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Recommended Grade Level: 3-5

Goal 1. Students will read/watch video clips and texts that focus on the importance women, such as, Abigail Adams, Martha Bell, Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, and Betsy Ross during the Revolutionary War.
Goal 2. Students will list character traits that these women encompass.
Goal 3. Compare and contrast what makes these women alike and different during this time period.
Goal 4. Students will choose one woman and their character trait and write how that trait contributed towards their success.

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Standard - CC.1.3.3.C

Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

Standard - CC.1.3.3.H

Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters

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This text can be used during independent reading stations in my ELA block. This text focuses on Martha Bell and her role in the Revolutionary War. Martha was one of the women that was tasked with the job of staying home and caring for her children and farm. The British soldiers took over her farm and instead of escaping, she stayed and spied on the soldiers and informed the Patriot soldiers. Students can use this text to expand their thinking about women who stayed back and took care of their families and farms. Martha Bell showed a lot of courage and independence during the Revolutionary War.

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I would use this as a shared reading with students. This text discusses how although women were not allowed to be soldiers, they found other ways to help out. Many women followed the soldiers and were known as "camp followers". One women in particular was Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley who followed her husband and his troop. One hot day during a battle, she carried water pitchers to her husband and other soldiers. Because she carried so many pitchers that day she earned the nickname, Molly Pitcher. It is also said that she even began loading cannons during the battle when others were wounded.

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The read aloud, They Called Her Molly Pitcher, can be paired with the Shared Reading, Camp Followers. It is a great way to dive deeper into how women followed their husbands and other men in their lives during battles. This book gives students a great visual on how determined and courageous women such as Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley was. It also shows students that these women showed determination, especially when we learn that she also loaded cannons when the troops were injured. It is also said that a cannon shot through her petticoat and that did not stop her.

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THEY CALLED HER MOLLY PITCHER Journeys Read Aloud 5th Grade Lesson 13

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Background Info for Why I Chose to Create this Unit

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Background Info for Why I Chose to Create this Unit

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In my third grade social studies curriculum, we teach about the Revolutionary War.  During this unit, the focus is on the important men that stood up against the British and how these men lead and fought to create the United States of America.  While, we do discuss how women had roles during this time, much of the focus remains on the men such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, etc.
The resources found on this Padlet will be used to share information with students about specific women that were essential during this time. By sharing how women had important roles, I hope to encourage students to listen and read about how not everything was about the "fight".

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This book can be used to enhance the unit on the Revolutionary War by incorporating into my chapter book read aloud. Although Betsy Ross is most known for sewing the first American flag, there is much more to her story. This book tells the story of Betsy working as a seamstress, making tents and repairing uniforms when the colonies declared war. During the year of 1779, she was filling cartridges for the Continental Army and helped create the flag of a new nation. I would incorporate this book because it helps students to gain a better understanding of who Betsy Ross was and how she did more for the colonists than just "sewing the flag." This book can also help students see that women may have still fulfilled their typical gender roles during this time, such as, seamstress work while taking on jobs like filling cartridges for the army.

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This chapter book can be used to enhance my lessons on the Revolutionary War by incorporating this text into my read aloud chapter book time.  This text shows that Abigail Adams is a smart and independent colonial girl that was both a wife and mother of a president.  She is also the first First Lady to live in the White House.  She urged her husband, John Adams, to "remember the ladies" and advocated for equal education in public schools for both boys and girls.  This read aloud explains the story of Abigail Adams and her role in the Revolutionary War.  I would use this book because it shows that although many women did not receive any formal education during this time, there were still many women who stood up for their beliefs and pushed to form change.

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I would incorporate this short video as an anticipatory set for students. After introducing and talking to students about the important men of the Revolutionary War, this video can help shift their thinking to think about what a woman's job was during the war. Many students may have thoughts about how women would stay back and care for children, farms, etc from previous readings during the unit. Showing students that although many women did that, there are other "heroes" that played a big role in the American Revolution.

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Women of the American Revolution: The Real Unsung Heroes