Paul Revere -- Legend vs History

Paul Revere was written about in a famous poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  The poem is called "Paul Revere's Ride" and is probably the most famous American history poem ever written.  We will be using this graphic organizer to analyze this poem.

This poem may not be entirely accurate.  We will read about Paul Revere's ride in his own words and compare this to the poem.  Read Paul Revere's letter about his ride (abridged).  Read the full text of this primary source here.  We will use this organizer to analyze this letter.

Finally, we will compare and contrast the poem and his letter.

You can read more about the myths vs the facts of Paul Revere's ride.
This lesson was taken from this website.