1st Quarter – Assigned Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Requirements:
Each student will select one American historical figure (see list below), and write a three-page (double spaced, typed) biography of that figure. Your essay must include the figure’s life story, major accomplishments or contributions to American history, and any obstacles he or she had to overcome. Each essay must include why you selected that figure as your topic and why you think your figure is important to American history, why he or she matters, is relevant. Your answer to this question should be about as long as your description of his/her life story.
The essay should be...
...three pages typed, double-spaced
...carefully proofread for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors by a friend, parent, or teacher (including me), and then rewritten into a final draft form (turn in only the final draft to be graded)
...well-researched, using all of the resources at your disposal, including your history textbook, class notes and discussions, the history websites found on the class website, and each other
...in your own words (with no quotations)
All essays are due in class on Tuesday, October 19th. I will be available any time, per your request, to meet with you to assist in any part of the process.
Please select an historical figure from the following list:
¨ George Washington
¨ Thomas Jefferson
¨ James Madison
¨ Benjamin Franklin
¨ Paul Revere
¨ Pocahantas
¨ Thomas Paine
¨ Crispus Attacks
¨ Samuel Adams
¨ Martha Washington
¨ John Adams
¨ The African Slave in 18th Century Colonial America
¨ Abigail Adams
¨ Alexander Hamilton
¨ Hugh Mercer
¨ The Loyalist in the Revolutionary War
¨ George Mason
¨ General John Sullivan
¨ General Henry Knox
¨ Patrick Henry
¨ The Minuteman/Continental Soldier
¨ Women in the Revolutionary War
¨ Dolly Madison
