Legend of Sleepy Hollow...Who Was the Headless Horseman?
The dominant spirit… that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander in chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk, hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on the wings of the wind. Such is the general purport of his legendary superstition, which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows; and the spectre is known, at all the country firesides by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1820.
1. Ask research questions:
Who were the "Hessian troopers" in the Revolutionary War?
How were the men selected to be in the Hessian troops?
What did the Americans think of the Hessian soldiers?
2. What quality resources could you use to answer this question?
Website:
http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/10/30/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-and-the-hessians-of-the-american-revolution/
Online eBook (GALILEO) - (note: use "search within" to look for word "hessian")
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3. How will you cite your sources? www.easybib.com
4. How will you record your answers? www.easybib.com
5. What are different ways you could present your information?
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1820.
1. Ask research questions:
Who were the "Hessian troopers" in the Revolutionary War?
How were the men selected to be in the Hessian troops?
What did the Americans think of the Hessian soldiers?
2. What quality resources could you use to answer this question?
Website:
http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/10/30/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-and-the-hessians-of-the-american-revolution/
Online eBook (GALILEO) - (note: use "search within" to look for word "hessian")
http://proxygsu-sjea.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=623501&site=eds-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover
Database:
proxygsu-sjea.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=26504118&site=eds-live&scope=site
3. How will you cite your sources? www.easybib.com
4. How will you record your answers? www.easybib.com
5. What are different ways you could present your information?