Publishing Reflection
Students could create a newsletter about the Declaration of Independence from the point of view of an English colonist. They could highlight the events leading up to the U.S. declaring independence, have a section comparing the pros and cons for declaring independence from Loyalist and Patriot perspectives, and a section going over what the Declaration of Independence entailed as if they were explaining it to someone who had never heard of it before. I would have this project be a group project because it is a lot of information to cover. Social Studies Standard 2 Objective 1 Students could use a newsletter as a prewriting exercise for writing an informative/explanatory text. After picking their topic, they could make sections for defining, developing, and detailing their topic and for organizing quotations, other information, and examples to support their topic. Because informative writing is often found in newspapers, I think making a small gazette would be an appropriate way