This document provides instructions for students to write a 140-letter tweet summarizing a historical person, place, or event. Students are told that Twitter allows sending short messages to followers and that tweets have a 140-character limit, including only letters. For this assignment, punctuation and symbols don't count toward the limit. Abbreviations are permitted if the tweet remains readable. Students should practice summarization skills by focusing on what's important in their tweet about a significant figure or occurrence from history.

1. Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ____________<br />HISTORICAL TWEETS! In case you are not familiar with Twitter, it is an online service that allows you send messages to people who subscribe to you. Many celebrities and athletes communicate with their fans in this manner.<br />The messages are known as tweets. They have a limit of 140 characters – letters, symbols and punctuation marks. For purposes of this assignment, we will take the limit to be 140 letters, not symbols or punctuation.<br />You may use common text message abbreviations, but remember, they must be readable by your average teacher. (Like me) <br />What goes in the tweet? What is important! Practice your skills in summarizing by writing a tweet about a historical person place or event.<br />Remember – you have 140 letters to announce your discovery. Use as many as you can but don’t go over 140! <br />