FUN FRIDAY!  THE RISK GAME OF THE CENTURY HAS BEGUN!...to be continued next Friday!

Today we turned in the Battle of Saratoga Webquest exercise...22 questions and the colored map...30 point assignment...it has been entered in Power School.  If you were absent...have it ready on Monday.

Monday:  We get out the big map and discuss the Battle of Saratoga...as a class.

Tuesday: 100 Point Takehome essay ..."One Pager"

20 Points: Title Page: 10 Google Images and 5 Quotes (these can be quotes about the battle)
                                 Put a Title and a "storyline" along with your name, date and class

80 Points: Essay: Size 12 Font...SINGLE SPACED...ONE PAGE

PROMPT: "To what extent, and in what ways, was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in history?"

Introductory paragraph...with a thesis statement (your answer to the prompt)

Topics:

A. Historical Setting
B. The Battle (COWBELL...facts) & Results
C. The Significance of the battle in 1777 and later????

Conclusion.

IF YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT TYPE IT..."WHEN IN DOUBT WRITE IT OUT" IN BLACK OR BLUE PEN...BETTER GET WHITE-OUT!  SENIOR LEVEL EXPECTATIONS!

NO LATE PAPER ACCEPTED.  IF YOU ARE IN THE BUILDING AT ANY TIME ON TUESDAY AND YOU DO NOT TURN IT IN...IT IZZZZ A ZZZERO!

ON TUESDAY:  WE WILL HAVE A CLASS...STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BATTLE.

NEXT FRIDAY: OCT. 9 IS ACADEMIC CATCH UP DAY...SHOW UP...PARTICIPATE IN RISK GAME...3% BONUS TO YOUR 1ST QUARTER GRADE