Key Individual of the American Revolution
Mini-Research Project
Learning Goal: To examine and understand the causes, course, and consequences of the
American Revolution.
SS.8.A.3.6 – Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution.
SS.8.A.3.5 – Describe the influence of individuals on social and political developments
during the Revolutionary Era.
Objective: Students will be able to describe key events and the roles of key individuals in the
American Revolution.
Essential Question: How revolutionary was the American Revolution?
Overview: Each group will be assigned an individual who played a role and/or made a
significant contribution during the American Revolutionary War Era. As a group, the students
will research their assigned individual, create a PowerPoint Presentation, and present their
research to the class. Independently, each student will write a research paper on the individual
that their group researched.
Research/Project Guidelines. Your research/project must include the following information:
1. Brief Biography of the Individual
 Name
 Date of Birth (Month, Day, and Year)
 Place of Birth (City, State)
 A brief summary of the individual’s life, circa the American Revolutionary War
Era.
2. Role during the American Revolutionary War
 Describe the individual’s role and/or contribution(s) during the Revolutionary
War Era.
 Describe the significance of the individual’s role and/or contribution(s) during the
Revolutionary War Era.
3. PowerPoint Presentation
 Biography
 Role during the American Revolutionary War Era
 Significance of their role during the American Revolutionary War Era
 Bibliography (APA Format)
 Slide Design, Pictures, Sounds, Animations, Slide Transitions
4. Research Paper
 1 – 2 page (double-spaced)
 Times New Roman, 12 point font
 Bibliography Page
 APA Format
Grading Rubric
4
Includes:
Name
DOB
POB
Summary of
individual’s
life.
Role/Significance Fully
addresses the
individual’s
role and
significance.
Biography
Creativity &
Effort
Research Paper
Very creative
(design,
pictures,
sound,
animations,
transitions,
etc.) .
Fully
addresses the
individual’s
biography,
their role,
and
significance.
Meets all
formatting
requirements.
3
2
1
Missing parts
of the
individual’s
biography.
Gives inaccurate
and/or inconsistent
facts about the
individual’s life.
Does not
include the
biography of
the
individual.
Missing
either role or
significance
of the
individual.
Gives inaccurate
and/or inconsistent
facts about the role
and/or significance of
the individual.
Moderate
creativity
(design and
some
pictures).
PowerPoint lacks
creativity.
Does not
include the
role or
significance
of the
individual.
No
PowerPoint
submitted or
plagiarized.
Partially
address the
individual’s
biography,
their role,
and
significance.
Meets all
formatting
requirements.
Gives inaccurate
and/or inconsistent
information
regarding the
individual’s
biography, role,
and/or significance.
Incorrect/Inconsistent
formatting.
Due Dates
PowerPoint Presentation: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Individual Research Paper: Friday, October 25th, 2013
No paper
submitted or
paper is
plagiarized.