and Concord notes
4. Poem: Paul Revere’s Midnight ride
5. Game: People, Places, and Things!
Tension rises after the Boston Tea Party….
The First Continental Congress
Delegates from each colony except ________ met to discuss the problems with Britain and promote independence.
They agree that the colonies should arm and prepare to __________ themselves if necessary.
How does Andy’s story compare to what actually happened?
Paul Revere’s Ride
On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere received an urgent message that the ________ were coming.
He made a daring ride to warn local _________ that lobsterbacks were coming to destroy the colonial supply of weapons.
Lexington and Concord
British soldiers and colonial militiamen meet in __________.
Colonial militiamen are scared…they are about to face an army from the world’s most __________ nation.
Just as they are about to back down, a _________ rings out.
The Battle of Lexington lasts only _________ minutes. Eight Americans die and ten are wounded.
Think-Pair-Share
Nobody on the battlefield in Lexington could tell where the first shot came from; nobody would
ever know.
If you had been there, would you have fired the first shot?
What happened when someone did?
The British are defeated
Following the battle, British forces head towards _________, five miles away.
Colonial militiamen pursue the _________, shooting at them from behind trees and stone walls.
The British limp back to Boston—they have suffered a _________defeat.
The __________ War had officially begun.
Paul Revere’s RideBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Paul Revere’s Rideby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch
Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,-- One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.
ANSWER
1234 Revolutionary War
Patriot
Brown Beauty
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere
ANSWER
1234 Massachusetts
1775
Battle
Shot heard ‘round the world
Lexington
ANSWER
1234 Taxes
violent
Crispus Attucks
Boston
Boston Massacre
ANSWER
1234 Military
French and Indian War
4 bullets through coat
Learned how to fight from British
George Washington
ANSWER
1234 New England
Rebellion
Massacre
First major battle
Boston