.png){kind=logo}
Assign this text to deeply engage your students!
Actively Learn provides free ELA, science, and social studies digital content—short stories, primary sources, textbook sections, science articles, novels, videos, and more—and embeds them with assignments aligned to standards for all 50 states that you can assign immediately or customize for your students.
Whether you’re looking for “The Tell-Tale Heart,” The Hate U Give, “The Gettysburg Address,” or current science articles and simulations, Actively Learn is the free go-to source to help you guide your students' growth in critical thinking all year.
Patrick Henry presented plans to form a militia and raise arms against the British at the Second Virginia Convention. Those who opposed him argued it would be better to be patient and wait to see how the British Crown responded to their latest requests. Henry responded to his opponents with an eloquent and passionate speech calling his fellow colonists to enter into war with Britain. \n\nHis speech was not written down at the time. In 1808, a biographer who was writing a book about Henry spoke with people who attended the meeting. They remembered his speech, especially the famous last sentence, and helped him put together the following.
