Revolutionary War Personality Blog Assignment

Revolutionary War Personalities –
In an effort to blend ELA and history as well as technology into this next project, you will be creating a blog as a Revolutionary War Personality.

1. Select who you will be researching: a list will be provided in class
2. Conduct research – you will need at least 3 book sources, 1 primary source and 2 internet sources for which you will maintain a proper works consulted and cited page
3. Create a blog on http://www.blogger.com/ in the name of the person research
4. Make at least 10 blog posts which answer each of the following guiding questions:
   Who is your person and when and where was he/she born?
   What role did he/she play in the building of our nation?
   What is this person “famous” or “infamous” for?
   How did he/she meet his/her death?
   What are at least 5 notable facts about your person?
   If this person had opposition, who were the person’s foes?
   Tell me a little bit about the place the person comes from. How does this person live?
   What does the person do for a living?
   Generate a list of 10 vocabulary words with full definitions and original sentences that can be associated with your person.
   Would you be friends with your person now if he or she were still alive? Why or why not

1. You should have a statement of process as one of your last blog posts.
   
2. You should have a proper bibliography (works consulted and/or works cited)
   
3. You should have a reflection on your work and what you have learned.