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posted Wednesday, 11 January 2006
Learning about the American Revolutionary War is more engaging when students "meet" the people involved (from both sides of the conflict), "visit" the battlefields, and see - for themselves - some of the country's most treasured documents.
With links to the National Archives and the Library of Congress, this story http://www.awesomestories.com/history/patriot/patriot_ch1.htm profiles:
The original draft of the Declaration of Independence (in Thomas Jefferson's handwriting with corrections by Ben Franklin and John Adams);
the original vote unanimously approving the Declaration;
the first "dollars" issued by The United Colonies;
stamps required by the Stamp Act; tea (from the "Boston Tea Party") recovered from Boston Harbor;
annotated maps created by the U.S. Military Academy;
a set of George Washington's false teeth (made not from wood but hippopotamus tusk);
British political cartoons making fun of the colonists;
Benedict Arnold's letters of treason, written in code;
General Washington's handwritten diary
...and much more.
The website is free to all educators, schools and libraries. Simply request an academic membership at its main URL http://www.awesomestories.com/ which provides a link to the sign-up form. http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php
With links to the National Archives and the Library of Congress, this story http://www.awesomestories.com/history/patriot/patriot_ch1.htm profiles:
The original draft of the Declaration of Independence (in Thomas Jefferson's handwriting with corrections by Ben Franklin and John Adams);
the original vote unanimously approving the Declaration;
the first "dollars" issued by The United Colonies;
stamps required by the Stamp Act; tea (from the "Boston Tea Party") recovered from Boston Harbor;
annotated maps created by the U.S. Military Academy;
a set of George Washington's false teeth (made not from wood but hippopotamus tusk);
British political cartoons making fun of the colonists;
Benedict Arnold's letters of treason, written in code;
General Washington's handwritten diary
...and much more.
The website is free to all educators, schools and libraries. Simply request an academic membership at its main URL http://www.awesomestories.com/ which provides a link to the sign-up form. http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php
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