Technology Project Joe Miller

Eighth Grade State Standard: 7.Describe the actions taken to build one country from 13 states including: a.The precedents established by George Washington, including the cabinet and a two-term presidency; Units: –Revolutionary War –Building a Nation

Objectives To achieve an understanding of Washington’s actions as the first: –Commander in Chief –The first President

Materials Needed 1 - Computer with projection or viewable sized screen Apple’s QuickTime movie plug-in Classroom Web enabled computers

Websites The following slides are a list of websites –The websites are also integrated throughout the lesson but all are listed in this appendix

George Washington Fast Facts Contains a set of links for a guided scavenger hunt (Student activity #1) Click the picture to go there! Webpage url:

George Washington Images This is a catalog of several sites that contain various images of George Washington Web page url:

George Washington Quotations This is a self-created webpage with quotations from the Bartleby website. Collecting the quotes makes it easier for the students to access them Webpage url: washquote.html

Battle of Princeton Info This webpage contains salient information about the methods and actions of the Battle of Princeton Website url: ttles/princeton.html#

George Washington: President This website contains information about the precedents that George Washington set as the first President Website url: /9ms/departments/socialstudi es/pre_ap/keegan/president_ hall_of_fame.htm#area3

Student Activities

George Scavenger Hunt Find the following information from the website linked in the picture: –Wife’s full name –Date he died –Previous occupations –Religious affiliation –Nickname –Other elected offices he held

The Artistic Endeavor Click the picture After viewing at least four websites with different images of George Washington, it is your turn. Draw what you think George would look like if he were around today

The Quotable George Click the picture to go to a webpage with three famous quotations from GW. After copying them down on paper, try to create one that sounds just like something he would have said Try your quote out on three other groups, each one who can’t tell which is yours, gains you a point.

George Washington: Soldier Click the picture After reading page 2 Battle and Aftermath, plan a small scale re- enactment with just the members of your group To see how George acted, watch the video clip on the next page

George Washington: Soldier Washington’s Acceptance of Command Speech

Washington As President Go on to the next slides and watch the videos Look for statements about Washington’s importance, and things he did first

Washington As President Constitutional Convention

Washington As President No Precedents

Washington: Defender of Democracy George Washington had to stop a conspiracy to make him a king and overthrow the Continental Congress Watch the video clips on the next slides –Pay attention to how important Democracy is to Washington –Washington turned down a crown, would you?

Washington: Defender of Democracy Conspiracy Builds

Washington: Defender of Democracy Agonizing over the issue

Washington: Defender of Democracy Confrontation

Expert Analysis

Washington: Defender of Democracy Aftermath

The End This This concludes all the lessons on George Washington and how he has impacted American Democracy. I hope that these lessons have been entertaining as well as thought provoking. P.S. Please give us an A