Last updated: September 28, 2019
Lesson Plan
What about us??? Women, African-Americans, and Native Americans
- Grade Level:
- Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
- Lesson Duration:
- 60 Minutes
- State Standards:
- SC 8th grade Social Studies
State Standards 8,2CO, 8.2CC, 8.2E - Additional Standards:
- English
Communication 8.1
Writing 8.1
Historical Reading 8.1
Reading 8.1 - Thinking Skills:
- Remembering: Recalling or recognizing information ideas, and principles. Understanding: Understand the main idea of material heard, viewed, or read. Interpret or summarize the ideas in own words. Creating: Bring together parts (elements, compounds) of knowledge to form a whole and build relationships for NEW situations. Evaluating: Make informed judgements about the value of ideas or materials. Use standards and criteria to support opinions and views.
Essential Question
What part did women, African Americans, and Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
Objective
Students will understand the part women, African-Americans, and Native Americans played in the Revolutionary War.
Background
| Women - Women played a vital role in the revolution. They advised in politics as with the case of Abigail Adams, and sometime even took a park in the fighting, as in the case of Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig Hayes). Women would follow their husband in the camps doing the domestic chores and would also serve as nurses. Women possessed “Health” knowledge. Martha Bratton: Kept husband’s whereabouts a secret when questioned by Loyalist soldiers. Emily Geiger: Captured while attempting to smuggle a letter from General Nathanael Green to General Thomas Sumter. Rebecca Motte: Left her home, known as Fort Motte, after the British took it over. African-Americans fought for both sides, joining whichever side promised them freedom. Native Americans - Throughout the revolution some agreements were made with the natives where they agreed to remain neutral to the fighting. In other cases as in the back country of SC, they took the opportunity to try and regain their territory. In SC the Cherokee sided with the British and their Native-American rival the Catawba sided with the Americans. |
Preparation
Teacher will gather primary source documents for students to read.
Materials
Lesson Hook/Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkhoubO8yTA
Video of brief history of women in the revolution
Procedure
Students will use the following sites to research and gather information.
https://www.knowitall.org/video/about-southern-campaign video
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/women-american-revolution women
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2narr4.html African-Americans
http://www.ushistory.org/us/13f.asp Native Americans
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1133 Native Americans
https://www.americanrevolution.org/ind1.php Native Americans
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article26418919.html Native Americans
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/educational-magazines/native-americans-and-
blacks-american-revolution Native Americans and African Americans