Summative Instructions

Civics and Government

 5 point
Assignments
 Powerpoint

You will create at least 4 (three) You must choose a topic from the
Powerpoint slides that meet the following list of topics:
following requirements:
______ The Boston Massacre
❏ A title slide
______ The Boston Tea Party
❏ Minimum 3 bullet points per slide
______ The Articles of Confederation
❏ A picture/graphic
Historical Figure Baseball Cards
● You will create a minimum of
THREE (3) baseball cards for
historical figures we have
learned about this unit
● You must include a colored
picture (either hand drawn or
printed)
You can choose from the following list:
● Sam Adams
● John Adams
● Benjamin Franklin
● John Hancock
● Thomas Jefferson
● George Washington
● Betsy Ross
● Martha Washington
Twitter Conversation or Instagram Post
Step 1- Create your character! You can be
● You are going to put yourself in the
yourself, create a fictional character, or be
time of the birth of America
a real historical figure of the era.
(1776-1789).
● Create a handle (for example,
● You’re going to pretend that Twitter
Thomas Jefferson might be
and Instagram existed when America
@SmallStatesR4Loserz, George
was just starting out.
Washington might be @TheOGPrez)
○ What would the important
people of the day have to say?
 Twitter/Snap/Instagram
Step 2: Decide if you are Tweeting/Snapping/Insta!
● Twitter: your post should be a max of 160
characters
● Instagram: your post has to be 3 or more
sentences
● Snapchat: You have to create 6 pictures to send
between 2 people . . . each picture must have at
least 1 sentence on it.
Step 3: Choose someone who would respond to
your original tweet or insta post
● Twitter: You must have at least TWO
tweets between TWO different people
● Insta: You must have TWO responses on
your post from TWO different people
● Snap: You must have TWO people in
conversation with one another
American Revolution Memes

A meme acts as a unit for carrying

cultural ideas symbols or practices, which
can be transmitted from one mind to
another through writing, speech, gestures,
rituals or other imitable phenomena.

You know them. You love them. Maybe

you hate them, BUT . . .
American Revolution Memes

Task: create a meme that talks about

the period from 1754-1790 create a
historically appropriate meme.
Utilize images of people/things from
the era. Sum up the idea.
Use www.memegenerator.net, and
be sure that your meme is school
appropriate.
More Examples
 10 point
Assignments
Brochure
● Your task is to create a brochure for
the new country!
● This brochure will help guide the
new Americans in the rights,
responsibilities, and duties they will
enjoy as a U.S. citizen.
You MUST include:
● A title/cover page
● Headings for each of your different
sections
● Brochure: At least 5 images or
symbols and only 3 may be printed
from the internet
Timeline
● You will be creating your own
timeline of the significant events of
the American Revolution from 1754
to the Constitutional Convention.
● Your timeline will reflect your
understanding of the significant
events of the period that led to the
creation of the Constitution.
● You are to select Key Events to show
on your timeline.
● Under the timeline, you are to list the
event, date, picture (if possible), and
the significance of this particular
event.
● You must have at least EIGHT (8)
“KEY EVENTS” on your timeline.
Examples
Examples
Constitutional Convention Journal Entry
● You will be creating a journal entry
for your chosen delegate which
shares his IDEAS and OPINIONS
about the events taking place at the
Convention.
● You will choose a delegate from the
following list:
○ Alexander Hamilton
○ George Washington
○ James Madison
○ Benjamin Franklin
Good Example Bad Example
Crossword Puzzle
Good Example:

Create a crossword puzzle using important

vocabulary words or information from the
chapter.

Requirements

● 10 words
● 10 clues
○ Be creative with these! Try to give
ONLY enough information that can
stump your reader!
● Blank crossword
● Finished crossword
 25 point
Assignments

Newspaper
You will create a front-page
newspaper outlining various
causes and events of the
American Revolution.
● A minimum of 3 articles related to
the American Revolution
causes/events listed below. Each
event or cause must be explained
in detail from a colonial
perspective.
● 2 advertisements based on the
time. [think about the kinds of
products/weapons/clothing/etc.
you saw utilized in the Sons of
Liberty series.
● 3 Colonial
Images/Pictures/Cartoons
● A catchy, revolutionary name to
your paper.
 Script/Play ● Creativity and Originality (5 points)

You are to create a 250-400 ● Historical Accuracy (15 points)

word historical script which ● Dialogue (5 points)

○ Dialogue is clear and direct.
illustrates one of the events in
the box below labeled
“Causes/Events to choose
from”. Be sure that your dialogue
is school appropriate.

5 Paragraph
Essay
You are required to write a 5
paragraph essay that meets the
following requirements. Your
essay must have:
● An introduction paragraph
● 3 body paragraphs (Supporting
argument #1, supporting
argument #2, supporting
argument #3)
● A conclusion
● 250-400 words