Thursday, October 16, 2008

On Towards the Revolution - Thursday, October 16

Today, I read to you excerpts from a speech called, "The Americans Who Risked Everything".

http://www.baxtercountyrepublicans.com/founding_fathers.html

Here is one set of findings regarding "The Americans who Risked Everything" speech. This is a good exercise in dealing with historical research and bias.

http://home.nycap.rr.com/elbrecht/signers/LIMBAUGH.htm#rdtop

We continued with work on the Declaration and leading personalities of the Revolutionary War. The personalities covered are:

  • George Washington
  • Ben Franklin
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • John Adams
  • John Hancock
  • Ethan Allen
  • Thomas Paine
  • Nathan Hale

Translation of the Declaration of Independence has been assigned. We will work on that aspect at the beginning of Friday's class.