Name:_______________________________
Class Period:________________________
Due Date: Friday, Nov. 20 th , during your class period. Please turn in each document stapled in the order of the Grading Rubric below.
Due date: Upload Narrative to Turnitin Friday, Nov. 20 th no later than 3:00
PM.
Grading Rubric:
15 points – Questions from Primary Documents
15 points – Secondary Sources Research
15 points – Newspaper Analysis Worksheet
15 points – Fold3 Analysis Worksheet
40 points – Narrative (including Turnitin submission)
Skills: Students will practice the craft of history by examining both primary and secondary sources while researching service records and political cartoons of the
American Revolution.
Objectives : Students are introduced to the concept of primary and secondary sources; students will analyze records and scenarios and form conclusions and reflections on the assignment
Key Questions
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From these documents, what impressions do you gain about the relationship the colonists at the outbreak of the revolution?
Between 1763 and 1775, what changed many Americans from loyal
British subjects to rebellious Patriots?
Why did many Americans remain loyal to Great Britain and/or oppose participation in the rebellion?

Instructions:
Step 1: Questions from Primary Documents
Use the primary documents located on the web page and answer the questions for each section (Pacifists, Loyalists, & Patriots). You do not have to read the entire documents; selections from the different collections that will help you answer the questions are fine.
Step 2: Secondary Sources Research
Use the Research Notes Worksheet and the selected resources on the assignment web page to gather background information for your narrative. Be sure to include detailed notes that will assist you in developing well-written paragraphs. NO COPYING/PASTING OF NOTES IS ALLOWED! You should bullet or number your notes and paraphrase what you find out in your own words.
Step 3: Using Ancestry for Primary Research
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Newspaper Analysis Worksheet
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Fold3 Analysis Worksheet
Follow the instructions on the assignment web page to analyze both an historical newspaper article and one military service record from the American
Revolutionary time period. YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS ANCESTRY FROM ON
CAMPUS SO MAKE GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME!
Step 4: Narrative
You will write an original narrative about the theme of this research: patriots, loyalists, and pacifists in the American Revolution. You will need to use the notes from both secondary and primary sources you used, along with your reflection on the “craft of history” and your experience analyzing an historical time period.
Your narrative should include the following
 Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font, size 12, 3-5 pages in length.

 Student reflected on primary and secondary resources and was able to distinguish between the two. Student used the research articles, documents, and/or websites they located as part of their research to identify each as primary or secondary sources.
 Address the key questions of this project in your narrative.
 Your narrative should summarize the beliefs and struggles of the 3 roles researched, and include any personal aspects about the war that they gathered from the use of primary resources.
 The student was able to reflect on their experiences during the research process, including any frustrations and difficulties searching for and analyzing primary documents. Student should now have an entry-level understanding of the methods used by historians to find the truth.
 A list of all the resources you used at the end of the document, separated by primary and secondary. For primary resources located on the web page or in Ancestry, simply copy/paste the urls provided to you. For secondary sources, you must copy/paste the MLA citation from the actual article.
Instructions for Turnitin:
You will create your student account in the library on Friday, November
13th . After you have completed your narrative essay, go to www.turnitin.com
and upload your Word document no later than Friday, November 20 th by 3:00PM
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To submit your essay, log in with the account you created in the library
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Find your Social Studies class
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Click the “submit” button next to the assignment
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Enter a title for your paper and select the file saved on your computer, and click “upload”
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You CANNOT SUBMIT DIRECTLY FROM ONE DRIVE! You must download a pdf copy first.
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After you submitted your paper, you will receive an email confirmation
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You will be able to go online and view your plagiarism report on Nov.
20th