Questions+for+story...

1.) Beachbum is going to create a children's story about the war of 1812 that will make the reader learn about this forgotten war in a fun way. 2.) My children's story will solve the following problem: What was the war of 1812 like? 3.) My audience will experience my story through the eyes of a villager that saw the whole war and then telling his grandchildren the story. 4.) My children's story will have the following common characteristics: Same people, same plot, and same setting/ background. 5.) My children's story will have the following key historical events: Britain and France at war and what started the war, Britain and France's decision about imports from U.S.A., Impressment, the Chesapeake incident, Embargo Act, How the Embargo Act didn't work, How the British helped the Indian Nations and why, Who Tecumseh was, What his dream was, The war Hawk's point of veiw, The opposition's point of veiw, The president, the reasons, the voting, U.S.A. at beginning of war compared to Britain, Pribateers, Early Blunders, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key, a conclusion, the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner, and finnally, my lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner. 6.) My children's story will have the following key historical characters: President Madison, Tecumseh, Francis Scott Key, British, French, Indians, and The Congress. 7.) My children's story will have the following key historically important concreate objects: The American Flag, Bombs, people, land, and Ships/water. 8.) My children's story will make the audience feel the following emotions: Excited and Free. 9.) My children's story will be credible because I will support it with the following sources: My class History Book, online, and also, a movie that we watched from the History Channel.