The First Spy Master: George Washington and The Culper Ring (Middle grade workbooks) - Softcover
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The First Spymaster: George Washington and the Culper Ring
George Washington was the first and best spymaster of the new United States. As a consummate trickster, he fooled the British through misinformation and misdirection, codes, and the help of his hand-picked group of spies.
George Washington, in the name of freedom for United States, fooled the British from 1776-1782. The First Spymaster, an American history supplemental workbook, middle grade students will learn about the Culper Spy Ring and how it operated. They learn about ciphers, special inks, codes, and how something as simple as a woman hanging signaled the spy ring about where and when the British would next attack.
In this easily readable middle grade book, students will learn:
about Aaron Burr and Benedict Arnold
how Lafayette sent men and supplies to help the American cause
how misinformation about supplies and troop movements helped Americans win the war.
As one British general was quoted to have said, “the Americans didn’t out fight us, they out spied us.”
Each chapter of this workbook encompasses a different subject and can stand on its own or be read with the other chapters. There is an appendix and a glossary and several interactive experiments for the students.
Get The First Spymaster today to help your middle grader have a greater appreciation of the struggle of Americans to win their independence from Great Britain.
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