Module+3+-+Easton

= Module 3 = = The Easton Area in 1776 =



Drawing from //The History of Easton//, p. 23.


 * Activity 3-A **


 * Read pages 7 to the middle of page 9 in The History of Easton**, by Uzal Conduit, published in 1885. What does the author tell you about the Easton area? As you read, visualize. Read, then close your eyes, place yourself in Easton more than 250 years ago.
 * Here's the text version of The History of Easton pages 7 to 9, which will be easier to read. You may not be familiar with all of the words; some of the vocabulary is rarely used today in writing.

//Look at this map and drawing//

Panoramic Map of Easton in 1900. Gives you a view of the area in 1900, but still shows you the physical features that were present around the time of the Revolutionary War.

Delaware and Lehigh Rivers at Easton Pa. This drawing was created in 1844 by the artist Augustus Kolner. Buildings that you see may not have been built by 1776, but you can see the Lehigh River connecting to the Delaware and more of the physical features around Easton.

What does this say about Easton's importance at the time? Declaration of Independence

//Other References// Easton before the French and Indian War, by A. D. Chidsky. [|Pennsylvania History], Volume 2, Number 3 (July 1935), 156--171. Record showing when towns were laid out and incorporated in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. From the //History of Northampton County//,

//Now it's your turn://


 * Time travel to Easton in 1776. Based upon Conduit's description and the other resources above, write a diary entry that describes the area of Easton and tells how it became the seat of Northampton County. Post in your blog. Alternatively, record your voice and post the recording in the blog. Comment on one of your classmate's entries by identifying one or more great descriptive phrases that were used in their writing.**


 * Activity 3B **

Read John Adams' letters to his wife, Abigail.

[|September 14, 1777]

September 30, 1777

What did you learn about his reasons for traveling through Easton? Why didn't he travel directly from Philadelphia to York? Does he mention anything about the people he encountered along the way?

Look at a map and trace the path that John Adams took from Philadelphia to York.


 * Write a blog entry that could have been diary entry of someone accompanying John Adams on his journey. Make sure you provide answers to the above questions in that entry. Alternatively, you may record your voice telling a story about that journey and post it with a blog entry that describes what's on the recording.**

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