Challenge+Projects

Challenge Projects
To earn extra credit, work on one of the following Challenge Projects during or outside of class. If you wish to do a project other than those listed below, make sure it is related to the time period, 1763-1776. Clear any project you think up on your own with Mr. Hernandez. Be prepared to explain or demonstrate your project. Points vary according to each project.


 * SPEAKING**
 * Read a novel, biography, or autobiography relating to the 1763-1776 time period. Ask someone to interview you as you role-play the main character. Explain the origin of your views on independence.
 * Bring actual artifacts of the revolutionary period to class. Explain each to the class.
 * Use an encyclopedia or history of art to find out about colonial architecture and art. Give an illustrated talk for your class.
 * Present a class report contrasting the Declaration of Independence with the Communist Manifesto.


 * VIDEOTAPING**
 * Make a 3-4 minute video. Keep it simple. Do not try to make your story too elaborate. Show how the life of one revolutionary-era person changed because of his or her political views.


 * WRITING**
 * Compile a Who’s Who in Colonial America. Include a wide range of fields (for example, science, government, art, and literature).
 * Write an original short story set during the First Continental Congress.
 * Write about the contributions of women to the revolutionary movement.
 * Write a book report based upon a novel, biography, or autobiography from the revolutionary time period.


 * MODEL-MAKING**
 * Make a diorama of some revolutionary event.
 * Make a model of Independence Hall or another famous building of the revolutionary time period.
 * Construct a model of a ship from this historical time period.


 * SINGING**
 * Research the music of Colonial America. Perform for your class several songs and explain what they meant to Colonial Americans. (Use live or recorder accompaniment.)
 * After studying songs of the 1763-1776 time period, compose an original colonial song and sing t to the class with musical accompaniment.


 * DANCING**
 * Research early American dancing. Then stage a Minuet Ball, explaining the dancing.


 * ILLUSTRATING**
 * Make series of drawings to show the interior of a colonial home.
 * Draw a series of cartoons illustrating a certain event or satirizing a group of people during the revolutionary era.
 * Draw a map of the colonies. Include the major population centers and areas of political activity.
 * Make a time line showing the important events and developments which led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.


 * COOKING**
 * Prepare a sample colonial food for the class.