{"id":416,"date":"2021-02-05T18:38:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abbymullen.org\/hist390spring2021\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2021-02-05T19:23:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:23:26","slug":"week-3-the-american-revolution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abbymullen.org\/hist390spring2021\/week-3-the-american-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3: The American Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week we&#8217;re starting in on some history! Hooray! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Thought Provoker to Start: <\/em> <\/strong>Listen to (or watch, if you have Disney+!) <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3nJYcY9yvKP8Oi2Ml8brXt?si=x_JQNVi5RjC5NZSo46JULg\">&#8220;Right Hand Man&#8221;<\/a> from the musical <em>Hamilton.<\/em> Think about the different characters and how they feel about the war. What are they willing to give up in order to win?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read<\/strong> James Ambuske et al., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanyawp.com\/text\/05-the-american-revolution\/\">\u201cThe American Revolution,\u201d<\/a> Michael Hattem, ed., in&nbsp;<em>The American Yawp<\/em>, eds. Joseph Locke and Ben Wright (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listen<\/strong> to our course podcast here or <strong>read<\/strong> the transcript <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MwZyeuXTBeIWsnxTtNyrsEXjJyJI15HU\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>. Before you listen, you might want to read <a href=\"http:\/\/abbymullen.org\/how-to-listen-to-a-podcast-for-class\/\">this post<\/a> about how to listen to a podcast for a class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=40140425&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;live-autoplay=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then<strong> read a primary source document<\/strong> available at <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_MIN8AI7s_sxGR9SbWKUECvvOJfBRESu\/view?usp=sharing\">this Google Doc<\/a>. (5 readers per document, first come, first served; mark in the Google Doc which document you&#8217;ve read). If you have questions about what the document means, or if you have observations, feel free to comment in your document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Response<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Respond<\/strong> to the reading, the podcast, and your primary-source document (and others&#8217; documents), considering who bears the cost of war, and how the American Revolution changed the world for those who experienced it (for good or for ill). <strong>(Response options: blog post: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdYXBsLvGpprL2iVbUpUjwJ7UKIjMXuapPk9fmRWZ5BRNEhOA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">submit here<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consider these questions as you evaluate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-bd77ea92-175d-4e90-acf9-98ad4f3801a1\"><li>Who is writing this document? In terms of the American Revolution, how would you describe them?<\/li><li>Who are they writing to?<\/li><li>Each of these documents discusses one (or more) ways the American Revolution cost someone something. What cost is being discussed in this document?<\/li><li>Are there other groups in the Revolution who also share this cost?<\/li><li>Is this cost something that will go away when the war is over, or will it persist afterwards?<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;re starting in on some history! Hooray! Thought Provoker to Start: Listen to (or watch, if you have Disney+!) &#8220;Right Hand Man&#8221; from the musical Hamilton. 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