1. Preview10/16/15  Grab a poem from the stool.  What historical event is occurring in the poem?  Write evidence from the poem that would explain the event that it is referencing.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4hUMQ G3MI8

2. Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride  The British soldiers left Boston at night toward Lexington and Concord  Their goal was to seize colonial weapons and catch the colonists off guard  The Sons of Liberty were ready and warned the countryside

3. “One if by land, two if by sea”  They hung two lamps in the Old North Church in Boston  The British were coming by sea (faster)  Revere road on horseback through the villages hollering “The redcoats are coming! The redcoats are coming!”  He alerted the colonists of the British invasion

4. Lexington & Concord Notes

5. Lexington and Concord  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUw fnC0jaDs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUw fnC0jaDs

6. Lexington  The next morning the British arrived in Lexington  70 minutemen were waiting  Suddenly a shot was fired  “the shot heard round the world” and the first shot of the American Revolution  Eight colonists were killed  The British moved on to Concord

8. Concord  300 minutemen were waiting  Fighting broke out  The British were forced to retreat back to Boston  73 redcoats killed, 200 wounded/missing

9. Shot Heard Round the World  School House Rock  http://www.schooltube.com/video/66c69 ce5b14549058b63/. http://www.schooltube.com/video/66c69 ce5b14549058b63/

10. Exit Ticket  Explain the significance of Lexington and Concord.  Use complete sentences.  Lexington and Concord are significant because ______________________.