Assignment Description
What was it like to live during colonial times? How was life different among
the three colonial regions? What ideas would you have had about religion,
slavery, and wealth if you lived in the New England colonies? Middle
colonies? Southern colonies?
The work you complete for this assignment will help you answer questions such
as these and many more! You will be responsible for gathering and presenting
your newfound knowledge to your classmates in Power Point form. By
researching one of the three colonial regions, you will discover the
advantages and disadvantages of living in the New England, Middle Atlantic,
or Southern colonies. By the conclusion of this assignment, you will have
also analyzed the difficulties faced by the settlers, the implementation of
slavery as a source of labor, and the importance of religion in the
colonists' lives.
You and your group are working to create a Power Point about the three
different colonial regions: New England, Middle Atlantic, and Southern. Each
of you has been assigned a region, as well as given a graphic organizer for
that particular area to help guide your study.
You will have a better understanding of how the 13 colonies were founded upon
completing the Power Point assignment. You will have learned about the three
regions, slavery, religion, as well as how to work cohesively within a
group/team.
All pieces of that organizer must be completed before you may begin work
on the Power Point itself. You are allowed to work with another "historian"
in your region in order to obtain all of the necessary information before
meeting with your Power Point group. You may create more slides, beyond the
4 slide minimum that is required; however, you will only be awarded extra
credit for one of them (please keep in mind that you will be presenting this
project, so don't make it too long). Content of extra slides must be
approved prior to the creation of the slide. Once you are ready to meet as a
Power Point group, you must elect one member as the task leader (more
information follow on this), and let me know your choice.
* An ADDITIONAL 5 points (towards your own grade) will be awarded to anyone
who makes a colonial treat (food) to share with the class for the Power Point
Presentation Party.
The following links may be used as research sources; however, a minimum of 2
resources must be BOOKS. A bibliography must be included in the Power Point
presentation for each group member (see sample sheet I gave you in September
for proper format).
Remember, you will be receiving 2 grades for this assignment: an individual
grade (for the slides you created) and a group grade (for the overall
appearance of the slide show, as well as for the presentation of the
product).
Internet Links
Digital History-research links
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=97
Recommended websites for colonial research-organized by time period
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/annot_links_list.cfm
Information on the New England colonies from kidinfo.com
Organized by topics!
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_NE_Colonies.html
Information on the Middle Atlantic colonies from kidinfo.com
Organized by topics!
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Mid_Colonies.html
Information on the Southern colonies from kidinfo.com
Organized by topics!
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_S_Colonies.html
Founding the 13 Colonies
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
Colonial America
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/colonialamerica/Colonial-America.htm
Broad information about the colonies
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm
Colonial Life in the 1700's: Southern Pennsylvania
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/
Charters and documents
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/statech.htm#ct
Colonial Economics
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/market_to_market/
Geography
http://brt.uoregon.edu/cyberschool/history/ch04/regions.html
Daily Life in the New England Colonies
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives_daily.html
The Quotable Ben Franklin--see more of his famous coined phrases and sayings!
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/index.htm
Interactive Colonial History--see if you could have survived during colonial
times!
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html
Colonial Clothing
http://www.history.org/History/clothing
Colonial Religion
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonieschurch.htm
Slavery
http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/african/aaintro.cfm/
Slavery
http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/african/aahdr.cfm/
Slavery
http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/Slavery.htm
Diseases
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/disease.html
Colonial Recipes (Remember, this could be worth extra credit if you bring in
colonial food for the class to sample)
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/food/foodhdr.cfm
Information about people, events, etc.
Click on "Social and Cultural Context" for medicine information
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_subject.html#social
Chesapeake Bay Economy
http://www.mariner.org/chesapeakebay/economy/cbe001.html