Time+Capsule+Group+Project

 =Time Capsule Group Project:=
 * [|The HIstory Place-American Revolution]
 * [|Graphic Organizer]
 * [|American Revolution Essays]
 * [|Archiving Early America]

** Time Capsule ** - Your team will be creating a time capsule filled with documents, artifacts, and personal effects from the Meeker family's experience of the conflicts from the American Revolutionary War. Each group member will turn in a rubric. This time capsule will be stored in the library for future students to learn from. Some everyday items that make great time capsules are (but not limited to): Items that will need to go into the time capsule (one from each group member) are:
 * a large shoe box lined with plastic
 * Large Quaker™ Oats cylinder
 * 2 Liter soda pop bottles
 * Large laundry detergent box/bucket

1. Four Family Letters 2. Four Diary Entries of Family Members 3. Four Newspaper 'Clippings' 4. Four Artifacts from the Novel

1. ** Family Letters **
Each team member should assume the role of one of the characters from the novel and write a letter from that character's point of view to another character in the story. For example: Susannah Meeker to Sam, Sam to Susannah Meeker, Tim Meeker to Sam, and Sam to Tim Meeker. Include information from the novel, and incorporate at least 4 Revolutionary facts. Your letter should contain at least 3 paragraphs: Introduction, body, and a conclusion. No two letters should be the same. 2. ** Diaries of Family Members **

Use the information your team accumulated during your reading of the novel in your reading/writing journals to write antiquated entries torn out of a diary from someone in the Meeker family! Again, each team member is responsible for writing a diary entry from one of the following characters from the novel: 1. Include information about one of the historical conflicts that the character needs to confront in the novel. 2. Your diary entry needs to be one page, handwritten, single-spaced. 3. Include the character's emotions regarding the conflict. 4. Include personal insight into the character's point of view regarding the conflict. Use the graphic organizer to identify your character's traits and feelings.
 * Susannah Meeker
 * Sam Meeker
 * Tim Meeker
 * Life Meeker

3. ** Newspaper 'Clippings' **

Each team member will write a newspaper clipping, or find one on the Web, related to events and conflicts that were part of My Brother Sam Is Dead.

If you can find real ones, right on! The Chronicles of the Revolution site (PBS) has good examples done for you. These American Revolution essays are easy to read, and will give you information to write your articles. The 18th Century Newspapers site is offering the documents for sale, but you can take a look at them!

Here are some possible headlines/news stories

If you choose to write your newspaper clipping, it should be two paragraphs long. The first paragraph should include information that answers these questions: who, what, where, when, and why/how? The second paragraph should include interesting facts/information about the event.
 * Yale students go off to fight Lobsterbacks!
 * Redding turns into a Tory town!
 * Cowboys threaten Loyalists beef tenderloins from getting to Lobsterbacks!
 * General Tyron's British Raid Redding! Daniel Starr and Slave named Ned killed!
 * Executioner Putnam puts two Redding Natives to death. Mother silently grieves.

4. ** Artifacts From the Novel **

Each team member will create or 'recreate' an artifact from the Meeker home. Here are some ideas:

The Colonial Williamsburg website has three online tours you can take to learn what people during the Revolution wore, and what kind of artifacts they may have used in their everyday life.
 * a mug or tap head from the tap room
 * knitting materials from Susannah Meeker's knitting basket
 * Tim's fishing pole used to fish for shad

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