Founding Fathers Trading Cards Project

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Founding Fathers Trading Cards Project
You will create a trading card (like a baseball card) describing one of America’s Founding
Fathers. You will be given a blank index card to use for this project. Assignment is due in class
on ____________________________ and is worth ______ pts.
Please circle or underline the person you are assigned.
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Paul
Revere, Samuel Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, John Jay, William Paterson, Patrick
Henry, John Hancock, Aaron Burr.
Information you need from the Internet:
Back:
1. Date of birth
2. Date of death
3. Place of birth
4. Political Party
5. Occupation (what did they do, ex: President, Vice-President, Member of Congress,
Cabinet Secretary, etc)
6. Role during founding of America (Revolutionary War, Continental Congress,
Constitutional Convention, Presidential Administration, etc)
7. Interesting fact or quote
8. Source (from internet)
Front:
1. Photo of the person no larger than an index card (4x6)
2. Photo the colonial flag
3. Political Party
Use the Internet, your notes and the textbook to research this project. You must cite any source
from the internet (list the web site address)
Example of how your card will look:
George Washington
Name
Picture
Front
Flags
Federalist
Party
Name of founding father
-DOB:
-DOD:
-POB:
-Political Party
-Occupation:
-Role in founding of
America:
-Fact/Quote:
-Source:
Back
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