Things went really well with this project. The students were excited about all of the activities. They loved playing the parts of the various witnesses. They also really enjoyed the marching. They love webquests.Their least favorite part was writing their point of view essays, which is not a big surprise.
I think that the next time I do this part of a unit it will go much smoother because it will be done during the correct part of the Revolution timeline. It was very hard to give just basic background material to prepare the students. We are now going back and returning to our normal point of study in social studies and it will be interesting to see what they remember when we arrive at April 19, 1775 again.
I did not have enough time to have the students complete Animoto projects. They will be added to the blog as they are finished. There are never enough hours in the day to devote to everything.
I will say that my teaching of this content was much better because I was using more primary and secondary sources and not relying on the textbook as the only source of information. I think that my teaching of social studies will only improve with the use of primary and secondary sources, Discovery Ed videos, websites, and the textbook.
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