Friday, March 13, 2009

March 13

HW:

1) Finish the letter that you are supposed to write! See below. You MUST know which historical figure you've been assigned and who you need to write to.


Task: Based on who you’ve been assigned, you will write a letter pretending to be that person TO another historical figure (also portrayed by your classmate)
Consider your position, what are some things that you can say to your ‘pen pal’?
Please make your letters meaningful and use actual historical facts. Be emotional!

Benedict Arnold - Abigail Adams
Marquis de Lafayette - Sammy Smith
George Washington - General Cornwallis
King George III - Eleanor Custis




2) Choose 3 pieces of work that you would like to use for your portfolio

3) Quiz NEXT Friday on the American
Revolution.
Advantages/Disadvantages of British
Advantages/Disadvantages of colonists
Life of a soldier
Battles of Long Island, New Jersey
(Princeton, Trenton), Saratoga,
Delaware crossing, Valley Forge 1778
Savagery of the American Revolution
French and Spanish allies, Benedict Arnold
Battle of Yorktown

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