What resilient attributes would probably characterize most people who lead or are part of revolutions?

Brainstorming as a class before research:

• Optimistic: you don’t go to war if you don’t think you can win. Thinking they have the power to change things
• Problem-Solving: they are going to come across problems they need to solve. They see a problem in society and want to solve it with revolution
• Purposes: have a reason to start a revolution
• Initiative: they start a revolution
• Determination: they don’t give up and keep going for their cause
• Survival: they want to survive war
• Faith: they have to believe what they are doing is the right thing and will benefit people. Have faith in themselves.
• Physical Well-Being: they have to be ready for hardships of war
• Strong Social Support System: people follow leaders to have a successful revolution
• Insightful: knowledge of ways to overcome powerful ideas and people.

Grade 9 Project Launch Details

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How can we build a media campaign to express our voices to a public audience?

• What is the difference between speaking for yourself and having others speak for you?
• How are different viewpoints presented in the media?
• How does the media influence concepts of self and others?
• What are the elements of different forms of media?

Project Overview

Final Product: Create a website/blog with links to a multimedia campaign to express yourself and your community

• Creatively express yourself (intro product)
• KRSS newspaper: to be distributed in print and online
• Speak Up: Create a persuasive "rant" to post to blog
• Assess media representations of "us"
• (something else by student demand based on brainstorming driving question)