WEDNESDAY: Today you worked on the Battle of Saratoga Interactive Map assignment.  Great job today!  Map and Questions will be due the first of the period Friday.

You may work on it at home...check link on blog! 

Here is a prompt for the Battle of Saratoga Take-home essay:

"To what extent, and in what ways was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in history?"

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30

"The typical life span of a cow: 30 years!"

BATTLE OF SARATOGA

Animated Battle Map Today

CHECK YESTERDAY's BLOG FOR DETAILS FOR ONE-PAGER...DUE NEXT TUESDAY

FRIDAY=CLASS "RISK" GAME

TUESDAY, SEPT. 29

"The highest speed ever recorded of a motorcycle doing a wheelie was 157 mph!"

BATTLE OF SARATOGA

A. Historical Setting
B. The Battle
   Who vs. Whom
C. The Results
D. The Significance

Sources: American Revolution Chapter from  Scholastic
         Battle of Saratoga, Oxford Press
         Battle of Saratoga Webquest
         Link: Greatest U.S. Battles...find 
               Saratoga...check out videos

Your have been assigned the Reading Packet on The American Revolution to place the battle in historical context.  Yesterday, we stood around a map on the floor in an attempt to recognize a strategy for the British.  What is their "OBJECTIVE"?  Who are the Patriots/Rebels? And, what is their military "OBJECTIVE""??

Videos: The American Revolution
       The Story of US

YOU WILL WRITE A "ONE-PAGER"...on the Battle.  Due MONDAY, Oct. 5

DIRECTIONS:

5 Paragraph Essay
Typed...size 12 font, single-spaced. 
Cite your sources (Oxford), (Lecture, etc.

Title Page:
Title..."Battle name and date; with a short "story-line"

10 Images
5 Quotes

Monday, Sept. 28

"Apparently the moon smells a little like exploded firecrackers!"

Friday's Quizzam is graded:(:(:(

Check Powerschool...grades are updated and include BIC!

TODAY we will "start" our first battle

"The Battle of Saratoga!"

HAPPY FRIDAY!

TODAY WE ...

1. TOOK A 25 POINT QUIZZAM ON PRINCIPLES AND MANUEVERS!!!
2. FINISHED THE LAST THREE MANUEVERS...AND ARMSTRONG BURIED CHALFANT 
    IN A SURPRISE MANUEVER!!!! 

MONDAY:  WE START WITH OUR FIRST BATTLE:

SARATOGA, 1777...AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLE...A TURNING POINT IN HISTORY!!!

GOOD LUCK TEAMS!  I DOUBLE DOG DARE THE FOOTBALL DUDES TO DRAW UP THE RAINDROPS PLAY IN THE HUDDLE!!!!

HAVE A SAFE AND FUN HOMECOMING WEEKEND!!!

FRIDAY, SEPT. 25

"HAPPY HOMECOMING!"

 

QUIZZAM - NOW

 

FINISH: TUTORIAL

 

MONDAY: BATTLE OF SARATOGA

THURSDAY NIGHT HOMEWORK: 

25 POINT VOCAB QUIZZAM
TOMORROW...THE START OF CLASS

Matching
I give you definition...you give me term
I give you term...you give me the definition

STUDY THE FOLLOWING TERMS/DEFINITIONS:

Total War
Friction
von Clausewitz
Strategy
Tactic
Objective 
Offensive
Mass
Economy of Force
Maneuver
Unity of Command
Security
Suprise
Simplicity
Perseverance
Legitimacy
Restraint
Penetration of the Center
Envelopment of a Single Flank
Envelopment of Both Flanks
Attack in Oblique Order
Feigned Retreat
Attack from Defensive position
Indirect Approach
Offensive Revolutionary/Guerrilla