Glimpse how a continental soldier in the American Revolution might view his life during America's first civil war. Based on the personal diaries of a real continental soldier, Joseph Plumb Martin, the student can hear, from the words expressed through a soldier's letter, the harsh every-day conditions that soldiers in Washington's army experienced.
Produced by Charleston County School District.
Glimpse how a continental soldier in the American Revolution might view his life during America's first civil war. Based on the personal diaries of a real continental soldier, Joseph Plumb Martin, the student can hear, from the words expressed through a soldier's letter, the harsh every-day conditions that soldiers in Washington's army experienced.
Produced by Charleston County School District.
Standards
- 4.2.CO Compare the roles of marginalized groups during the American Revolution.
- 4.2.CE Examine the economic and political motivations for colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.
- 8.2.CO Compare the motives and demographics of loyalists and patriots within South Carolina and the colonies.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the economic, political, and social motivations of the patriots and the loyalists in the era of the American Revolution.
- 8.2.CE Explain the economic, political, and social factors surrounding the American Revolution.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the colonies began to unify to create a distinctive American identity over the course of events of the American Revolution.
- 8.2.CX Contextualize the roles of various groups of South Carolinians as the colonies moved toward becoming an independent nation.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the motivations of colonists during the American Revolution and the progression of conflict and failed compromise that ultimately led to revolution.
- USHC.1.CE Assess the major developments of the American Revolution through significant turning points in the debates over independence and self-government from 1763-1791.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the relative causes and effects of the American Revolution through an analysis of the political and social progression of colonial desires for reform to colonial desires for independence. In addition, this indicator encourages inquiry into the impact of early founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and the Bill of Rights.
