The Fighting Ground | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Jonathan's Family Farm - This is the place where the thirteen-year-old and his family live.

Trenton, NJ - The townspeople are hoping General Washington will soon retake this city from the British.

Town Tavern - This place has a bell used as a call to arms.

Jonathan's Musket - This object is loaned to the thirteen-year-old by the town's tavern owner.

Pennington - This was a New Jersey town seven miles to the south of the thirteen-year-old's home.

Alexandria - This was a New Jersey town ten miles northwest of the thirteen-year-old's home.