American+Revolution

__ American Revolution __
Fourth Graders for this project you are going to combine several tasks to show understanding of the American Revolution. This year you are responsible for learning that the 13 colonies came together around a common cause of liberty and justice, uniting to fight for independence from the British. Below you will work with several different technology tools to show mastery of the material. Before starting download the table below and start the KWL Chart. KWL Chart


 * Wordle.net

For those of you that have never used Wordle it is a way to show creativity to make a word cloud. A word cloud allows you to mention key words that relate to a given subject and in our case The American Revolution. This project should include the following things:
 * Cities that played a role leading up to the revolution, places battles happened, and any other important cities. (Minimum 4)
 * Important people that were involved on either side of the war. (Minimum 5)
 * Key vocabulary from the chapter (Minimum 8)
 * The words that you feel are important need to be put in more times
 * Change the colors to red, white, and blue
 * Visit my sample by clicking here

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**__Google Maps__**

Students will be responsible for marking the battles below and writing a two sentence summary of each event. The event needs to include important details and must include the date that this event occurred. All events need to be pinned on the map and can be located below:

· Boston Tea Party · Independence Hall signing of the Declaration of Independence · Battle of Yorktown · Battle of Bunker Hill · Battle of Saratoga · Winter at Valley Forge · Lexington and Concord (Shot Heard Round the World) **__Prezi__**
 * Check out a sample on bottom of the page ||

For the second part of the assignment the students will watch the School House Rock Video called, “The Shot Heard Round the World.” After watching the video they will put the events below in order and create a Prezi. (Sample)

Shot Heard Round the World

· Boston Tea Party (Start)· Arsenal at Concord seized · Chased British back to Boston · Famous Battle of Bunker Hill · Stayed the winter in Valley Forge · France & Spain help the colonists · Defeat the British at Yorktown · Sign the Treaty of Paris (End)

Assessment

Once you have completed all of your assignments please go to the class discussion board on Schoology labeled American Revolution Discussion. Please follow the guideline below to link all of your assignments in this discussion board and grade yourself on a scale of 1-10 and explain why. __**Example**__ KWL Chart: []

Wordle: []

Google Maps: American Revolution.kmz

Prezi: []


 * __ Important Documents __**