Challenge+Projects

Challenge Projects
To earn extra POWS, work on one of the following Challenge Projects during or outside of class. If you wish to do some project other than those listed below, make sure it is related to the time period, 1763-1776. Clear any project you think up on your own with Mr. Hernandez. Be prepared to explain or demonstrate your project.


 * SPEAKING**
 * Read a novel, biography, or autobiography relating to the 1763-1776 time period. Ask someone to interview you as you role-play the main character. Explain the origin of your views on independence.
 * Bring actual artifacts of the revolutionary period to class. Explain each to the class.
 * Use an encyclopedia or history of art to find out about colonial architecture and art. Give an illustrated talk for your class.
 * Present a class report contrasting the Declaration of Independence with the Communist Manifesto.


 * VIDEOTAPING**
 * Make a 3-4 minute video. Keep it simple. Do not try to make your story too elaborate. Show how the life of one revolutionary-era person changed because of his or her political views.


 * WRITING**
 * Compile a Who’s Who in Colonial America. Include a wide range of fields (for example, science, government, art, and literature).
 * Write an original short story set during the First Continental Congress.
 * Write about the contributions of women to the revolutionary movement.
 * Write a book report based upon a novel, biography, or autobiography from the revolutionary time period.


 * MODEL-MAKING**
 * Make a diorama of some revolutionary event.
 * Make a model of Independence Hall or another famous building of the revolutionary time period.
 * Construct a model of a ship from this historical time period.


 * SINGING**
 * Research the music of Colonial America. Perform for your class several songs and explain what they meant to Colonial Americans. (Use live or recorder accompaniment.)
 * After studying songs of the 1763-1776 time period, compose an original colonial song and sing t to the class with musical accompaniment.


 * DANCING**
 * Research early American dancing. Then stage a Minuet Ball, explaining the dancing.


 * ILLUSTRATING**
 * Make series of drawings to show the interior of a colonial home.
 * Draw a series of cartoons illustrating a certain event or satirizing a group of people during the revolutionary era.
 * Draw a map of the colonies. Include the major population centers and areas of political activity.
 * Make a time line showing the important events and developments which led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.


 * COOKING**
 * Prepare a sample colonial food for the class.