Founding Father’s Farcebook Project
Essential Question: How can a single leader help shape the formation of a long lasting republic?
Our goal is to highlight the human side of our founding fathers, the important issues of the time,
and the perspectives that came together to create a strong working government for a diverse
and ever changing country.
The project with consist of:
-Researching a particular founding father
-Recording information on a graphic organizer
-Then, completing a “Farcebook Poster” that will be displayed in our hallway
The research and recording of information will take place in class during for Jan. 2nd, 3rd, 6th , and
7th. At which time, the project will primarily become a long term project to be completed during
flexes and for homework which will be due Thursday, January 16th
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A 5 point check point for a completed organizer will be on Friday, January 10th
Information Organizer
Founding Father’s Name: ________________________________
Networks: Where they’re from / Schools or Universities attended
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Birthday or year of their birth
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Work Info:
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Causes: What they think are important for this government
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Quotations:
1.
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2.
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Important Things about your person: Such as…
(You should find at least one of the three categories below - it would probably be more important that your information
be about how this leader helped our country develop rather than telling us if they liked tea or not… )
Possible topics to look into:
-Views on slavery: Or generalize his view based on the state’s overall view on slavery.
-Groups: Any Revolutionary or American shaping group that they were involved in.
-Friends –-- Names of 2 – 4 people that this person associated with and why
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2. _________________________________________________________
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3. _________________________________________________________
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Central Theme for your person---What was their most important issue or achievement?
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Views towards the Constitution – State’s to having more power verses strong
National government?
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Creative Farcebook Posts! (Your own historical fiction…) Relevant (yet, fictional) Posts from
other delegates or Revolutionary people (Can’t be “Hey what’s up?” Need to be about history but fun- Can
be friendly or criticizing)
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Sources: Must include at least one solid research source
from a respected and trusted source of information…
(That is not our handout, our book, Wikipedia, or any quick answer websites)
*Can be a book from the library or scholarly online source
List as much of the following information for your sources as you can find: (author,
copyright date, title, page number (if applicable), Publisher (if applicable), web
address (if applicable)
Respected source:
4. _________________________________________________________
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Other sources:
5. _________________________________________________________
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6. _________________________________________________________
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Farcebook Project Scoring Guide:
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/10 points
Research and Organizer complete (This includes a trusted
research source that has the required source information)
Required Information on the poster:
_____/1 Name in appropriate places on the page
_____/1 Networks: Where they’re from / Schools or Universities attended
_____/1 Birthday or year of their birth
_____/1 Work Info
_____/2 Causes: What they think are important for this government
_____/2 Quotation(s):
_____/3 Important Things about your person: Such as…
(You should find at least one of the three categories below - it would probably be more important that your information
be about how this leader helped our country develop rather than telling us if they liked tea or not… )
-Views on slavery: Or generalize his view based on the state’s overall view on slavery.
-Groups: Any Revolutionary or American shaping group that they were involved in.
-Friends –-- Names of 2 – 4 people that this person associated with and why
_____/5 Central Theme for your person---What was their most important issue or
achievement? How did this leader help shape the formation of our new republic?
Should carry through on at least three different parts of the poster
______/3 Views towards the Constitution – Explain in detail your leader’s stance
towards the constitution (State’s to have power verses strong National government?)
_____/3 Creative Farcebook Posts! (Your own historical fiction…) Relevant Posts
from other delegates or Revolutionary people (Can’t be “hey what’s up?” Need to be
about history- Can be friendly or criticizing)
Poster Design and Neatness:
_____/2 Added several colors and design elements as accents- visually appealing
_____/2 Organized / Neatness / Easily Read
_____/2 Profile Picture (1 point for cutting out a black and white, or 2 points for a color print out, or
5 points (3 points extra credit) for a hand drawn picture that shows a lot of effort and pride)
Total: ______/38