1112+Events+Leading+to+the+American+Revolution

=Events Leading to the American Revolution= Please create a page for your topic and embed your topic there. Create a link on this page below the rubric to your page. Make sure the name of the page name begins with "1112" to indicate the school year.

Rubric
Due Date: Monday, November 18, 2011 Assignment: Students have chosen topics (people, places, events) that are significant in the American Colonies during the 1760’s and 1770’s. Use a web 2.0 tool that can be embedded on our class wiki and teach others about your topic. Be sure to explain why your topic is important to American history. Scoring (100 points total):
 * Part 1 – Use of technology (35 points): Student has demonstrated an understanding of how to use the web 2.0 tool they have chosen, and has successfully embedded the finished project onto the class wiki on the appropriate page. The student has chosen a tool and used it in a way that is appropriate to the content they are trying to teach. Any information given is grammatically correct.
 * Part 2 – Content (55 points): The student has successfully explained all of the ways that his/her topic is significant in American History. If there is debate among historians on the topic, both sides of the debate are given. The information is unbiased and comes from reliable sources.
 * Part 3 – References (10 points): Any sources that are used are sited within the project or on the wiki where the project is embedded.

Links to Topics
Sugar Act Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts Patrick Henry __Continental Congress__ __Crispus Attucks__ Samuel Adams __John Hancock__ James Otis Jr French & Indian War Loyalists Sybil Ludington Sons of Liberty Stamp Act Benjamin Franklin Committees of Corespondence Boston Massacre Shot heard around the world King George III

Paul Revere