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Boston Tea Party Report
Boston Tea Party Report
Plate "Massachusetts State House"
"Mr. Adams's Oration" article from the Gazette and Mercury newspaper
"Mr. Adams's Oration" article from the Gazette and Mercury newspaper
Plate "Massachusetts State House"
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Summary and Objective
Students will understand that Abigail Adams had enormous influence in the founding of the country. Her intellect, determination and vision for America helped shape our country. Through readings, letters, pictures and video, students will understand what it must have felt like for Abigail, our First Lady from Massachusetts.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Students will view the video JOHN ADAMS, in particular the parts of Abigail left at home in Massachusetts to run the farm and teach the children, while her husband, John must be away in Europe. This would include the part, where she and her children were vacinated against smallpox, and parts of the Revolutionary War from the homefront.
Step 2.
Students will read the account Abigail related to John in the book, John Adams, by David McCullough as it defines the state of the country in her eyes and where it needed to go.
Step 3.
Students will read in Letters from Abigail, how she felt about the matters and challenges before them.
Step 4.
Students will read the words of John Qunicy Adams in his July 4th address from the Digital collection, with the knowledge that this was his mother's vision for the country.
Step 5.
Students will examine the National Parks website on Peacefield, the John and Abigail Adams homestead after they returned to Massachusetts from Washington.
Step 6.
Students will take a field trip to Quincy, Massachusetts, where they will see the homes Abigail and John inhabited, as well as visit their tombs in the Unitarian Church in Quincy.
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