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Revolutionary War Diorama

Your task is to create a diorama that portrays an important event from the Revolutionary War. You will create a background, and represent the people who are part of your scene. Your diorama should be detailed and accurately represent an event that played an important role during the Revolutionary War. You may create an idea on your own, or use one of the following: After you create your diorama, you will need to write a small paragraph explaining your event, and why it is significant to the Revolutionary War. This must be completed on an index card, and it can be typed or hand written. __Please plan your paragraph accordingly so it does not exceed one index card__. Glue your index card on the top of your diorama. You will then present it to the class. Please take your time and put your best effort into this project! Be creative and show what you have learned! **__ All projects are due on Thursday, January 17th __** **__Famous American Speech and Project __**
 * Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech
 * George Washington and the Continental Army
 * Thomas Jefferson drafting the Declaration of Independence
 * The Boston Tea Party
 * The ride of Jack Jouett
 * The Battle of Great Bridge
 * Victory at Yorktown



During the next few weeks, the students will research a famous American to go along with our social studies unit. During February and the beginning of March, the students will be required to present a speech, for 2-4 minutes, on their famous person, using note cards prepared after their research has been completed. In addition to the speech, each student will create a portrait that reflects interesting facts about their famous person. These will be due on their assigned speech day. See the schedule on the reverse side of this sheet.

As we get closer to speech week, please make sure your child practices, stays within the guidelines of 2-4 minutes, and is prepared by the assigned date! Students should have __note cards__ to help them organize their facts (just bulleted names, facts, dates, etc.), and should not simply be “reading” the research that they worked on in class!

Finding other resources such as public library books or facts and pictures on the Internet will help them present an interesting speech. Surprise us with something we don’t already know!!

Name:

Famous American:

Parent Signature: (please read reverse side very carefully) _

Famous Americans Speech – Assignment Due Dates


 * __Week 1 __** – (1/22-2/1) Students will be assigned a famous person to research. We will look for resources here at school and on the internet if needed. Students are to use these resources to complete their research sheet, provided by the teacher.


 * __Week 2 __** – (2/4-2/8) Students should bring home their research sheet to share. **__This needs to be returned to school each day__!!** Please help them find more resources to use for their speeches. Students should start creating note cards with **__bulleted facts__** about their person. This will be started in class, and completed at home. Students will be provided with note cards. **__Do not__** let them simply **__copy their research sheets onto the note cards__**. We will also discuss this at length in class. This is the time to add some amazing facts that will make their speeches interesting! **__Note cards will be due for checking on Friday, 2/8 __****. **


 * __Week 3 __** – (2/11-2/15) Students draft their essays in class using their research sheet. They will go through of all steps of the writing process to complete a 5-paragraph essay about their famous person. This should take about 3 weeks. All essay writing will be done in school, and will not be taken home at any time. At home, the students should practice their speech each day and create a portrait of their person on a large piece of construction paper (provided by the teacher). Should the paper be misplaced, it is the student’s responsibility to find another sheet just like it. **__Please do not simply cut out pictures from the internet__**. This should be a **student-generated picture** of the assigned person with a setting or background that will help us remember that person (i.e. - George Washington may be sitting on a horse in uniform to help us remember that he was in the Revolutionary War). These portraits are due on the day of the speech. See schedule below.


 * __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Week 4 __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> – (2/19-2/22) Practice your speech at home every day. It should be between 2 and 4 minutes! (No less than 2, no more than 4!)


 * __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Week 5 __**__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">–(2/25-3/1) – **Speech Week**! __


 * __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Speech Schedule __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">: You **__must__** be prepared with all of the materials you need for your speech on the day you are scheduled to present. There are no exceptions!

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Monday, 2/25-

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tuesday, 2/26-

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Wednesday, 2/27-

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Thursday, 2/28-

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Friday, 3/1-