UNIT 2: AMERICAN REVOLUTION PROJECT CHOICES: PICK 1 Revolution Trading Cards: You will be making a total of 8 trading cards (4 key people, 4 key events)- see template Revolution News: You will create your own newspaper with a headline story, editorial, obituary and comic strip section. Be an ESPN Revolution Announcer: You will film yourself as an ESPN like announcer highlighting 3 key battles in the American Revolution. An Epic Battle Map: You will create a map of all of the battles in the American Revolution,

REVOLUTION TRADING CARDS DIRECTIONS YOU WILL CREATE 6 TRADING CARDS. YOU WILL NEED TO RESEARCH BOTH KEY PEOPLE AND KEY BATTLES DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY TIME PERIOD. 3 KEY BATTLE CARDS 3 KEY PEOPLE CARDS NO LARGER THAN AN INDEX CARD NEATNESS COUNTS FRONT OF CARD NEEDS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: NAME OF BATTLE OR PERSON MAP OF BATTLE OR PICTURE OF PERSON YOUR NAME BACK OF CARD NEEDS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: NAME OF BATTLE OR PERSON DATE OF BATTLE OR DATES PERSON WAS ALIVE LOCATION OF BATTLE OR WHAT BATTLES WAS HE IN? WHO WON? BATTLE STATISTICS 2 IMPORTANT DETAILS

NEWSPAPER DIRECTIONS YOU NEED TO CREATE YOUR OWN NEWSPAPER WITH THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS… NAME YOUR PAPER FRONT PAGE STORY WITH A GREAT HEADLINE! EDITORIAL ARTICLE OBITUARY OF A KEY PERSON IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION COMIC SECTION OF ONE OF THE KEY EVENTS (AT LEAST 6 FRAMES)

ESPN ANNOUNCER DIRECTIONS: YOU ARE A SPORTS ANNOUNCER, BUT THE SPORT IS WAR!!! YOU WILL VIDEO YOURSELF HIGHLIGHTING 3 MAJOR BATTLES IN THE REVOLUTION. WHERE ARE THEY? WHEN? WHO’S INVOLVED? WHO WON? MVP’S? MAKE IT FUNNY VIDEO IT OR RECORD IT AND BRING ME THE TRANSCRIPT! _QUERY=WHAT+IS+DRAMA

BATTLE MAP You will be creating a battle chart and map, which is accurate and gives descriptions and locations of the following battles: Yorktown, Trenton & Princeton, Bunker Hill, Lexington & Concord, New York, Saratoga Your map and chart need to be neat and colorful and include appropriate drawings, pictures and markings. Chart must include: Name of battle, date, location, casualties, leaders, and outcome Map must include: Location of battle, a key to show if it was an American or British victory and important places.