Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!

Remember
Remarkable Revolutionary War Patriots

A WebQuest
for 5th Grade Social Studies

Introduction:

       "I know not course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."   

                                                - Patrick Henry

America, the land of the free and the home of the brave!  Americans have freedom thanks to some pretty awesome patriots that aided in the American Revolution.

The Task:

            The Good Morning, Wooster talk show wants YOU to be a guest interviewer on their special segment entitled "Remember Remarkable Revolutionary War Patriots."  Thanks to recent technological advances, you will be able to contact an individual from the past and conduct a live interview with them via a time warp satellite transmission.

Process:

            To complete your project, follow the steps below.

1.  You and your partner will select a significant individual from the Revolutionary War ERA

Select a Patriot from the list below:

George Washington	Abigail Adams
Benjamin Franklin	John Adams
John Hancock	Thomas Jefferson
James Madison	Thomas Paine
Patrick Henery	General Cornwallis
Samuel Adams	Molly Pitcher
Paul Revere	Jonas Parker
Nathan Hale	James Otis
Emma Sampson	Crispus Attucks
Sybil Ludington	Nathanael Green

2.  Develop questions you will ask your Patriot when you interview him/her.  You MUST develop questions that will help the audience learn about your Patriot's childhood, occupation, involvement in the Revolutionary War, and unique characteristics.  (You should develop between five and eight questions.)

3.  Use the Web sites below and reference books in the classroom and library to research your individual.  find the answers to all of your interview questions.

4.  At the conclusion of your research, prepare for your oral interview presentation by organizing your interview questions and answers onto note cards.  (One partner will be the interviewer and the other will be the Patriot.  Within your group, you must decide who will be responsible for each role.)

5.  Once the roles are established, the interviewer should then practice asking the Patriot the interview questions, and the Patriot should practice answering the questions.  (Refer to the rubric below for information on how your presentation will be evaluated.

6.  Present your interview presentation in front of a live audience (students, parents, and/or community guests) on the set of the Good Morning, Wooster talk show (located in the classroom and hosted by classroom students.)

Resources:

Use any of the following web sites to help you research information on your Patriot.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index
http://www.biography.com
http://earlyamericanimages.com/portrait.html
http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/index.html
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/coloniz.html
http://americanhistory.about.com/homework/americanhistory/cs/biographiesmenu/index.htm
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/people.html#a
http://www.netsrq.com/~dbois/index.html
http://www.paulreverehouse.org
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge

Evaluation:

	Not Meeting Standards      1	Developing Toward Standard      2	Accomplished Standard       3	Exemplary      4	Score
Voice Projection	Presenters mumble and it's difficult to hear the presentation.	Presenters speak in a natural manner and can only be heard by some of the class.	Presenters speak in a natural manner and can be heard by the class for the majority of the presentation.	Presenters speak in a natural manner and can be heard by the entire class.
Body Language	Presenters do not face the audience and read off of note cards without looking at the audience	Presenters face the audience BUT NO eye contact is made as they read off of their note cards.	Presenters face the audience and make eye contact only briefly throughout the presentation.	Presenters face the audience, make eye contact and refer to note cards at appropriate times
Content	Questions and answers provide very little accurate information.	Several, but not all of the questions and answers provide accurate information.	The majority of the Questions and answers provide accurate information.	All questions and answers provide accurate information.
Collaboration	Students did not work collaboratively during the research process and had major conflicts designing the interview presentation.	Students worked collaboratively during the research portion of the project but had conflicts when designing the interview presentation.	Students worked collaboratively during all parts of the project  the majority of the time. (Only a few minor conflicts)	Students worked collaboratively during the entire research project and created the final project without conflict.

Conclusion:

I hope that by doing this exercise, you have learned more about Patriots of the American Revolution and have enjoyed the numerous interview presentation on Good Morning, Wooster.

Things to think about--How easy was it to find biographical information on the Internet about your Patriot?  How do you think others will respond when they see your interview broadcast?