Betsy+Ross+Reinforcement+Activity


 * Objective – **Students will be able to debate the validity of the Betsy Ross story using //Betsy Ross// and other resources.


 * Materials**:

//__Betsy Ross__// by: Alexandra Wallner The Betsy Ross Story: Truth or Legend Student Worksheet Group Listing/Assigned Partners Secondary Sources that confirms and refutes the Betsy Ross story: Confirm: [] Refute: []


 * Key Words**:

Betsy Ross Flag George Washington America American Revolution Symbol Debate Point of View Primary Source Secondary Source Legend face Discuss Graphic Organizer


 * Procedures**:
 * 1) Read aloud the book //Betsy Ross//.
 * 2) Discuss with students:The Betsy Ross Story: Truth or Legend Debate
 * 3) Share the documentation confirming the Betsy Ross story.
 * 4) Share the documentation refuting the Betsy Ross story.
 * 5) Invite students to research various accounts of the Betsy Ross story. They can appear in published children's books, school history books, and on the Internet.
 * 6) Ask: Knowing what you know now about the Betsy Ross story, do those accounts tell the full story? Do some of those accounts reflect a single point of view? Encourage students to play the roles of critical readers and reflectors as they search for one-sided retellings of the story.
 * 7) Organize students into two groups and stage a debate. Have one group support William Canby's story and the other refute it.
 * 8) Then have the students complete the Betsy Ross Story: Truth or Legend? Worksheet. It details four of the points historians raise about the Betsy Ross story and provides space for students to write counterpoints based on classroom discussion or on information from Betsy Ross and the Flag: Point-Counterpoint.

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 * 1) ======The final question that the students must answer in a reflection writing response "Is William Canby's version of the Betsy Ross story true?" This offers students an opportunity to use higher-level thinking skills to demonstrate and evaluate the information they have collected. They also get to express their opinions on the history of time period such as: the American Revolution, national independence, and economic relationships that the American people had during this time period.======