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DO NOW:How do the decisions of

the federal government affect the lives of American soldiers?

Identify the role of the Continental Congress on the soldiers in the Continental Army

Describe life at Valley Forge in l777-1778

Grolier Encyclopedia Version 6

•Read and then discuss role of Continental Congress

•Enter the Valley Forge scenes projected on the wall. Become a soldier. Be part of the action.

Pretend you are a soldier at Valley Forge. Write a letter home and write a letter that your “Mom” would write back.

See handout for specifics.

Why do you think Washington feared that the army would “starve, dissolve, or disperse” during the winter of 1777?

What do you think influenced the decisions of soldiers to remain?

Today is saved as:

• Am Rev 15th Day.ppt• Friday, November 18, 1998

• Ruth D. Chang • History Teacher• Churchill Junior High School• East Brunswick, NJ 08816

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