Purpose: To relate the issues of the American Revolution to our contempoary world and to do so in a format that encourages democracy (the internet).
Format: You will compose a blog.
Audience: Your audience is the community. In this case, it is the entire global community.
Role: Students / Historians
Blog Post #1
Paragraph: At what point does a group of people become a nation? – Post the answer in the blog you set up as a group
Blog Post #2
Paragraph: When does a group of people have the right to create their own nation?
Blog Post #3-4
Pick two of the five options for a blog:
1. Describe, in a paragraph, when it is okay for a group of people to rebel and go against their government.
2. Describe, in a paragraph, what is freedom and when a person has finally attained freedom.
3. Describe, in a paragraph, whether or not it is America’s responsibility to help other nations gain their independence.
4. Describe, in a paragraph, what type of a revolution you would want to see in the world.
5. Describe, in a paragraph: What is a social contract? What social contract do you have to your government and is the government following it?
Blog Post #5
Braintorm ways that a person can protest. You must have a list of at least ten ideas
Blog Posts #6
Describe, in a paragraph why the colonists had good reasons to gain independence
Blog Post #7
Describe, in a paragraph why the colonists had bad reasons to gain independence.
Blog Post #8
Tell the story of the American Revolution, using the sequencing created on the Google Presentations. Embed your presentation into your group’s blog.
Blog Post #9 - Create a metaphor of the American Revolution and describe it in a paragraph.
Blog Post #10 -
Option 1: Was it worth the violence? Was it worth the loss of lives in order to gain indpendence?
Option 2: Who was included in the new nation? Who was excluded?
Blog Post #11
Paragraph: How does our government work? What does each branch of government do?
Blog Post #12
Paragraph: How does a bill become a law?
BONUS OPTIONS
1. In a paragraph: Who was the most influential person in the creation of our nation?
2. In a paragraph: What did the Founding Fathers risk in creating the Declaration of Independence?
3. In a paragraph: Why didn’t more of the Founding Fathers actually fight in the American Revolution? Why is it that those who create wars are rarely those who fight in them?
4. In a paragraph: Were the Founding Fathers justified in creating the Declaration of Independence? Did they have any right to do what they did?
5. In a paragraph: What were some of the good and bad qualities of the Founding Fathers?
6. In a paragraph: Was it right for the colonists to use violence? When is violence okay?
7. Relate what happened in the American Revolution to what is happening right now in Georgia. What are the similarities? What are the differences?
8. Choose one of the groups who were not included in the new Constitution. (This could be slaves, Native Americans, women, etc.)
Option 1 – A political cartoon
Option 2 – A poem
Option 3 – A letter
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