1. Twitter Assignment
In today’s society, communication happens basically instantly. We can find out about something happening almost as soon as it happens.
Twitter is a very popular website that allows members to use 140-character messages to give information to people that view it

2. Twitter Assignment
Your task is to create a 10 “tweet” Twitter thread on your blog doing the following:
Choose a person from the time period we’re studying
Write a series of 10 tweets tracing some experiences in their lives
All tweets must be under 140 characters

3. Twitter Assignment Make sure that your tweets:
Convey a quick, succinct message
Give your person’s interpretation of what’s happening
Are interesting, humorous, and engaging

4. French Revolution Twitter Assignment
For this assignment, you must:
Choose a personality from the French Revolution era
Write a brief outline telling:
Who they were
What they did that was significant
What you think they might Tweet about, had Twitter been around
Create a 10-entry Twitter as a post on your student blog giving us a look into some events in that person’s life

5. Royals
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette

6. Radicals
Maximilien Robespierre
George-Jacques Danton

7. Assassination…
Jean Paul Marat
Charlotte Corday

8. Marie-Joseph, Marquis de Lafayette
Louis-Phillipe-Joseph, Duc D’Orleans

9. Clarity and Logic – 4 points
Objective – 4 points
Excellent – 4 points
Good – 3-2 points
Poor – 1-0 points
Total
Clearly state the objective of the presentation.
The objective of the presentation is clearly stated
The objective of the presentation is somewhat unclear; it may simply mention a topic or subject
The objective of the presentation is unclear or missing
Support – 4 points
Support your presentation with appropriate information.
The presentation is well-supported with appropriate information.
The presentation is weakly supported; it may explain, but it doesn’t support
The presentation is not supported; it may simply be a statement of opinion with no information to support
Clarity and Logic – 4 points
Use appropriate presentation techniques and good logic to make the presentation clear.
The presentation is presented very clearly and has good logic to the argument
The presentation is unclear at times, or the logic might have some flaws
The presentation isn’t clear, and logic may have some major problems
Twitter Technique – 8 points
Excellent – 8-6 points
Good – 5-3 points
Poor – 2-0 points
Uses appropriate Twitter techniques to engage the reader. Examples – clear, concise, powerful messages, conversational in tone.
Twitter techniques are excellent, and use all important parts of good Twitter practice.
Twitter techniques are good, but may lack in some small areas of Twitter practice.
Twitter techniques are poor, and do not adhere to principles of Twittering.
Final Grade