Social Studies 7 Name

Due Date: Tuesday, January 21

Assignment: Create your own set of five (5) American Revolution Trading Cards. Using the People, Events, and Battles listed, you are to research and design your own series of five (5) trading cards. Your cards should be similar to actual trading cards.

Format: 1. The trading card itself should be made from an index card or anything else that is sturdy. Cards turned in on pieces of paper will not be accepted. o Cards should be 3”x5” or 4”x6”. Remember your information must fit on the card.

2. The FRONT of the card should have an illustration and a title that describes the subject of the card. o Illustrations should be neat and colorful. Printed pictures are acceptable.

3. The BACK of the Card should have detailed information about the subject of your card.

4. The Five (5) Cards should be packaged like trading cards. There needs to be a wrapper with a Brand Name, Year, and Series of cards. The quality of your packaging will influence your creativity grade.

 For Key People include brief biographical statistics (date of birth/death, location of birth, accomplishments, spouse, children, etc.). Focus on the highlights of that person’s life and their role, impact, significance and connection to the American Revolution.

 For Battles include the date of Battle, who won, the military leaders on both sides, casualties, strategy, etc. Focus on important highlights and the battle’s significance to the Revolution.

 For an Event or Issue include the date, important details, facts, and its significance to the American Revolution.

You must create five (5) trading cards. Choose at least one (1) subject from each column.

Key People Events or Issues Battles Abigail Adams Patriots (Sons/Daughters of Battle of Lexington John Adams Liberty) Battle of Concord Ethan Allen Minutemen 1st Battle of Fort Ticonderoga Benedict Arnold Loyalists John Burgoyne Bunker Hill - Breeds Hill First Continental Congress George Rogers Clark Siege of Boston Henry Clinton Committees of Correspondence Battle of Quebec City (1775) Common Sense Charles Cornwallis Long Island - Brooklyn Heights Patrick Ferguson Second Continental Congress Battle of Harlem Heights Benjamin Franklin The Olive Branch Petition Battle of White Plains Thomas Gage Declaration of Independence Horatio Gates Fort Lee & Fort Washington The Continental Army Nathaniel Greene Battle of Trenton Nathan Hale Colonial Militias Battle of Princeton Mary Ludwig Hays - Molly Pitcher The British Army 2nd Battle of Fort Ticonderoga Patrick Henry Hessians (Mercenaries) Siege of Fort Stanwix William Howe Winter at Morristown Thomas Jefferson Battle of Oriskany The Flag Resolution John Paul Jones Battle of Bennington Articles of Confederation King George III Battles of Saratoga – Freeman’s King Louis XVI Britain’s Strategy Farm & Bemis Heights Henry Knox Guerilla Warfare Battle of Brandywine Thaddeus Kosciuszko Spying Battle of Germantown Marquis de Lafayette Slaves Fort Clinton & Fort Montgomery Charles Lee Finances Burning of Kingston Cybil Ludington Francis Marion Profiteering Battle of Kaskaskia Hugh Mercer Inflation Battle of Monmouth Daniel Morgan The War at Sea Cherry Valley Massacre Thomas Paine Privateering Battle of Stony Point Betsy Ross The War on the Frontier The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign Deborah Sampson Winter at Valley Forge Siege of Savanna Friedrich von Steuben Banastre Tarleton The Diplomatic War Siege of Charleston Mercy Otis Warren The French Alliance Battle of Camden George Washington Prisoners of War Battle of Kings Mountain Martha Washington The Treaty of Paris 1783 Battle of Cowpens Anthony Wayne New Windsor Cantonment Battle of Guilford Court House Phyllis Wheatley The Newburgh Address Battle of Yorktown American Revolution Trading Cards Assessment Rubric: All information given is detailed, 4 clear and completely accurate One piece of information is unclear Information: The back of each card 3 includes detailed and accurate or inaccurate information about the subject. Some information is unclear or 2 Research is thorough and complete. inaccurate Little information is detailed or 1 accurate Excellent artwork or images and 4 Artwork: The front of each card is clear labels illustrated neatly and colorfully. The Project shows good effort 3 subject of each card is clearly titled or labeled. Project shows acceptable effort 2 Little effort shown on artwork 1 Creativity: The trading cards and Outstanding effort & creativity shown 2 packaging are original and imaginative. Acceptable effort & creativity shown 1 10 = Excellent 9 - 8 = Good 7 - 6 = Satisfactory 5 - 4 = Needs Improvement 3 - 1 = Unsatisfactory Example: Front Back

NAME: George Washington OCCUPATION: General, U.S. President BIRTH DATE: February 22, 1732 PLACE OF BIRTH: Westmoreland County, VA MARRIED: Martha Dandridge Custis 1/6/1759 CHILDREN: Adopted John Parke Custis & Martha Parke Custis DEATH DATE: December 14, 1799 George Washington commanded the Continental Army during American Revolutionary War (1775– 1783), and was the first President of the United States (1789-1797). Because of his central role in the founding of the United States, Washington is often called the "Father of his Country". After the Battles of Lexington and Concord in April 1775, Washington was appointed commander-in- chief of the Continental Army. Washington played a pivotal role in each of these battles: Siege of Boston, Battle of Long Island, Battle of Kip's Bay, Battle of Harlem Heights, Battle of White Plains, Battle of Fort Washington, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, and Battle of General George Washington Yorktown. He resigned his commission on 12/23/1783.