Phase: | After/Explain/Elaborate |
Activity: | 1. Prior to this activity, students should have already selected a key revolutionary leader, such as George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Crispus Attucks, Gilbert du Motier, or Marquis de Lafayette, and researched information about their life including birth/death dates, important facts about his/her life, and how he/she was involved in the American Revolution. 2. Students will use this research to design a trading card of their selected key revolutionary leader. 3. With the image and information, students will design a trading card. The front of the trading card will have the person's name and an image of the person. The back of the trading card will have birth/death dates, important facts about his/her life, and how he/she was involved in the American Revolution. 5. Using Canva or another graphic design platform, students will create the trading card with the researched information and image(s). An example of the trading card template can be found here. 6. Then, students will present their trading cards to the class and then have a time where all of the students could trade cards for others. |
Assessment Strategies: | The trading cards activity could be used as a formative assessment or as a culminating activity to a unit on the American Revolution. The teacher will evaluate each student’s complete trading card to ensure they include the following:
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Advanced Preparation: | Approximate Duration: 3 to 5 class periods (50 minutes long) 1 to 3 class periods (90 minutes long) Materials and Resources: Students will need a device with wifi access. Students will need to sign up for a free Canva account in order to use Canva. If students can't access Canva, there are other graphic design platforms including Google Slides or Adobe Spark. Prior to beginning this activity, students should know why the American Revolution started and also be able to identify the two sides fighting in the war. Teachers need to create a list of people from the American Revolution that they want students to choose from. Also, it would be helpful if teachers introduced Canva (or selected graphic design platform ) to their students (either giving a tutorial on how to use it or walking them through the initial outlining of the activity). |
Variation Tips (optional): | For students who are on an accelerated path, teachers could add more required information and/or elements. For students who are artistically gifted, they could draw the person's image instead of finding it online. Then, they could use their image and make trading cards on paper. For students who might need more support, they could create the trading card on paper or on Google Docs/Slides, or use a blank Trading Card template. |
Notes or Recommendations (optional): | ELA (10th grade)- Digital Literacy #15. Create and deliver an individual or collaborative presentation that is suitable in purpose and tone for its intended audience and occasion |
Keywords and Search Tags: | American Revolution |