Unit 3 presentations

Here you have the presentations we've used to study Unit 3:

 

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Presentations of Unit 2

These are the two presentations we'll use in this unit. You can use them to have an idea of the contents and start looking for inspiration, just in case you want to participate in the songs' project: 

Some interactive maps about the American War of Independence

If you click on the map below, you will have access to a very detailed explanation of the American Revolutionary War. This resource comes from the following website: 

http://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com/PreRevolutionAnimation.html

Common sense

Source: http://dorrys.com/pen-mightier-sword/

Prior to the Declaration of Independence of the 13 colonies of North America, there was another influential document written by Thomas Paine in January 1776. This document was a 47 page pamphlet called Common Sense and had a huge success, because it explained in an easily understandable language some of the political ideas spread by the enlightened philosophers and used those ideas to support the demand for independence many North American colonists agreed upon. Common Sense talked about the social contract between the people and the government, the need for a representative government (elected as a result of general will), criticized monarchy and considered Parliamentary Monarchy a contradiction due to its origin (limiting the powers of the king, but preserving an institution based on inequality) and proposed to write a document (he called it "charter") to include the rights of the citizens (freedom, property and religious tolerance). Paine also gave different arguments to justify the independence from Great Britain. Paine´s pamphlet had an important distribution in the colonies and contributed to increase the desire for independence. When the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in June 1776, the environment to break ties with Great Britain was much more favorable. 

Here you have a short summary of the pamphlet: 

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-paine-publishes-common-sense

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet)

And this is the complete text: 

http://www.constitution.org/tp/comsense.htm

Some videos to understand the American Revolution

Here you have some videos that explain the reasons for discontent of the North American colonists, the first protests, the Declaraction of Independence during the Second Continetal Congress of Philadelphia and the war against Great Britain. Some of them belong to an old TV series for kids called Schoolhouse Rock! and one is featured by the Muppets

This song is called No more kings! and it explains why the uprising against the British begun. The lyrics are on the following link: 

http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/No.html

On this video the Muppets reenact the SEcond Continental Congress, where the representatives of the 13 colonies decided to declare independence from Great Britain

Another song about the Declaration of Independence on the 4th July 1776. It´s called Fireworks and here you have the lyrics: http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/Fireworks.html

The last song explains the main facts of the American Independence War. It´s called Shot heard ´round the world and here you have the lyrics: http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/Shot.html