Firebrands!

Give me liberty or give me death!

In class today we read the text of the famous speech made by Patrick Henry while we watched the video below.  See if you can find examples of treason to the British government in the speech and think about how dangerous it was for Henry to make a speech publicly to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

America - The Story of US and the history of invention

The link in this post is a video presentation at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History (my former employer).  It was a presentation for high school students on the history of invention in conjunction with the video America - The Story of US which we watched in class.  It is a very interesting presentation so watch it when you have a few extra minutes.





http://edg1.vcall.com/docs/EastCoast/EastCoast-FINAL-300k.wmv