Seeing as how we are all sidelined this week from attending school, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get a headstart on our final assignment for the 7th grade. This project was intended to be a group assignment. For now, I will assign the independent portion to be completed instead.
Task: Your task is to research the life and times of a famous individual from topics such as the New Nation, War of 1812, the Mexican American War, or the Civil War. Find out who you’ve been assigned below. You are to create a scripted interview consisting of at least 10 meaningful questions and responses to each. These questions must inquire about the historical person’s contributions to American history along with his/her views on the conflict that is going on. In addition, the interview will include important information that gives us insight into the time period that the historical figure was a part of. The’mock interview’ can take place in the past or it can take place in the present day (Through time travel or the historical figure is a ghost). Please use creativity and humor as to engage your audience. In my example, I added a few funny questions (which should not be factored into the 10 meaningful questions). One response to a question can also lead into other questions as well. This interview WILL BE presented to the class.\
Types of questions to ask: 'How do you feel about......" "Why did you........" "In what way........"
Use the week away from school to work on this assignment now!!! I know we have not covered many of the topics mentioned but you do have the internet and public library at your disposal. I have included links that will help you with your research along with the start of a sample interview. Do not hesitate in looking at other places for research but be wary of how accurate these websites are. Use your best judgement. E-mail me with any questions you have and I will help you in any way I can. The rubric is the same general assignment rubric we’ve been using. THIS ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT IS DUE BY MONDAY 5/25. E-mail it to me at ms.fong@live.com.
702:
A New Nation/Manifest Destiny
Meriwether Lewis James Brady
York (Clark’s Servant) Glenn Chun
Sacagawea Rita Cinquemani, Siera Otero
http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/onthetrail/about.asp
The War of 1812 (war between U.S. and Great Britain
President James Madison Michele Faila
Dolley Madison - Brianna Paolotti
Francis Scott Key (wrote Star Spangled Banner) Vincent Ganpat
Tecumseh (Pawnee chief who sided with British) Alec Goldenberg
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/warof1812.htm
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/warof1812/terms.html
Native Americans/Trail of Tears
President Andrew Jackson Michael Giambrone, Amanda Reed
Chief John Ross Kristen J, Thomas Muller
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/tears_1
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/two/trailtears.htm
http://www.trailoftears.org/
The Mexican-American War
Davy Crockett John, Zachary Rippe
Sam Houston Zachary Moran
Juan Almonte – Mexican general Woo Young
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html
The Gold Rush
James W. Marshall (discovered gold in California) Robert, Dean
President Polk Brais Sampedro
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/goldfever.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
http://www.calgoldrush.com/
Slavery and the The Civil War
Frederick Douglass Alexander Mildener
Harriet Tubman Vicki Malagras, Samantha Puzzo
Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) Hannah Lee , Ariana M.
President Abraham Lincoln Danny Mirbach
Mary Todd Lincoln April Tsang, Crystal Radice
General Ulysses S. Grant Eilina Shien
General Robert E. Lee Michelle, Alex Ruiz
‘Stonewall’ Jackson Nikitas
General Robert Sherman Peggy Wu
https://www.nyhistory.org/web/grantandlee/
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/
731
A New Nation/Manifest Destiny
Meriwether Lewis - George Bang
York (Clark’s Servant) - Timmy Betances
Sacagawea - Lauren J., Jody Yip
http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/onthetrail/about.asp
The War of 1812 (war between U.S. and Great Britain
President James Madison - Alejandro Chavez
Dolley Madison - Stephanie
Francis Scott Key (wrote Star Spangled Banner) John Devito
Tecumseh (Pawnee chief who sided with British) Michael Hinners
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/warof1812.htm
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/warof1812/terms.html
Native Americans/Trail of Tears
President Andrew Jackson - Alan Hum
Chief John Ross - Kevin James
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/tears_1
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/two/trailtears.htm
http://www.trailoftears.org/
The Mexican-American War
Davy Crockett - David Kim
Sam Houston - Patrick Lee
Juan Almonte – Mexican general - Seung Jae Lee
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html
The Gold Rush
James W. Marshall (discovered gold in California) - Wilson Lee
President Polk - Alyssa Moreno
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/goldfever.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
http://www.calgoldrush.com/
Slavery and the The Civil War
Frederick Douglass - Shengda Lin
Harriet Tubman - Teordora M, Adriana Rivera
Mary Todd Lincoln - Somin Lim
Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) - Amy Montero
President Abraham Lincoln - Hasseb Mirza
General Ulysses S. Grant - Crystal Z., Alyssa Pascalli
General Robert E. Lee – Lauren S.
‘Stonewall’ Jackson - Sebastian Nam
General Robert Sherman - Sal. P
https://www.nyhistory.org/web/grantandlee/
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/
Sample: (Note: This is the start of how your interview should look like. Yours will be much longer with 10 meaniful questions with responses)
Topic: The New Nation/ James Madison on the Constitution
JM (James Madison): (Quickly looking around WJPS classroom in an extremely frightened manner) Where am I? Who has brought me here?
Reporter: It’s OK, Mr. Former President. I brought you to the year 2009 in order to ask you some questions. I want to know more about how you came up with the many ideas instilled within the U.S Constitution.
JM: Egads! The year 2009? And my precious Constitution is still around? Glory to the high heavens, it really did work after all! Alright, my good sir, I will answer your questions. However, you must whisk me back to 1789 when this is over. My dear wife Dolley will be serving dinner shortly.
Reporter: Mr. Madison, news has it that a second Constitution had to be written. Is this correct?
JM: Yes, it is absolutely correct.
Reporter: May I ask why?
JM: It is quite simple. We need to restructure both the federal and state governments so that Americans can have faith in it. Right now, the federal part is much too weak. There needs to be some sort of balance otherwise, the whole system will collapse.
Reporter: I see your point. I also want to bring up the fact that you are favoring a 3 branch system. Why three branches? Why not just one?
JM: Again, this goes back to what I was talking about before. People need to trust our government. Can we trust a government with merely one person in charge? Perhaps. But what will happen when that person leaves office? People aren’t perfect and somewhere down the line, there will be someone in charge who will be unfair and corrupt to our nation. if With a three branch system, you almost eliminate the fact that one branch will dominate. They’re all equal and each branch has the power to check on the other branches.
Reporter: How did you get all the representatives and delegates at the Constitutional Convention to be on board with this? I'm pretty sure there were many who opposed your ideas..
JM: Excellent question! I wrote a document called The Federalist Papers which convinced the states to support the new Constitution. I also included something called a Bill of Rights so that individuals would know their rights are..well, their rights and can never be taken away. We also committed ourselves to all sorts of compromises at the Constitutional Conevntion.....
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