Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media, Lessons & ActivitiesDuration: 135 MinutesDate Posted: 8/3/2012
In this lesson, students will examine the difference between history and memory by debating the legacy of Benedict Arnold. Using video clips of an actor playing Arnold, students are invited to debate his actions and determine how history should remember him.
Multimedia instruction, Simulations and games
Fought in 1777 in northern New York state, the Battle of Saratoga was a major battle of the Revol...
memory, patriotism, battle, Continental Army, Revolutionary War, hero, colonial, navy, boat, British, Washington, George, colony, sailor, New York, War of Independence, soldier, ship, American revolution, naval, Colonist