This lesson is part of a unit based on a road trip.  In this lesson students use the given website to research diffrent attributes of cars and trucks that would make them desirable choices.  

The student will understand the importance of water conservation and be able to write an expository piece informing others about water conservation importance and methods to conserve water.** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions. 

After an overview of the events surrounding Paul Revere's famous ride, this lesson challenges students to think about the reasons for that fame.  Using both primary and secondhand accounts, students compare the account of Revere's ride in Longfellow's famous poem with actual historical events, in order to answer the question: why does Revere's ride occupy such a prominent place in the American consciousness?