THE PROJECT

Have you ever heard of the phrase "A picture is worth a thousand words?"

Pictures, photographs and artwork are a great way to capture important events in our own lives and throughout history. In the past, photos were difficult to capture given the amount of time needed to take them.Today we have many different tools that allow us to share visual information nearly instantaneously. LIKE MEMES :-)

For this project, you will be researching a battle that happened during the American Revolution. You will be responsible for conducting research using a variety of resources to determine...

• WHAT happened in the battle

• WHO was a part of the battle (people and groups)

• WHERE the battle took place

• WHEN the battle occurred (refer to a timeline of the war)

• WHY the battle took place (what led to it or what circumstances created it

• HOW the battle was resolved (retreat, surrender, etc.)

FINAL PROJECT

You and a group of people who researched the same battle as you will work together to create a meme that you think represents a specific moment or event in the battle. IT SHOULD BE FUNNY OR IRONIC! Here are some examples below.

VIDEO RESEARCH 

Web RESEARCH

Use the websites listed below to find ACCURATE and RELIABLE information about your battle and the people associated with it. 

Use your 5Ws + H research sheet to take notes. 

RESEARCH FOR SPECIFIC BATTLES

• Battle of Bunker Hill - make sure you watch the video!

• Winter at Valley Forge:

  • Starvation and Valley Forge

  • 10 facts Valley Forge

• Surrender at Yorktown:

  • • Battle and surrender at Yorktown

    • Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown

• Battle of Trenton

• Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Monmouth

• Battle of Brandywine

• Battle of Saratoga:

  • • History of the battle

    • Surrender of General Burgoyne

• Battle of King's Mountain

• Battle of Chancellorsville

• Battle of Germantown

• Siege of Charleston

Revolutionary War Research Sites

1. Battles of the American Revolution - https://www.battlefields.org/learn/battles  

2. AmericanRevolution.org battles info

3. World Book Student (access through Classlink)

4. Britannica (Use Ross Digital LIbrary --> Click on Power Library --> click on Britannica Kids)

5. Biographies of important people during the American Revolution - https://www.americanrevolution.com/biographies

6. Timeline of the American Revolution - https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/american-revolution-timeline 

7. American Revolution interactive museum - https://www.amrevmuseum.org/timeline/ 

EBOOKS 

1. Leaders and Generals of the American Revolution

2. The Road to War

3. Early Battles of the American Revolution

4. Final Years of the American Revolution

5. Turning Points of the American Revolution

6. Weapons of the American Revolution

7. Paul Revere Didn't Say "The British Are Coming!"

FINAL PROJECT DETAILS

You and your group will create a meme and design it to look as if someone from your battle had posted it. Think about the American Revolution as if it happened in today's modern times. How would the experience translate? Think of a way you can recreate thebattle in a style that might be shared as a posted meme today. Take a photo of 1 or more people (your group can even pose for a group shot) and then use that photo to generate a meme using https://imgflip.com/memegenerator.