Washington-Crossing-the-Delaware-George-Caleb-Bingham Resource for Educ Tech
U.S. History 8th Grade
Overview
I created this as an assignment for one of my college courses as practice for making lessons and using OERs.
The Revolutionary War: George Washington
Today, we are going to look at George Washington and his role during the Revolutionary War. George Washington was the leader of the colonial forces and became a highly respected general during this time (as you should know by now). Yesterday, I had you read a chapter out of our textbook that covered Washington. Please review that chapter before doing today's tasks. Your tasks for today are 1) explore the resources that I have provided and 2) get into groups of two-three people and, together, write a two page paper. The paper should be an opinion peice of what it may have been like to be under George Washington's command. One of the resources is a painting of George Washington and his troops. While looking at the painting try to predict what the soldiers are thinking based off how they are pidicted in the painting. This should help you place yourself in their shoes. The other resource is a website that lists ten facts about Washington during the war. It shows his challenges, triumphs, relationship with soldiers, and many other things that I believe are beneficial for you to be aware of for you to try and understand how someone felt to be under Washington's command.