Social Studies 9: Revolutions project
Part 1: Basic Research
Goal of part 1: To gain basic information around a rebellion of choice. This can be present day or from the past. To further understand how this rebellion/revolution/civil war impacted the world at the time and today.
-Find a revolution, rebellion or civil war of interest to you
-Do some initial research using the 5W+H format (who, what, where, when, why and how)
Some examples of these questions might be: Who was involved? Who started the revolution? Why were they rebelling? etc...
-Ensure you are using credible sites and information and keeping track of these sites for your bibliography.
***You must take good notes (Mr. Wilson has note taking sheets) these will be part of your mark.
Here are some examples:
-American Revolution, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Peasant Revolt (England), Slave rebellion, Prussian uprising, Industrial Revolution, Red River Rebellion, Glorious Revolution, Serbian Revolution, Mexican war for independence....etc...
Part 2: Recipe for a Revolution (civil war etc...)
If a revolution was a cake, what would the recipe look like?
How long would the the prep time be? 5, 10, 50 years?
What about the ingredients? A harsh ruler? Lack of freedom? Poverty?
What would the directions look like?
Create a recipe card that reflects your answers to the above….
Prep time: time revolution/rebellion was building
Ingredients: key players and events
Directions: what happened
Cook time: length of the fighting, revolution
End Product: final result
Part 3: Research & Evaluative Questions (Zooming in)
Decide on one part of your revolution that you want to learn more about. Come up with a research question.
A research question is one that your know you will be able to find the answer to in books etc… A “Literal Question” ** Remember Grade 8??? See slides 3-6 here.
For example for the French Revolution: Who was Robespierre; what was his role in the Revolution?
You will then continue to take notes & research to find the answer in the library. Once you have the answer, we will help you to create an “evaluative question” to answer and you will move to Part 4. There are a number of examples of evaluative questions on the handout I went over in class (this is also attached on TEAMS).
