Problem+2+Rev+War+2009

__//**Pick one historical event/action/person from Johnny Tremain and do the following:**//__


 * 1) State the topic
 * 2) Give background historical information
 * 3) What role did the event/action/person have leading up to the American Revolution
 * 4) Tell us a story involving the event/action/person -- What rights/principles were involved?
 * 5) Was it worth it? Would you have done the same? Why or why not?
 * 6) Decide whether the movie accurately portrayed the event/action/person

Present the above information to the class. Presentations cannot be longer than four minutes or shorter than two.

//**Easy**//-Use images on a google presentation--at least six images must be used //**Better**//-Decide on your own creative way of sharing the information

All google presentations are due on Thursday, everyone else on Friday

You must use at least three sources, one must be a primary source. **//All sources must be listed at end of presentation.//** __//BEFORE YOU START//__
 * 1) Create a new link on your page called "All My Work PB10"
 * 2) On that page create a link called "Revolutionary War PB10"
 * 3) Place all your work on that page
 * 4) Place your images on a google presentation
 * 5) Place all your research on your wiki.

Below are some of the people and events from Johnny Tremain. You are not limited to this list, and you are not limited to people or events from the movie. If you pick a topic or event not in the movie you would skip #6 above.

__Some of the characters in Johnny Tremain__ Shot Heard 'round the World Boston Tea Party Midnight Ride of Paul Revere Sons of Liberty Sam Adams Redcoats Minutemen


 * Samuel Adams** - A leader of the Revolutionary forces in Boston. Samuel Adams was considered the greatest creator of propaganda for the rebel cause. He wrote numerous pamphlets inciting and inspiring the revolution.
 * John Hancock** - One of the wealthiest men in Boston and a leader of the Revolutionary forces. Johnny disfigures his hand while making a silver basin for him.


 * Doctor Warren** - One of the leaders of the Revolutionary forces in Boston. He fixes Johnny’s disfigured hand at the end of the novel.


 * Paul Revere** - A master silversmith and one of the leaders of the Revolutionary forces in Boston.


 * Governor Hutchinson** - The governor of Massachusetts. Governor Hutchinson refuses to send the tea ships back to London, which incites the Boston Tea Party. After the tea incident, he is called back to England.


 * James Otis** - The founder of the Boston Observers, a secret rebel organization that meets in Mr. Lorne’s print shop. James Otis’s fellow club members acknowledge his intellectual brilliance, but his mental instability frightens and endangers them.


 * Josiah Quincy** - A prominent Whig lawyer. Quincy successfully defends Johnny against Lyte’s charge of theft.


 * Colonel Smith** - A British officer stationed in Boston. Johnny keeps close tabs on his movements and reports back to the leaders of the Revolution.

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/johnnytremain/characters.html
 * General Gage** - The British general placed in charge of the Boston troops once Governor Hutchinson is recalled to London.