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What Would You Do?
The Revolutionary War Begins: Would You Join the Fight?
Explores the beginning of the Revolutionary War, discussing the causes and leaders of the rebellion, and how the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord began America's long road to independence.
- GenresHistory
48 pages, Library Binding
First published July 1, 2008
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March 24, 2014
“The Revolutionary War Begins: Would You Join the Fight?” by Elaine Landau is an informational book about the start of the Revolutionary War. Its text summarizes what happened in a way that the upper elementary grades can understand. It includes many pictures with describing captions, maps, a “words to know” section, a timeline of the events in the book, and a “learn more” section. The book is set up so that you read what happens, then are asked, “What would you do?” It lists several options to get students thinking about what they would do if they were put in the historical person’s place. The next few pages of the book tell what actually happened.
As a teacher, I could use this informational text as multi-use tool. Students could tell what they would do next as a writing activity. They could also act out what they would do next in small groups in front of the class. The additional books and websites in the “learn more” section could be used to further research the Revolutionary War and the people and places that were involved. We could create a large timeline in class with the events talked about in the book, then add other world events that also happened during that time period.
As a teacher, I could use this informational text as multi-use tool. Students could tell what they would do next as a writing activity. They could also act out what they would do next in small groups in front of the class. The additional books and websites in the “learn more” section could be used to further research the Revolutionary War and the people and places that were involved. We could create a large timeline in class with the events talked about in the book, then add other world events that also happened during that time period.
February 27, 2016
The book starts off talking about the things that led up to the Revolutionary War, those things mainly being taxes the British were trying to impose on the colonies, and how people opposed that strongly. Eventually the British sent soldiers to the colonies to stop any anti-British movement. If the soldiers wanted to take over someone's home and make those people feed them and wait on them, then they had the right to do so under British laws.
The book then concentrates on John Hancock and Sam Adams and how they tried to escape the British, and how this ties in to the famous ride of Paul Revere. From there it goes on to a brief discussion of the war itself and its end.
The book then concentrates on John Hancock and Sam Adams and how they tried to escape the British, and how this ties in to the famous ride of Paul Revere. From there it goes on to a brief discussion of the war itself and its end.
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