Ryan_RAFTS

Mr. Fritz's RAFTS assignment

R: Yourself A: Your History Teacher F: Email/Letter T: Yourself as a Social Studies Student S: Describe

EX:

R: Yourself

A: Your History Teacher

F: Email/Letter

T: Yourself as a Social Studies Student

S: Describe

“Pretend” that you are starting a new history class and your teacher does not know anything about you. Write them an email (professional/no text language) describing yourself as a History student. Please include your past classes, the things that you have enjoyed, the things that you did not enjoy and any other important information that you think they need to help you be successful in that class.

EX:

Dear Professor Xavier,

My name is Ryan Fritz and I am very excited about taking your class this year. I am a History Major and graduate of Saginaw Valley State University. I have taken 27 credits in History and Social Studies. Some people would call me a “History Geek.” I guess it all started when I was in 5th Grade and Mr. De Long took us through the American Revolution. I have taken classes from “Modern Japan” to..........

Larger writing Project:

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"**We Didn't Start the Fire**" is a song by Billy Joel that alludes to headline events from March 1949 (Joel was born on May 9 of that year) to 1989. Now that we have covered the Cold war and that area of World History please Identify any 2 lines of the song (click the title) and in each line there are three or four different Topics/People. Please, in a paragraph for each Topic/Person, describe thier role in this time period, and why Billy Joel might have included them in this song.