Activities: Web Quest
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Women of the Revolution
Introduction
Throughout the American Revolution, women had important roles for the American cause.
Women acted as political figureheads, writers, nurses, spies, and even soldiers. Though not quite as popular
as some of the male heroes, there are women who played vital part in America gaining its independence.
In this Web Quest you will research biographies of important women and their roles in the
American Revolution.
Task
Each student will work in his or her assigned group to create a Power Point presentation on the assigned
woman from the Revolution.
Assigned women include: Abigail Adams, Betsy Ross, Molly Pitcher, Deborah Sampson, Phyllis
Wheatley, Lydia Darragh, and
Sybil Ludington.
Students will thoroughly research their assigned person using the websites provided and information
presented in class.
Each student should have a role and be able to present their information provided in the group’s Power
Point. Roles can include Researchers, Recorders, Organizers of Materials, PowerPoint Outliners, and
PowerPoint Recorders.
Process
1. Gather with your assigned group.
2. Use the following questions as guidelines for your research. Feel free to extend the list with questions of
your own.
What was the lifespan of your woman?
What role did your woman play prior to the American Revolution?
What role did your woman play during the American Revolution?
Be sure to include a picture of your woman.
What kind of life did this woman live after the American Revolution?
3. Begin your research. Feel free to print out the information to highlight important information.
4. Assign each person in the group a different role in the presentation.
5. When starting the Power Point be careful of grammar mistakes and misinformation. Be sure to
record where you have found the information to use in a works cited.
Resources
Abigail Adams:
http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/ADAMS3.HTM
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/aa2.html
http://www.masshist.org/bh/aadamsbio.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/aadams.htm
http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=200215
Betsy Ross:
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/bross.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flaglife.html
http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=220967
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blross.htm
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2005_winter_spring/betsy_ross.htm
Molly Pitcher:
http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/MOLLY.HTM
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/youasked/070.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mpitcher.htm
http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=219353
Deborah Sampson:
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/dsampson.htm
http://www.canton.org/samson/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web02/features/bio/B01.html
Phyllis Wheatley:
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/whea-phi.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p12.html
http://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0214_Phillis_Wheatley.html
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/wheatley.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/pwheatley.htm
Lydia Darragh:
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?id=31&action=tdihArticleCategory
http://www.ushistory.org/people/darragh.htm
http://www.nwhm.org/Education/biography_ldarragh.html
Sybil Ludington:
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/cludington.htm
http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/ludington.htm
http://www.libertyskids.com/arch_who_sludington.html
http://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhSybilLudington.php
http://www.teach-history.org/html/museum_ludington_prt.html
Conclusion
What have you learned from this Web Quest?
Did you already know any of this information?
Did you find any of the information to be surprising or false?
Did you find the resources given to be reliable?
During your research, were there any other women that you thought would be
interesting to research?