Final Project Deadlines and Information

Social Studies
Dr. Swartzbaugh
Unit 1 Final Project
Due: Monday October 18, 2010

Deadlines--please note that items are DUE on day indicated:
Tuesday 10/12: One paragraph describing the main character of your book, including the character’s race, gender, approximate age, and whether the character is a Patriot or a Loyalist.
Wednesday 10/13: A bullet-point list of what happens to your character during the one event of your choice, as well as the two required events (Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War).
Thursday 10/14: Storyboard, including a small picture of what each page will look like in terms of the picture and text.
Friday 10/15: 2 sources you are using, cited according to the format listed in this handout.
Monday 10/18: completed project due, already assembled BEFORE class! Do not come into class needing to assemble the project! Finish it at home!


Format: You will create a booklet of no less than 6 pages not including the title page and source page
The book should be in the form of a comic book or children’s book.
The book should have one main character who lived during the time of the American Revolution.
Each page should include both text and images.
There should be a title page and a source page
It should be in color.


Content: Your project should focus on the events leading up to the American Revolution, as well as the war itself:
Your book should include details about 1 event from the following list:
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Your book should also include details about the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War.
Your book should answer the question “what is worth fighting for?” from the point of view of the main character



Sources: Your book should include at least 2 sources other than the textbook. You should cite the source using the following format (this is MLA format): Please note: you may NOT use encyclopedias or wikipedia.
For a book:
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999.
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
For a website:
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. 2008.
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.
For a page on a website
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.
For a magazine article:
Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. Print.
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.