Hedgehogs Herald

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Hedgehog's Herald is a curriculum-based tool for teaching the American Revolution. This pre-visit program introduces grades 4-6 to the Revolutionary War through journalism. The goal of this program is to:

• provide educators with curriculum-based materials for teaching the unit on the American Revolution

• offer suggestions for planning a visit to Independence National Historical Park

• provide a post-visit activity to reinforce the curriculum and park visit

Begin by clicking on this link for the Guide for Educators. The Guide for Educators includes a program overview, curriculum correlations, rubrics, information on all the images used in the program, a biographical directory and suggestions for planning a visit to Independence National Historical Park.

Next, click on this link for the five editions of Hedgehog's Herald.Each issue of Hedgehog's Heraldcovers a specific time period with a specific masthead:

• Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny, 1763-1766

• Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny, 1767-1774

• A Free and Independent Journal of These United Colonies, April 1775 - June 1776

• A Journal Of The Course Of Human Events, July-August 1776

• A Journal Of the Times That Try Men's Souls, 1776-1783

Accompanying each issue is a worksheet to test the students' understanding of the material and a vocabulary list. Click on these links for the worksheets and vocabulary exercises.

Additional materials include:

• Matching exercises to reinforce the "who, what, where, when and why" of the stories

• Loyalist exercises to provide a different point of view

• Mapping exercises to establish a sense of place

• Other assorted exercises to use in the classroom

Click on the above links for the additional materials.

Before your visit, you should click on Hedgehog's Hints to access important information for chaperones and students.

Click on the post-visit material to complete the program.