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REVOLUTIONARY RHYTHMS - Use body percussion and practice the rhythms below with the podcast playing. Now create your own rhythm for 5) and save your idea. We will use it in class.

1) TOM PAINE - COMMON SENSE

2) RIFLEMEN OF BENNINGTON SAVED THE DAY - JOHNNY STARK LED THE WAY

3) LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

4) HASTY PUDDING YUM, YUM, YUM - YANKEE DOODLE RUN, RUN, RUN

5) use what you learned on PAGE 1 and create your own Revolutionary Rhythm"

WE WILL BE SEEING SELECTED SECTIONS OF A GREAT BROADWAY SHOW "1776" AND SINGING SEVERAL SELECTIONS FROM THE SHOW. READ THE INFORMATION BELOW FROM THE 1776 WEBSITE. [|Sit Down John from 1776]
 * || In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holders in Congress all stand in the way of the Declaration, and a "nay" vote will forever end the question of independence. Large portions of spoken and sung dialog are taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants.
 * || In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holders in Congress all stand in the way of the Declaration, and a "nay" vote will forever end the question of independence. Large portions of spoken and sung dialog are taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants.
 * || In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holders in Congress all stand in the way of the Declaration, and a "nay" vote will forever end the question of independence. Large portions of spoken and sung dialog are taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants.

Written by Dave Heston

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