Colonial Studies

Students these next few weeks will be studying the thirteen colonies.  Students will be expected to do the following in class with a partner or small group:

1.  Study one colony and make a powerpoint presentation to teach the class about what they learned.
2.  The presentation must answer the following questions:

• Where the colonists came from and why?  (ex: religion, seeking riches)
• What year did they come?
• Did the colonists set up a government?
• What was the colonists relationship with the Native Americans?
• What kids of work/jobs did the colonists do?  (ex: farm, fish, trade goods)
• What were the religious beliefs of the colonists?
• What was daily life like?
• Include and interesting facts, important people and or events. 

3.  The powerpoint presentations must have at least five slides with a picture/clipart on each slide. 

It would be very helpful for students to have a flashdrive to store their presentations or to take home easily to work on. 

Next week Mrs. Engles class will begin reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond which tells the story of an outsider coming to live in a Puritan community in the colony of Connecticut.  This book gives great insight into the daily life of early colonists.