Declaration of Independence Marketing Campaign - 8/28/09

Agenda:

1.  Go over D of I homework

2.  Declaration of Independence Marketing Campaign (pg 14-15)

HW:  Textbook Scavenger Hunt (pg 13) 

 

Today we explored the meaning of the Declaration of Independence.  In particular, we examined the four parts of the Declaration, and the section on natural rights that goes like this:

 

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

 

We then began work on the Declaration of Independence Marketing Campaign.  Students were broken up into groups and each given 45 minutes to prepare a print campaign, a slogan, and a jingle to "sell" the Declaration to the American people, to King George III of Great Britain, and to King Louis XVI of France.

 

We will present these marketing campaigns in our next class.