Students will use Internet sites, non-fiction trade books, an computer soft ware to identify people or a group of people associated with the Revolutionary War that had a lasting impact on our society. Activity Description: The students will use the information gathered to produce: 1. A research paper on a person or a group of people 2. A class presentation including visuals to explain how this person or group effected our society.

Students should be very familiar with many individuals from the American Revolution era. They need to be selective about the person they chose to present, making sure the can explain the “lasting effect.”

Procedure With Teaching Strategies: The teacher introduces a brainstorming session, the students list and discuss people from the Revolutionary war era. After listing several people students come up ideas on how this person still effects our society today.  Example, Benedict Arnold, to be called a “Benedict Arnold,” even today means that you (are at the least) disloyal, or a traitor. His actions serve as a non-example of how to conduct oneself even today.  Example, Daniel Boone, as an adventurer, explorer, and a leader he paved a way through the Cumberland Gap and cut the Wilderness Road establishing a route used by thousands of people in the first westward movement, that led to the later westward movement, that led to the settlement of the entire United States. Some negative consequences this migration led to was the eventual demise of Native Americans. 1. Students choose a person or group by identifying the lasting effects 2. Students are assigned to write a muliti-paragraph research paper 3. Students use the information from their research paper to produce a class presentation to include visuals. Manage Procedure: Students work in whole class setting, independently, and in groups

1. Student/teacher conference 2. Class presentations 3. Written research paper

Activity Description: The students will use the information gathered to produce: 1. A research paper on a person or a group of people 2. A class presentation including visuals to explain how this person or group effected our society. Material: Internet access, various art materials to make visuals for class presentation, lined paper. Vocabulary: Primary source material

Internet Access Word Processing software