Colonial Webquest

You are an eleven year old English citizen living outside London in the 1620's. Your local area has become very crowded. One day at school, you overhear some adults talking about new possibilities and new beginnings in the recently established thirteen colonies. You become very excited hearing this and think it might be a wonderful opportunity for your family. Before you approach your parents, you decide to do a little digging and find out where your family should live.

TASK

In the course of making a decision for your family, you will research each of the thirteen colonies. At this time, you are simply researching each colonial region for important information. Some important things to consider include:

The geography of the area
Religious practices in the colonies
Reasons for settlement of the colonies.
Climate of the area
Food in the colonies
Education for the colonists
Having FUN in the colonies!!

Upon completion of your research and information chart, you will have the opportunity to choose TWO of the following projects to persuade your parents to move to the colony of your choice.

Written Project Choices (Choose one):

Projects must demonstrate an understanding of the culture and characteristics of the colony of your choice. The project must persuade your family to move to America!

Poster
A Power Point Presentation including eight slides.
A six-paneled Travel Brochure

Cultural Project Choices (Choose one):

Find two songs that colonists may have enjoyed in the 1600's and share those with the class.
Find a wonderful colonial recipe, make some samples, and bring to class to share.
Share an old colonial kids game. Write directions and teach the class to play!!
Dress up as an authentic colonist from the 1600's. (Only serious colonists need apply:)
Build a model of a colonial village, home, school, church, or similar structure important to the colonists in the 1600's and 1700's.

PROCESS

To aid in your colonial research success, you should follow these guidelines:

Research each of the website links provided below.
Use the attached Colonial Chart to help guide your research.
Use the websites to fill in appropriate information on the chart. You may print out the chart and manually write in research OR you may open it, save it to your folder, and type in it while on the computer. Do what is best for you!
Be sure to write any information found in your own words.

13 Colonies Websites:

Overview of 13 Colonies

Geography & Climate

Clickable Map for Detailed Information on Each Colony

Power Point about the Colonies

Characteristics & Motivations of the Colonies

Farming in the 13 Colonies

Churches in the 13 Colonies

Fun & Play in the 13 Colonies

Education in the 13 Colonies

History of Music in Colonies

Colonial Fashion

Colonial Clothing

Food in the 13 Colonies

Food in the Colonies

More Food!

Even More Food!!

Colonial Photos (Recreations)

Colonial Life

New England Colonies:

Middle Colonies:

Southern Colonies:

History

History II

General Information

Choosing Your Colony:

Before choosing your potential new home, it is important to consider your father's occupation as he will need to have work if your family moves. Please choose an occupation from the following list. Your choice may have a great effect on where you move!!

Basketmaker
Blacksmith
Brickmaker
Cabinetmaker
Carpenter
Cooper
Gunsmith
Printer
Shoemaker
Silversmith
Wigmaker

Begin work on your projects!!

**All Colonial Information Charts must be completed before you begin work on the written and cultural portions of your webquest. Mrs. Anthes will set a date for completion. If you finish early, you will be allowed to choose your colony and project.

EVALUATION

For this project, you will be graded on the written portion of your project using the attached rubric (coming soon!). The written portion of your project will be worth 60% of your Web Quest grade. The other 40% will consist of your cultural presentation. A rubric will soon follow:)

You will also be evaluated on your oral presentation. As always, you should practice your speech, volume, eye contact, and pace many times before the presentation. You will be given one week's notice of your presentation date to provide ample time for practice.

CONCLUSION

By the conclusion of this project, you should have gained a deeper understanding of the settlement, history, and culture of the Original Thirteen Colonies. Upon completion and after hearing other students share about their colony, you should be able to make comparisons between your colony and other colonies.

MOVING TO AMERICA.... !!