Name______________
Debate over
You will be assigned a role
in the debate over whether of not America should declare independence. You have the following tasks.
1. Research your person. Be prepared to give a very short introduction to your person when we debate in
class.
2. Bring in a name plate so
we will know who you are. Illustrate it appropriately.
4. Read at least one primary
source by your person. You can find
links to what your person wrote about the idea of independence at the Links
page my site (although a few of you will receive handouts since I couldn’t find
anything on the web for your person.)
Here is the link to my site:
http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark3/WarLinks.htm#DebatingIndependence
5. Be prepared to debate in
class the pro and con arguments for independence. You must argue based on your
assigned role.
6. Hand in a typed summary
of the arguments that your person made on independence based on the primary
document. Use your own words. You can use bullet-points. This will be about a page.
Rubric
|
|
Possible Points |
Your Points |
|
Written (typed) summary of
the arguments made by your person concerning independence |
40 |
|
|
Nameplate that illustrates
your person’s position |
10 |
|
|
Participation in the class
debate. How accurately do you portray
your person and how actively do you participate in the debate with
well-reasoned arguments reflecting your person’s positions? This isn’t the time just to wing it. I want to know that you’re arguing as your
person would have argued. |
50 |
|
|
TOTAL |
100 |
|
|
In favor
of Independence |
Opposing
Independence |
|
Sam Adams – Alex D. John Adams – Andrew E. Thomas Jefferson – Alan Thomas Paine - John Alexander Hamilton – Harry. Adam Smith – David Edmund Burke – Matt George Washington – Andrew
L. Patrick Henry – Chris William Livingston – Will William Pitt - Britt |
George III – Alex F. Charles Inglis – James Thomas Hutchinson – Tim Daniel Leonard - Anthony Samuel Seabury
– Eric G. Joseph Galloway – Emily John Dickinson - John Pemberton - Garet Samuel Johnson - Anne Marie Peter Oliver – Eric H. Jonathan Boucher – Zach |
Turn in this rubric on the
day of the debate, stapled to your summary.