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Student Exemplars
Teacher

In this assignment, you applied the Big6 Research Skills and online search strategies to access information about the treason story. You used web sites and primary documents to research events in the Hudson River Valley during the Revolutionary War. Then you integrated the information from the multiple sources, presented the information using appropriate technologies and synthesized these facts into a well written newspaper article. Congratulations on a job well done! You are a STAR Reporter and a true Patriot!

CRITICAL THINKING

1.  Why was the fort at West Point located on the Hudson River so      
     strategically important to the Americans?

2.  What might have happened if Major Andre had not been captured with
      the plans?

3.How would history be different if Benedict Arnold died at the Battle of 
    Saratoga?

ANSWER SHEET