COLONIAL AMERICA PROJECT
All projects are due: ------
 

Storytelling
 

Dress up as one REAL PERSON from Colonial America and do a storytelling presentation where you discuss your life and accomplishments. In the case of a real person you will need to include all important biographical info, such as birth and death, accomplishments (at least 2 major accomplishments), importance in history, etc.
 

See your Write Source book ______________
 

Remember, YOU ARE that Person, so your story should be told from your point of view:

“I was born in Colonial Virginia ________.”
 

You will turn in the following:
1. A line diagram “Time Line” of your Colonial American Historical Figures and events. How they overlap with world events at the time.

2. Gathering Details the 5 W’s and H questions. Notes and Resources

3. Organizing your details & Story Timeline
Timeline Rubric:

4. WS pg. 140 Rough Draft/Revised Draft/Final Copy
Follow the 5 Paragraph Essay Model
a. A well thought out beginning paragraph

b. 1st Middle paragraph early accomplishments

c. 2nd Middle paragraph Rise to power/fame/ prominence

d. 3rd Middle paragraph other exciting accomplishments

5. Final Paragraph
a. Bring the Story to a close
b. Final actions
c. Death
Review How to give a presentation _________________ before presenting
 

Presentation Dates:_____________
 

King George III
Gen. Thomas Gage
Charles Cornwallis
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
Martha Washington
Phillis Wheatley
Mercy Otis Warren *Daughters of Liberty
Deborah Sampson
Abigail Adams
Paul Revere
William Prescott
John Hancock
Richard Henry Lee
Benjamin Franklin
Ethan Allen
Nathan Hale
Mary Ludwig Hayes
James Armistead
Henry Knox
Friedrich von Steuben
Prince Hall
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
John Adams
James Madison
Thomas Paine
Crispus Attucks
Patrick Henry
John Parker
Nathanial Greene
Benjamin Banneker

https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/10/10-amazing-women-revolutionary-war