Dolley Madison and the War of 1812

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Materials Needed:

Access to the world wide web, or hard copies of the following documents:

1. Letter that Dolley Madison wrote to her sister on August 23, 1814.

2. Cartoon of Washington D.C. under attack.

 http://moderntimes.vcdh.virginia.edu/madison/exhibit/washington/img/cart1.html

3. Portraits of Dolley and James Madison.

Dolley http://moderntimes.vcdh.virginia.edu/madison/exhibit/washington/img/port1.html

Center for Technology and Teacher Education, University of Virginia, This module was created by Tom Fallace and Holly Shulman University of Virginia