Like last year, we are doing speeches for the loyalist and patriot sides of the American revolution. It was good fun last year, integrating persuasive writing with history content. We taped them and kids loved them.
This year we just kicked it off. Kids were psyched to start. I randomly generate which side they are on- odds/evens for each side and random.org for the number generator. They then read about people on each side, paying special notice to the characteristics of those people and their reasoning behind their point of view. It was interesting to hear kids talk about the points of view, particularly as their perspective changed while reading. "I thought it would be good to be rich and protected, but these guys are mean. They just sound like they are protecting themselves" one said about the loyalists.
The notion of seeing many perspectives was a pipe dream at the start of the year. Now it is realized, or something like it.
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