Student Activities

Morgan and Tarleton Talk Show

Grade Level:
Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Subject:
Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
State Standards:
NATIONAL/STATE STANDARDS:
South Carolina English/Language Arts: 8-2.1: Comparing and contrasting central ideas.
8-6.1: Clarify and refine & research topic.

Students will be able to create a talk show or newscast interview with Daniel Morgan and Banastre Tarleton.

Objective(s)

Students will be able to create a talk show or newscast interview with Daniel Morgan and Banastre Tarleton.

Materials

 Transcription of Ed Bearss Battlefield Tour, Cowpens National Battlefield, August 1, 2011. Go to: 
Ed Bearss battlefield tour:https://www.nps.gov/cowp/learn/historyculture/ed-bearss-battlefield-tour.htm
 Paper/Pencil
 Revolutionary Timeline (attached); Battle of Cowpens: A Documented narrative and Troop Movements Maps by Edwin C. Bearss.

Procedure

Prior to Battleground Tour:
 Review Revolutionary timeline (attached)
 Read aloud sections of Bearss’ book, The Battle of Cowpens.
 
Post Fieldtrip:
 Students form questions for interviewing the two leaders.
 Students perform the interview, having one student as Morgan, and another student as Tarleton.
 Questions are to reveal the men’s personal lives as well as their war strategies.

Assessment

 Question and answers are to be written out with rubric.
 Rubric for Presentation.
 

Last updated: November 2, 2018