First in War: North Carolina in the American RevolutionNorth Carolina has always

North Carolina has always played an important part in our nation’s history. This slideshow — “First in War, North Carolina and the American Revolution” — will teach students from 4th grade through junior high the underlying causes of the state’s rebellion against the English crown and the major events and battles during the war era. The slide show and narrator’s script can be supplemented by student journal writing in the style of “I was there” with seven creative writing prompts. The teacher may choose to have students complete all or some of the journal prompts. To help students take notes and write their journal entries, templates have been included to remind them of the assignments. The teacher may make copies of the templates as needed. In addition there are four multiple choice quizzes with an answer key that will give the teacher feedback on how much the class has learned. And three optional assignments have been included for student-created maps. A teacher’s guide is also available to show how the unit can be used. All parts of this unit can be adapted for use in distance learning. The slide show covers the following topics:

1. The Regulator Movement
2. Growing Protests
3. The Battle of Alamance
4. Dr. Houston the Stamp Collector
5. The Stamp Act and the HMS Diligence
6. The Edenton Tea Party
7. The Five Provincial Congresses
8. The Mecklenberg Resolves
9. Capt. Jack’s Ride
10. The Burning of Fort Johson
11. Tories
12. The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
13. The War in the South
14. The OverMountain Men
15. The Battle of King’s Mountain
16. The Battle of Cowpens
17. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
18. Slavery During the War
19. Various Maps

All text in the unit is available as a PDF, while the slide show is formatted in both Apple’s Keynote and Microsoft’s Power Point.