1. November 9, 2011
Does dying in a
war automatically
make you a hero?

2. Objective:
SWBAT identify
Crispus
Attucks, Salem
Poor, and explain
their importance
to the American
Revolution

3. Homework:
Finish any
incomplete
work

4. Vocabulary: Founding Fathers

5. Founding
Fathers:
If you signed either
the Declaration of
Independence or
the
Constitution, you
are a founding
father
There were no
“founding mothers”

6. Salem Poor:
Hero of the Battle of
Bunker Hill
The only soldier that
day cited for bravery
Kicked out of the
army when
Washington instituted
segregated recruiting

7. Salem Poor:

8. Crispus Attucks
Sailor
Called the first
casualty of the
American
Revolution
Died with 4 others
in the Boston
Massacre

9. Crispus Attucks

10. The Boston Massacre

11. Class work:
Read articles on
Attucks and Poor
Complete Venn
diagram
Answer questions
Write essay arguing
that one was a greater
hero than others

12. Exit Ticket:
Who were
Crispus
Attucks and
Salem Poor?