National Society Daughters of the American Revolution AMERICAN HISTORY ESSAY CONTEST 2015‐2016 This year’s topic: “A Colonial Family’s Reaction to the Stamp Act” March 22, 2015 marked the 250th anniversary of the Stamp Act. Describe a colonial family’s discussion about the new Stamp Act and what role it played in organizing the colonists against the British King and Parliament. DAR American History Essay Contest
2015-2016
“A Colonial Family’s
Reaction to The Stamp Act”
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FORM 1. Handwritten, typed, or prepared on a word processor. 2. Use black ink only. 3. When using a computer, use non‐script font no smaller than 12 point or larger than 14 point (double‐spaced) 4. The essay must be in your own words. Length of Essay Grade 5: 300‐600 words Grades 6th‐8th: 600‐1,000 words
Do Not count the words on your ELEMENTS OF JUDGING
1. Historical accuracy 1‐25 2. Adherence to topic 1‐15 3. Organization of material 1‐15 4. Originality 1‐10 5. Interest 1‐10 6. Spelling and pronunciation 1‐10 7. Grammar 1‐10 8. Bibliography 1‐5 9. Completeness of title page 1‐5 Absence of bibliography or title page will disqualify essay. **Numbers indicate point value of each category. title page or in your bibliography. All other words count. Dates count as one word. AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY DAR HISTORY ESSAY RESOURCES LIST 2015 The following resources are available at the Reference Desk on the second floor for project use. These items do not checkout during the DAR project preparation, but students can take notes or make photocopies while visiting the library. These books do not check out in order to give everyone equal access to the material. BOOKS: B HENRY Dickson‐Cambell, Norine. PATRICK HENRY: PATRIOT & STATESMAN. R 973 G Glusker, Irwin and Ketchum, Richard M., eds. AMERICAN TESTAMENT: FIFTY GREAT DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY. R 973.303B Greene, Jack P. and Pole, J. R. THE BLACKWELL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. R 973 DIC, V.6 Ketz, Louise Bilebof, ed. DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLUME VI. Revised ed. R 973 L, V. 8 Lossing, Benson John, ed. HARPER’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 458 A. D. TO 1915, VOLUME 8, New Ed., Entirely Revised and Enlarged. 973.3 MID Middlekauff, Robert. THE GLORIOUS CAUSE: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1763‐1789, Revised and expanded ed. 973.3 M Miller, John C. ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. R 973 ENC, V.3 Rosenfeld, Susan, ed. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORICAL DOCU‐ MENTS, VOL. III. B HENRY Unger, Harlow Giles. LION OF LIBERTY: PATRICK HENRY AND THE CALL TO A NEW NATION. INTERNET RESOURCES: “A Report on Reaction to the Stamp Act, 1765: A Primary Source by Archibald Hinshelwood.” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 2009‐2015. https: www.gilderlehrman.org/history‐by‐era/road‐revolution/resources/report‐ reaction‐stamp‐act‐1765 “Stamp Act.” A&E Television Networks, LLC, 2015. http://www.history.com/topics/american‐revolution/stamp‐act/print “A Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act.” The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2015. http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm