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Handout A: Meeting the Framers – A Pre-Convention Social

Handout A: Meeting the Framers—A Pre-Convention Social

Suggestions/Expectations for Business Card Information

  • Name
  • Address (Students may exercise creative license if necessary here)
  • Occupation
  • Significant affiliations or titles
  • Contributions during Revolutionary Era
  • Historical Significance
  • Most noteworthy characteristics/interesting facts
  • Quotes

Requirements

  • Appearance
    • Neat, accurate, free from error
    • Size: 3×5 inches
    • Typed
  • Content
    • Documentation on the back (standard bibliography references, along with student’s standard heading)
    • Information above and beyond textbook references; demonstration of serious research
    • Creative, original presentation (may include graphics, slogans, etc.)
    • Overall effect enhances long-term learning

Ratings

  • 5: Exemplary
  • 4: Effective
  • 3: Adequate
  • 2: Minimal
  • 1: Unsatisfactory