GOLD
SEAL
LESSON
Revolutionary War Fantasy Draft
Subject(s)
Rigor/Relevance
Social Studies,
English Language Arts Framework
Grade Level
7-12
Instructional
Focus
Student
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Performance
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Application
Reading
Students read a variety of grade level materials, applying strategies
appropriate to various situations
Writing
Students write for a variety of purposes and audiences with
sophistication and complexity appropriate to the grade level.
Language Arts Integration
Students synthesize individual language arts skills.
Turning Points
Students examine the significance of multiple causation and effects of
major events in world history.
Patterns of Change
Students recognize patterns of social, political and economic change in
the course of human history.
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
 Analyze the key players of Revolutionary War
 Compare and contrast events, people, and outcomes of
Revolutionary War
 Create a persuasive essay describing what five people you
would pick to run your country during Revolutionary War
 Produce a PowerPoint presentation about the three people they
picked.
Overview
Students will be given the task of selecting three key people from
Revolutionary War to create their “fantasy team”. Students will select
the three people they think would be the best to represent their country
during the Revolutionary period. Students will create a PowerPoint
presentation and a persuasive essay about the three people they
selected.
Description
1. Students will be in charge of selecting three people from the
Revolutionary Warr timeframe to run their country. (Note:
Teacher may either give them a list to select from or students
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Essential
Skills
Scoring Guide
may pick them on their own.
2. Students, using a variety of resources, will research the three
people they selected to run their country during the
Revolutionary War time frame.
3. Once all of the research has been compiled students will create
a PowerPoint presentation about their three people. In the
presentation, each person selected will have their own
biography slide: depicting why he or she was important, key
accomplishments toward the war, and why they were selected.
4. Students will present their presentations to the class and
describe why their three selections are the most important.
5. Upon completion of the presentations, students will write a
persuasive essay describing the three most important people of
Revolutionary War. They will include if their three people are
the most important, other people they would have liked to
selected, and how they felt their research and presentation
went.
SS12 Describe the impacts of revolution and reform on the world
economy from the early 20th century through today and
explain the causes and global consequences of local, regional,
and global wars.
SS14 Compare and contrast U.S. foreign and domestic governmental
policies to those of other nations and describe how this affects
how nations interact with each other.
SS23 Describe significant people, events, problems, and ideas that
were instrumental in creating the history of your state.
SS31 Identify connections between particular historical events and
larger social, economic, and political trends and developments.
SS48 Interpret past events and issues within the context in which an
event unfolded rather than solely in terms of present-day
norms and values.
E1
Apply writing rules and conventions (grammar, usage,
punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling).
E7
Research information from a variety of sources and draft a
well-organized, accurate, and informative report or essay that
engages an audience and addresses its needs.
E8
Prepare and deliver individual speeches that address the needs
of the target audience by gathering information, rehearsing,
making eye contact, speaking loudly enough, and delivering
information in a well-organized fashion.
E22
Use a variety of organizational formats (compare/contrast,
cause/effect, inductive/deductive, most important to least
important, and least important to most important) that support
the purpose of a writing activity.
E23
Create a connection to a text by understanding the personal,
social, cultural, and historical significance of it.
See Below
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Scoring Guide
Rate student performance on each item using the following
method:
4 Points: The student demonstrates a high-degree of
understanding and knowledge of the subject.
3 Points: The student demonstrates a moderate understanding
and knowledge of the subject.
2 Points: The student demonstrates a slight understanding and
knowledge of the subject.
1 Point: The student demonstrates a minimal understanding
and knowledge of the subject with errors in facts.
Rating (Circle 1)
Item
Student has all of the number of
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slides required.
Student has followed the format
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for all slides.
Each slide has a reason why the
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person was selected.
Student makes appropriate eye
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contact and voice level.
The presentation was well
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designed.
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Attachments/Resources
Fantasy Revolutionary War Draft
Directions:
You will pick 3 of the people listed below. For each person you pick you must
write a short biography about that person. You should include when they were
born/died, important accomplishments in their life, why they were important
during the Revolutionary War, what did they contribute to their side, and rank
them in order of importance (1-3). After you have completed your research you
will make a PowerPoint presentation and present it to the class. Based on the
people you pick I will assign a ranking 1-10 to your person. The student with the
highest score at the end will win the Fantasy Revolutionary War Draft!!
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Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Nathanael Greene
Salem Poor
John Paul Jones
John Adams
Haym Salomon
Thomas Paine
Betsy Ross
General Charles Cornwallis
Francis Marion
Mary Hays McCauly
Paul Revere
Benedict Arnold
Thomas Jefferson
John Hanncock
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Adams
Richard Henry Lee
Patrick Henry
William Prescott
William Dawes
Ethan Allen
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