Newspaper Title
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|American Revolution Newspaper |
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|Task |
|The American Revolution was a difficult time in American history. Colonists fought against their own government to secure independence in order to |
|create the United States of America. Your task will be to design a newspaper that highlights several important aspects of the American Revolution. Your|
|stories should be based on facts from researching this time period. |
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|Process |
|Review the criteria for each section below and write a story for your newspaper after researching the various topics. Your stories will be entered into |
|the newspaper template provided. |
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|Revolutionary War Battle Story |
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|Choose one of the major battles of the Revolutionary War and write a summary that includes: |
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|answers to the 5 "W" questions (who, what, why, when, where) |
|a description of the action |
|key participants from the American and British side |
|date and specific location of the battle |
|which side won the battle |
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|Locate a photo and write a caption that will describe the battle. |
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|Suggested battles: |
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|Lexington |
|Concord |
|Fort Ticonderoga |
|Bunker Hill |
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|Long Island |
|Trenton |
|Princeton |
|Brandywine |
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|Saratoga |
|Monmouth |
|Savannah |
| Yorktown |
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|Revolutionary War Leader Story |
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|Choose one of the leaders of the Revolutionary War and write a summary that includes: |
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|• which side the leader supported |
|• a summary of their major accomplishments |
|• a description of how their life ended |
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|Locate a photo and write a caption that will describe the leader. |
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|Suggested Leaders: |
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|George Washington |
|Joseph Martin |
|John Burgoyne |
|Edward Braddock |
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|Benedict Arnold |
|Charles Cornwallis |
|King George III |
|Samuel Adams |
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|Nathaniel Greene |
|Ethan Allen |
|Thomas Jefferson |
|John Paul Jones |
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|Unsung Hero Story |
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|Choose a group or an individual that played a key role during the American Revolution that may not have received the attention they deserved. Describe |
|the key people that were involved and any accomplishments they are remembered for. |
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|Suggested topics: |
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|Women |
|Native Americans |
|African Americans |
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|Revolutionary War Facts |
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|Based on your research, choose ten facts about the war that you think others may learn from and find very interesting. Your facts should be written in |
|complete sentences and provide specific details that carefully describe your selection. |
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|Revolutionary War Quotations |
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|Choose two quotations and their authors that will be remembered during the American Revolution. |
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|Free Choice Option |
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|Choose one topic of your choice to research. You may choose to write a summary of your topic or include a photo with a caption to describe your topic. |
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|Suggested topics: |
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|music |
|uniforms |
|flags |
|weapons |
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|American Revolution Newspaper Evaluation |
|Revolutionary War Battle Story |
|20 points |
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|answers the 5 "W" questions |
|(who, what, why, when, where) |
|includes a description of the action |
|includes key participants from the American and British side |
|includes date and specific location of the battle |
|includes which side won the battle |
|uses correct grammar and spelling |
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|Revolutionary War Leader Story |
|20 points |
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|includes which side the leader supported |
|includes a summary of their major accomplishments |
|describes how their life ended |
|uses correct grammar and spelling |
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|Revolutionary War Unsung Hero Story |
|20 points |
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|includes a description of the accomplishments of an individual or a group that did not have a major role during the war |
|uses correct grammar and spelling |
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|Revolutionary War Facts |
|20 points |
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|includes ten complete sentences that provide specific details about events that happened during this time period |
|uses correct grammar and spelling |
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|Revolutionary War Quotations |
|5 points |
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|includes two appropriate quotations and their authors |
|uses correct grammar and spelling |
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|Photos and Captions |
|5 points |
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|photos and captions enhance the news story |
|uses correct grammar and spelling |
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|Free Choice Option |
|10 points |
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|includes a summary of a topic or a photo with a caption describing the topic |
|uses correct grammar and spelling |
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|Total Score |
|100 points |
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|Conclusion |
|Congratulations, your published newspaper has provided the colonists information about a variety of events that occurred during the American Revolution. |
|The events you detailed provide the highlights of a very important time in American history. In addition, you have strengthened your research, |
|writing, and technology skills. |
|American Revolution Newspapers |
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|SAMPLE TITLES |
|Back to the Past |Wars Newest News |The Revolution Chronicles |
|Daily Rebel News |Freedom Times |The Colonial Times |
|Colonial Chronicle |News from |Colonial Chronicles |
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|The American Star |War Post |The Rebel Post |
|The American Press |The Rebel Register |Daily News on the |
| | |Revolutionary War |
|Quick News About the War |The Revolutionary War |The War Tribune |
| |Daily News | |
|The Revolutionary War Update |Check Out the Past |Revolutionary News |
|Independence Times |The New England Times |The Colonial Times |
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|Insert war battle scene photo here |Insert your story here about a |
| |Revolutionary War Battle |
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|Insert war battle scene caption here | |
|Insert famous Revolutionary War quotation and author here |
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|Insert 10 interesting facts about the Revolutionary War here |Insert your free choice |
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|Insert leader |Insert your story here about a |
|photo here |Revolutionary War leader |
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|Insert leader photo caption here | |
|Insert famous Revolutionary War quotation and author here |
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|Insert your story here about the role women, Native Americans ,or African Americans played during the Revolutionary War |
|The Revolutionary War Daily News |
| |Battle of Bunker Hill Takes Place |
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| |In the mid 1700’s a big event took place. Americans were small because they didn’t have a |
| |lot of men unlike the British. One of the wars took place on Breeds Hill. That battle was |
| |called the Battle of Bunker Hill. Strange thing that they didn’t call it Battle of Breeds |
| |Hill. The Battle of Bunker Hill was a very important situation. It also had many important|
| |events like the patriot troops bypassed through Bunker Hill and they fortified Breeds Hill. |
| |There were also many famous people that were in the war, like George Washington, William |
| |Prescott, and General Thomas Gage. Still with all of the confusion going on all of this had|
| |to do with the Battle of Bunker Hill. |
|This is a picture of the British troops marching on Breeds Hill. | |
|“You and I were long friends: you are my enemy, and I am yours.” Benjamin Franklin |
|Why Couldn’t Women Fight |What Did the Soldiers Wear? |
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|In the Revolutionary War women were not able to fight. Who knows why? There were very many |The Revolutionary War soldiers wore uniforms that are very |
|women in the Revolutionary War. They were back at the tents getting water from the wells, and|unique. The British for instance were called, the Red Coats. |
|making food. There are some women that are married to the some of the men in the war. Like |They wore red coats that were red. They were very thick and |
|Mrs. Benedict Arnold and Abigail Adams. There were also just women from the American side |heavy. For example, if it rained their coats would get so heavy |
|that just helped. They may not have even known those men. Like Molly Pitcher, Molly |it would weigh about thirty pounds. The Americans just were |
|McCauley, Anna Smith, Catherine Moore Barry, Margaret Corbird, Nancy Hart, and Rebecca Motte. |ordinary; they wore their plain, old, dirty clothes. If any men |
|All of the women just gave up their own sake and said, “I am going to help the men that are at|had fancy nice uniforms, definitely, ya they would wear their |
|war.” Did they have a choice, yes? If they wanted they wanted to help them did they, yes? |uniforms. The Americans were in luck if they wore their ordinary |
|But they were still ordinary women. |clothes, because you couldn’t really see them when they hide in |
| |the trees or in the bushes or even just hiding behind a bush or |
| |tree. Unlike the British, they stuck out like a humongous sore |
| |thumb with their red coats, because they marched in a big long |
| |line. But all of their uniforms even their ordinary clothes they|
| |were still unique. |
| |George Washington Goes to History |
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| |George Washington was a very loyal man. Most of the Americans trusted George Washington. They all thought |
| |that he was a man that they could depend on as their Revolutionary War Leader. He became their leader, and |
| |was a good one too. He served them right and was able to be their leader for almost the whole war. George |
| |Washington was not just their leader he was their chief. He served his men the right way that a chief should.|
| |George Washington was born in the year of 1775 in February on the twenty-second. He became an official |
| |president in the year of 1789-1797. He gave everyone a strong uniting force for the new nation. George |
| |treated his troops with respect and he had a lot of responsibility. He served to whole country with respect. |
| |The people in the country missed him very much with his death on the fourteenth of December, in the year of |
| |1799. George Washington was only sixty-seven a very young man to have death. A lot of the people in his |
| |country missed him very much with all of the hard work that he has done for them. |
|This is a picture of George Washington putting | |
|his arm out to his desk and is holding the sword | |
|of surrender. | |
| “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” Benjamin Franklin |
|Bright Revolutionary War Facts |
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|The British side of the war wore red uniforms and everyone called them the red coats or the regulars. |
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|The American side of the war wore their ordinary clothing or if they had a uniform they would wear it but mostly they wore their plain old filthy clothes. |
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|The Americans lost over two thousand men in the war together, that’s a lot of men. |
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|George Washington was the American leader, became chief, and became president. |
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|Over five hundred Americans have gotten captured during the whole entire war. |
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|The Revolutionary War took place in the 1700’s. |
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|The British won very many of the wars against the Americans. |
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|Women took place and helped the men by getting water from wells. |
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|The Battle of Bunker Hill was a very important situation for all of the famous people. |
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|George Washington was a man that the Americans could trust as being their leader. |
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