1. What YOU want to know about American History! Independence! Created Just for You by Sibyl Minighini

2. Ye Olde Table of Contents: This sounds fun! Wait, what are we doing again? You are getting a chance to dive into American history to find out answers to YOUR burning questions! How am I going to do this? Hey, you’re making us do work, arent’ you? Yes. But fun work! You are going to create a question about life back during the Revolutionary War and find a website or websites to answer the question. Step 1. Create a question and ok it with Ms. M. Step 2. Explore historical research websites and 3. Answer it!

3. Timelines and Due Dates I knew you were going to make us work. When is stuff due? Create a question by September 15, 2010. You are free to come up with a question that can be researched on your own, but you can always ask for help if you need it. Find a question that you really want the answer to! This is supposed to be fun, remember? Explore historical research websites which will be discussed in class. Maybe find some of your own. Show me at least 3 by September 25, 2010. Start researching your question on these sites by October 1, 2010. Depending on your question, there might be a lot or a little out there.

4. But Hark…There is More! You should have enough information to answer your question by October 10, 2010. While we are finding out answers to our burning questions, we will also do an American-history themed math lesson , world history, and even a P.E. lesson! Be ready to turn in your answer by October 15, 2010. I am a resource, as well as your classmates. No question is silly. ALWAYS ASK WHEN YOU ARE STUCK!!! And here are the rubrics…

5. What is Ms. M Looking for? Quality and Depth of Your Question: 4 = You love your question and it is highly researchable 3= You like your question and it is pretty easily researched 2= You picked a question and it can be researched 1= You could not pick a question Quality of Your Research: 4 = You picked 4+ relevant electronic resources to research 3= You picked 3 resources that address your question 2= You picked 2 resources that partially address question 1= You picked 1 resource that does not specifically answer question

6. What Else is ms. M. looking for? Your Answer to Your Question (Powerpoint presentation): 4= You gave 4+ pieces of information in a well-organized, 5 minute Powerpoint explaining how you came up with your question and your research process 3=As above; you gave 3 pieces of information 2= You gave 2 pieces of information in a 3-5 minute well-organized Powerpoint explaining how you got your question 1= You gave 1 or no pieces of information in a badly organized Powerpoint presentation under 3 minutes long. Each criterion is weighted equally (33% for all 3 = 100%) AND ABOVE ALL…HAVE FUN!!!

7. What could be… How did they keep their hats on? What where some of the weapons colonists used? What were some of their favorite snacks? And on…