A Letter to a Family Member
The objective of this assignment is to compose a letter to a hypothetical family member, written in the style of a person living in 1776. Your letter must be at least three pages in length, double-spaced, and written in Times New Roman, 12-point font. While APA Style and resources are not required for this assignment, you may want to utilize scholarly resources to help you gather strong information for your letter. Be careful not to copy material from the sources though. If you paraphrase information (write the information in your own words), ensure that you use citations. Since you are the author of the letter and are sharing your perspective (representative of that time) and experiences, a first-person narrative (i.e., I, me, us, we, etc.) is needed for this assignment.
Scenario: It is September, 1776. The news of the Declaration of Independence has swept through the colonies, and you are just now learning of this historical event. You take pen to paper to write to a family member to reflect on what this means.
In your letter, make certain to include the following elements listed below.
Discuss who you are you writing to and where the letter is headed. Be sure to consider how news would travel.
Discuss where you live in Colonial America. Give at least two characteristics that distinguish the region.
Include whether you are a patriot or a loyalist. Explain why.
Discuss at least one social, political, or economic event that you believe led the Continental Congress to write the Declaration of Independence. Discuss why this event led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Identify whether you believe that the Declaration of Independence was the correct course of action for the Continental Congress to take. Why, or why not?
Discuss what actions you will take (whether required or volunteered) as America and Great Britain wage war.
Save the submission as a Word document, and upload the document to Blackboard.
The assignment will be reviewed in alignment with the grading rubric criteria, which is focused on an understanding of the time, topic, and concepts in which you are choosing to discuss as well as the clarity of the writing.
