John Paul Jones and the Revolutionary War: Courage and Patriotism

The boys played for 30 minutes.  (We did relay races outside.)

We then did the Pledge of Allegiance.

We went over the class rules and affirmations

• I am a warrior
• I play hard
• I work hard
• I respect others
• I never quit
• I defend those who can't defend themselves
• I fight for what is right
• I am a son of God

We then reviewed last week's hero, George Washington, before introducing our new hero: John Paul Jones.

We read chapter of Ron Carter's Unlikely Heroes. Here are the pages:

We watched 

Liberty’s Kids  Episode 128, “Not Yet Begun to Fight.”

We talked about some of John Paul Jones' heroic traits.  He was tenacious, courageous, fought for what he knew what was right and never gave up.  His famous quote is, “I have not yet begun to fight!” after all.

We then played Human Battleship (we had the boys lay on the ground and throw "bombs" at each other over a wall).