Example: Twitter Post Assignment

What if? What if some of our most famous or infamous historic figures had a technology like Twitter at their disposal during time of crisis, war, victory, or defeat? What would they have said?

From time to time I will assign a Twitter-like assignment for your blog. You will answer these above questions. Below I will show you how I would like the formatting to look for these assignments. You will see a short summary followed by the imitation Twitter posts for the historic figure.

On December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Navy Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was in command of the base. Here is what I believe his "tweets" of the event would have looked like:

NavyBigCheese
The B-17s are on their way home to the Big Island. Aloha boys!
12/07/41 7:02AM

NavyBigCheese
Beautiful Sunday morning here in Hawaii. What a great day to be stationed at Pearl Harbor.
12/07/41 7:15AM

NavyBigCheese
Something wrong! Under attack from don't know who... bombs are falling - this is not a drill.
12/07/41 7:53AM

NavyBigCheese
The Japanese bombers have us pinned down. We need help. Total destruction of the air strip and battleships are in trouble. USS Arizona in trouble.
12/07/41 8:03AM

NavyBigCheese
Second wave! Bombers are back again. We have no chance here - many battleships on fire in the harbor - casualties will be high!
12/07/41 8:57AM

NavyBigCheese
Attack over. 8 ships damaged, 5 sunk with 188 aircraft destroyed. Casualties are high - many unaccounted for. Terrible day in Hawaii!
12/07/41 9:43AM

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Don't forget that Twitter only allows 140 characters in their posts. You must do the same.

Mr. M.

Source: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pearl.htm