The Revolutionaries: Fakebook Page Project
Objective: Scholars will examine the life, accomplishments and impact of key people, ideas and inventions of
revolutionaries from the Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, and Industrial Revolution.
Mission: Scholars will perform comprehensive research and investigation to create a “Fakebook” page for an
assigned revolutionary in history that gives a thorough description of their life, accomplishments, and impact.
Fakebook page must include the following:
1. BIO STATUS:
a. Basic Biography Information: Who, What, When, Where (life, education, family, etc)
Scholars tell about birth/death years, family, education, early life, etc
2. WHO AM I: This should be the most detailed section of your fake book page
a. Accomplishments/ Impact on History: scholars tell about ALL accomplishments of the
person, the impact of their person, and what revolution their person was a part of
influencing
b. Answer the Question: Why are they famous?
3. FRIEND REQUESTS: (5 Friends)
a. What other notable people would this person be “friends” with?
b. Did they work with anyone? Did anyone influence their life/career?
c. Who could they have been enemies with?
4. STATUS UPDATES: Think of at least 5 status updates that would relate to this person.
a. These could be major events in their life – Good and Bad.
5. LIKES AND DISLIKES: (5)
a. What other inventions or theories might your person have agreed with?
b. MUST BE REALISTIC TO THE TIME PERIOD! Find out what was happening during the
revolution they were a part of and reflect on how they would view the world around them.
6. PROFILE PICTURE:
a. Drawn picture of significant impact , person, or theory (innovation)
Fakebook page MUST be:
1. Neat, organized and labeled – show planning and organization of page
2. Colorful and appealing
Investigating: Recommended Resources for Information
1. www.discoveryeducation.com
(Student login= student id #_cms
Password= student id#)
START WITH Our Techbook b/c it provides good information on a majority of the revolutionaries
2. www.biography.com
3. http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm
4. http://www.ducksters.com/biography/
RUBRIC - Scholars will be Graded on the Following:
Achievement
Level
0
1-2
Investigating (Criterion B)
Knowing and Understanding
Communication (Criterion D)
(Criterion A)
The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below.
~ Scholar makes a limited
Scholar demonstrates basic
Fakebook page tries in a limited
attempt to follow a plan to
knowledge and understanding of
way to communicate
investigate the assigned
their person’s biography,
information.
revolutionary
accomplishments and impact
Evidence of “copy and paste”
~ Scholar cites limited
through some descriptions,
methods of information are seen
evidence
explanations and examples.
throughout page.
~ Collects and records limited
Fakebook page has limited
information about their
organization that makes the
assigned revolutionary.
information displayed confusing
~ Scholar make a limited
to those reading it.
attempt to address required
information about their
revolutionary
3-4
~ Scholar has an adequate
action plan to follow and
investigate the assigned
revolutionary
~ Scholar cites some evidence
~ Collects and records
adequate information about
their assigned revolutionary.
~Scholar partially addresses
required information about
their revolutionary
Scholar demonstrates simple
knowledge and understanding of
their person’s biography,
accomplishments and impact
through simple descriptions,
explanations and examples.
Fakebook page uses information
that is somewhat understood
by peers.
It is somewhat attractive and
organized to make the
information understandable.
5-6
~ Scholar has a clear and
focused action plan that
satisfactorily investigates the
assigned revolutionary
~ Scholar cites most evidence
and uses methods accurately to
collect and record appropriate
and varied information about
their assigned revolutionary.
~Scholar effectively addresses
required information about
their revolutionary
Scholar demonstrates good
knowledge and understanding of
their person’s biography,
accomplishments and impact
through descriptions,
explanations and examples.
Fakebook page uses appropriate
information that is mostly
understood by peers.
It is attractive and organized to
enhance comprehension by
peers.
7-8
Scholar has a clear and focused
action plan that effectively
investigates the assigned
revolutionary
Scholar cites evidence and uses
methods accurately to collect
and record appropriate and
varied information about their
assigned revolutionary.
Scholar effectively addresses
ALL required information
about their revolutionary
Scholar demonstrates detailed
knowledge and understanding of
their person’s biography,
accomplishments and impact
through thorough descriptions,
explanations and examples.
Fakebook page uses appropriate
information that is easily
understood by peers.
It is attractive, organized and
labeled to enhance
comprehension by peers.
List of Revolutionaries - People
A. Scientific Revolution
a. Bacon
b. Copernicus
c. Descartes
d. Galileo
e. Kepler
f. Newton
g. Andreas Vesalius
B. Enlightenment
a. Hobbes
b. Locke
c. Montesquieu
C. Industrial Revolution
a. James Watt
b. Eli Whitney
c. James Hargreaves
d. Henry Bessemer
e. Samuel Morse
f. Robert Fulton