Starter 10.5:  

1. What do you remember about the American Revolution?  What have you learned about it in your education? 

2. Why was the Declaration of Independence written?  Upon what ideologies was the Revolution based?

Key Questions: 

How does ideology impact the telling of history?

What are the ideologies upon which the Declaration of Independence was based?

To what degree is the United States living up to the ideals set forth in the Declaration?

The American Revolution:  Crash Course US History

DISCUSS in Groups (one person scribe conversation and turn in with everyone's name):  

1. What ideology is reflected in the way the story of the Revolution is usually told?

2. What was the role of rhetoric in the American Revolution?

3. What was the exigency of writing the Declaration of Independence?

4. What bias did you see in each of the historian excerpts?

5. Why was the "significant omission" cut?  Why is this an example of audience adaptation?  

Four corners:

America is living up to the ideals set forth is the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. 

PROJECT OVERVIEW

AM class:  Go back and watch the sample projects on Friday's post if you were not here (Tatum and Chris).  Read the project description and develop any questions you may have.

PM class:  Project launch


READ AND ANNOTATE for tomorrow's Spirit Read:  
Willing to Be Disturbed

Interviews due Wednesday!
Storycorps Interview Instructions
If you want to use intro/outro music, search for "public domain" or "royalty-free" music.  Don't have it playing in the background of your interview the whole time, as it may be distracting.
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