Lesson Plan Template
Colloquium III - Creating a Nation

Mr. Tracy Winton
Columbia High School
Columbia, Mississippi

UNIT IN WHICH THE LESSON WILL/COULD BE INCLUDED:

Southern Campaign during the Revolutionary War 1779-1781

MISSISSIPPI CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK COMPETENCY, Eighth Grade:
1. Explain how geography, economics, and politics have influenced the historical develoopment of the United States in the global community.
d. Describe the sequence of events that led to American victory in the American Revolutionary War.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1. How and why the North and South Carolinian Campaign helped end the Revolutionary War?
2. How did the southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War decide the fate of the British control of the thirteen colonies?
3. Who were some of the major leaders of the battles of the southern campaign?

HISTORICAL CONTENT OF LESSON

People: Benjamin Lincoln, Charles Cornwalis, Horatio Gates, Banastre Tarleton, Nathaniel Greene, Patrick Ferguson, Daniel Morgan, Francis Marion.

Events/Places/Dates: 1779 - Siege of Charleston; 1780 - Battle of Camden; 1780 - Battle of Kings Mountain; 1781 - Battle of Guilford Courthouse; 1781 - Battle of Yorktown

HISTORICAL CONCEPTS/THEMES FOR THIS LESSON

Conflict and cooperation

HISTORICAL SKILLS/PROCESSES FOR THIS LESSON

Finding and analyzing secondary sources
Interpreting historical maps
Understanding chronology
Explaining cause and effect

TEACHER/STUDENT RESOURCES

Websites used for this lesson

http://www.jrshelby.com/kimocowp/tarlton.htm
Biography of Major Leaders of the Southern Campaign

http://www.patriotresource.com/history.html
Detailed accounts of major battles of the Southern Campaign

http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/socamp.htm
Brief summary of the Southern Campaign

BOOKS/PERIODICALS USED FOR THIS LESSON

John Buchanan, The Road to Guilford Courthouse
Benson Bobrick, Angel in the Whirlwind
William J. Wood, Battles of the Revolutionary War 1775-1781
Henry Lumpkin, From Savannah to Yorktown
R.L. Barbour, South Carolina's Revolutionary War Battlefields
Lawrence E. Babits, A Devil of a Whipping
George F. Scheer and Hugh F. Rankin Rebels and Redcoats
Thomas E. Baker Another Such Victory

INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Students should be familiar with the Revolutionary War up to 1779, which was fought in the northern colonies, before doing this activity. 

The purpose of this activity is to trace the major events of the Revolutionary War in the southern colonies from 1779 to 1781 using a variety of instructional materials.  (Information should be available in the student textbook, but the use of the Internet enhances this activity.)

·        Provide a copy of the Instructional Handout for each student. These instructions are located below.

·        Provide a copy of worksheets 1, 2, and 3 for each student.

·        Each student will need access to the Internet.

·        Each student will need use of U.S. History textbook.

·        Each student will need a red and a blue crayon or marker.

Activities:

Activity #1:  Students will identify and describe major military leaders of the Revolutionary War from 1779-1781 and note major battles each won or lost.

This activity is located on an attached Powerpoint file named, “Key leaders in the Southern Rev War Campaign.”

Activity #2 and #3:  Students will trace the major military events and their significance from 1779 to 1780 using map worksheets and information from the Internet. These activities are on an attached Powerpoint file named, “Revolutionary War in the South Worksheets #2 & 3”. 

Instructions for the Revolutionary War in the South between 1779 and 1781 (Handout #1)

Activity #1

·         Use Worksheet #1, your textbook, and web site, http://www.jrshelby.com/kimocowp/tarlton.htm  (Biography of Major Leaders of the Southern Campaign).

·         Look up each leader’s name on the web site.  On worksheet #1, write a brief description of each military leader’s role in the Revolutionary War that was fought in the southern colonies between 1779 and 1781.

Record the name of the major battle(s) Won and/or Lost for each leader.

Activity #2

·         Use Worksheets  #1 and #2, your textbook, and web site, http://www.patriotresource.com/history.html

       (Detailed Accounts of major battles of the Southern Campaign)

·         Look at Worksheet #2.  Study the map key and the 3 states represented.  (A similar map should be in your textbook.)

Follow the directions for letters A-E on Worksheet #2:

·         A.- Identify the name of this battle (siege).  Briefly describe the results of this battle.  Color the battle marker  according to who won the battle.

·         B – Write the name ‘Cornwallis’ on the line from A to B, then color it red to show British and Tory movement.  Color the dotted line blue that is pointing at B and write the name of ‘Gates’ on this line.  Identify the name of this battle.  Briefly describe the results of this battle.  Color the battle marker according to who won the battle. 

·         C – Write the name ‘Cornwallis’ on the line from B to C, then color it red.  Color each fort marker red.    Briefly describe the significance of this chain of forts.

·         D – Write the name ‘Ferguson’ on the line from B to D, then color it red. Color the dotted line blue that is pointing at D and write the name of ‘Over the Mountain Men’ on this line.  Identify the name of this battle.  Briefly describe the results of this battle.  Color the battle marker according to who won the battle. 

·         E– Color the circles blue and write the name ‘Marion’ in these circles.  In the description box for E, write that Francis Marion and his men interfere with the delivery of British supplies to their soldiers who are in the central part of South Carolina. 

Activity #3

·         Use Worksheets  #1 and #3, your textbook, and web site, http://www.patriotresource.com/history.html

·         Look at Worksheet #3.  Study the map key and the 3 states represented.  (A similar map should be in your textbook.)

Follow the directions for letters F-I on Worksheet #3:

·         F  – Write the name ‘Tarleton’ on the line from Winnsboro to F, then color it red.  Color the dotted line blue that is pointing at F and write the name of ‘Morgan’ on this line.  Identify the name of this battle.  Briefly describe the results of this battle.  Color the battle marker according to who won the battle. 

·         G – Write the name ‘Cornwallis’ on the line from Winnsboro to G, then color it red.  Color the dotted line blue that is pointing at G and write the name of ‘Greene’ on this line.  Identify the name of this battle.  Briefly describe the results of this battle.  Color the battle marker according to who won the battle. 

·         H – Write the name ‘Greene’ on the dotted line from G to H, then color it blue. Also color the forts blue.  In the description box for H, write that General Greene recaptured all forts and towns in South Carolina. (except Charleston)

·         I– Write the name ‘Cornwallis’ on the line from G to Wilmington to I, then color it red. Write the name ‘Washington’ on the dotted line pointing to I and color it blue.  Identify the name of this battle.  Briefly describe the results of this battle.  Color the battle marker according to who won the battle.