Women of the Revolution

Activities: Web Quest

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Women of the Revolution

Introduction

Throughout the American Revolution, women had important roles for the American cause. Women acted as political figureheads, writers, nurses, spies, and even soldiers. Though not quite as popular as some of the male heroes, there are women who played vital part in America gaining its independence.

In this Web Quest you will research biographies of important women and their roles in the American Revolution.

Task

Each student will work in his or her assigned group to create a Power Point presentation on the assigned woman from the Revolution.

Assigned women include: Abigail Adams, Betsy Ross, Molly Pitcher, Deborah Sampson, Phyllis Wheatley, Lydia Darragh, and

Sybil Ludington.

Students will thoroughly research their assigned person using the websites provided and information presented in class.

Each student should have a role and be able to present their information provided in the group’s Power Point. Roles can include Researchers, Recorders, Organizers of Materials, PowerPoint Outliners, and PowerPoint Recorders.

Process

1. Gather with your assigned group.

2. Use the following questions as guidelines for your research. Feel free to extend the list with questions of your own.

What was the lifespan of your woman?

What role did your woman play prior to the American Revolution?

What role did your woman play during the American Revolution?

Be sure to include a picture of your woman.

What kind of life did this woman live after the American Revolution?

3. Begin your research. Feel free to print out the information to highlight important information.

4. Assign each person in the group a different role in the presentation.

5. When starting the Power Point be careful of grammar mistakes and misinformation. Be sure to record where you have found the information to use in a works cited.

Resources

Abigail Adams:

http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/ADAMS3.HTM

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/aa2.html

http://www.masshist.org/bh/aadamsbio.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/aadams.htm

http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=200215

Betsy Ross:

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/bross.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flaglife.html

http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=220967

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blross.htm

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2005_winter_spring/betsy_ross.htm

Molly Pitcher:

http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/MOLLY.HTM

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/youasked/070.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mpitcher.htm

http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=219353

Deborah Sampson:

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/dsampson.htm

http://www.canton.org/samson/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web02/features/bio/B01.html

Phyllis Wheatley:

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/whea-phi.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p12.html

http://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0214_Phillis_Wheatley.html

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/wheatley.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/pwheatley.htm

Lydia Darragh:

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?id=31&action=tdihArticleCategory

http://www.ushistory.org/people/darragh.htm

http://www.nwhm.org/Education/biography_ldarragh.html

Sybil Ludington:

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/cludington.htm

http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/ludington.htm

http://www.libertyskids.com/arch_who_sludington.html

http://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhSybilLudington.php

http://www.teach-history.org/html/museum_ludington_prt.html

Conclusion

What have you learned from this Web Quest?

Did you already know any of this information?

Did you find any of the information to be surprising or false?

Did you find the resources given to be reliable?

During your research, were there any other women that you thought would be interesting to research?