The Unit
This unit will be approximately a six to eight week period and will share time with other classwork. The first four to five weeks will focus on the events at Valley Forge, reading and discussing what is included in their social studies text, which is limited in scope and is only roughly three paragraphs long. Additionally, reviewing quotes from primary sources, looking at some familiar paintings about this time, including portraits by John Trumbull and Valley Forge: March, 1777 by Felix O. C. Darley, as well as the previously mentioned paintings, will extend the study to greater depth. This initial foray into student research will begin with the citations noted by Anderson in her appendix and the resources cited by Raphael. Simultaneously students will be organizing the notes from their research to begin the drafting of their first five-paragraph essay.
The second part of the six to eight weeks will be focused on dissecting parts of the Bayeux Tapestry as an artifact and watching the YouTube video created about it as a model of historical significance since it will provide a model of their culminating project. The Bayeux Tapestry will showcase the embodiment of image text and give the students a visual reference for their work on a similar video or graphic depiction of events during the encampment at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778.
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