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The past is never dead. It's not even pastNOT EVEN PASTSearch the site ...   Like 13TweetA Revolting People: ThreeLesser-known Makers ofthe American RevolutionBy Robert OlwellLast spring, I divided the students enrolled in my course on the “Era of the AmericanRevolution” into groups of four and assigned each group the task of researching, writing,and then producing a four- ve minute “video essay.” (For more on the video essay formsee “Show & Tell: The Video Essay as History Assignment.”)I called the project “A Revolting People” playing off a line from the Marx Brothers’  lm“Duck Soup.” Someone tells Groucho that the “peasants are revolting!” and he replies,“They certainly are, and they’re rebelling too.”Each group was given the name of a lesser-known participant in the events of theAmerican Revolution. My teaching assistants, Ms. Signe Fourmy and Ms. Jeanne Kaba,and I sat together and watched all of the thirty-three video essays that were submitted.We were pleased with the quality of research and creativity that most of the studentgroups achieved.Now, in the spirit of this summer’s Olympics, I would like to present (with the permissionof the students producers) the three video essays that we deemed to be worthy of the“gold,” “silver,” and “bronze” medals. Bronze Medal Topic: Jemima Wilkinson Produced by: Nancy Trinh, Rebecca Swan, Noah Villabos, Albert ZhaoSilver Medal Topic: George Robert Twelves Hewes Produced by: Emma Meyer, Garret Mireles, Letitia Olariu, Nikole Pena  Privacy  - Terms  19th century 20th Century African American History american history Asia Asia & Middle East book review BrazilBritish Empire China Civil War Cold War Colonialism communism cultural history digital history Early Modern Europe Europe  lm gender history History of Science immigration India Islam Latin America Latin American History Mexico Not Even Past Public History race religion Russia slavery Texas Texas History Texas History Day Transnational Twentieth Century History United States US History USSR Womens History world history World War IINOT EVEN PAST is produced by The Department of History THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN  We are supported by the College of Liberal Arts And our READERSDONATE  CONTACT  All content © 2010-present NOT EVEN PAST and the authors, unless otherwise notedSign up to receive the monthly Not Even Past newsletterSUBSCRIBEGold Medal Topic: John Laurens Produced by: Jordan Gamboa, Logan Green, Nicholas Klesmith, Alexandria Lyons Posted September 14, 2016More TeachingSilverWatch later ShareGoldWatch later Share Your email addressFEATURES BOOKS TEACHING DIGITAL & FILMBLOG IHS & PUBLIC HISTORY TEXAS ABOUT 

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