Think about it…

Who are these men?

John Adams

George Washington

Samuel Adams

Patrick Henry

Members of the First Continental Congress

Who is missing?

Today’s Question:

Who fired the shot heard ‘round the world?

Activities:

1. Video clip

2. Lexington and Concord read aloud

3. Lexington and Concord notes

4. Poem: Paul Revere’s Midnight ride

5. Game: People, Places, and Things!

Tension rises after the Boston Tea Party….

The First Continental Congress

Delegates from each colony except ________ met to discuss the problems with Britain and promote independence.

They agree that the colonies should arm and prepare to __________ themselves if necessary.

How does Andy’s story compare to what actually happened?

Paul Revere’s Ride

On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere received an urgent message that the ________ were coming.

He made a daring ride to warn local _________ that lobsterbacks were coming to destroy the colonial supply of weapons.

Lexington and Concord

British soldiers and colonial militiamen meet in __________.

Colonial militiamen are scared…they are about to face an army from the world’s most __________ nation.

Just as they are about to back down, a _________ rings out.

The Battle of Lexington lasts only _________ minutes. Eight Americans die and ten are wounded.

Think-Pair-Share

Nobody on the battlefield in Lexington could tell where the first shot came from; nobody would

ever know.

If you had been there, would you have fired the first shot?

What happened when someone did?

The British are defeated

Following the battle, British forces head towards _________, five miles away.

Colonial militiamen pursue the _________, shooting at them from behind trees and stone walls.

The British limp back to Boston—they have suffered a _________defeat.

The __________ War had officially begun.

Paul Revere’s RideBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Paul Revere’s Rideby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,

On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive

Who remembers that famous day and year.

He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch

Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,-- One if by land, and two if by sea;

And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm

Through every Middlesex village and farm,

In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear

The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

ANSWER

1234 Revolutionary War

Patriot

Brown Beauty

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere

ANSWER

1234 Massachusetts

1775

Battle

Shot heard ‘round the world

Lexington

ANSWER

1234 Taxes

violent

Crispus Attucks

Boston

Boston Massacre

ANSWER

1234 Military

French and Indian War

4 bullets through coat

Learned how to fight from British

George Washington

ANSWER

1234 New England

Rebellion

Massacre

First major battle

Boston