Colonial Time Skits (2-28-14)

The main point of your groups skit is to explain an important topic we have discussed-life in the colonies. You may choose one of the options described below to base your skit on, or your group can create another idea for your skit. If you prefer to do another idea for a skit you must first approve it with me. Here are a few suggested skit ideas:
1. Create a TV style advertisement that is designed to attract people to your topic. 2. Create a TV style news cast report. 3. TV shows, short movie, talk show, play, etc.

Remember that your skit must take place back in the colonies in North America. It must be accurately based on the information we learn in class and from other sources. Your skits should be no longer than 4 minutes, but should still be long enough to show me what you learned.

YOU WILL BE GRADED ON:

____/8 points - Accuracy of information ____/4 points - Creativity of skit ____/4 points - Written script ____/4 points - Presentation.

_____20 POINTS TOTAL

Colonial Review Game (3-4-14) Students will break up into five groups of four. Using the dry erase boards each group will write down their answer to the question and show it when told. This game will review key points learned throughout the Colonial America Unit. 1. What is the name of a person who worked with their hands? (1 pt) a. Artisan 2. Who was a printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father, but was never President of the United States?(1pt) a. Benjamin Franklin 3. What was a typical chore of a boy in colonial times? (1pt) a. Working in the field/ farming 4. True or False: Colonist came to America for religious freedom! (1 pt) a. True 5. What are three ways slaves resisted slavery?(3 pts) a. Worked slowly, broke tools, tried to escape, pretended to be sick 6. Where did the pilgrim voyagers on the Mayflower land? (1 pt) a. Plymouth rock 7. What is the name for a young person learning from an artisan? (1 pt) a. Apprentice 8. What were the 3 subjects students learned in school? (3pts) a. Reading, writing, & arithmetic 9. What was one of the cash crops of the southern colonies? (1 pt) a. Tobacco, rice, or indigo 10. What colonies were known for their large plantations? (1 pt) a. Southern colonies 11. True or False: A blacksmith is someone who made barrels out of wood for shipping. (1 pt) a. False 12. What was the name of the trade route slaves took from Africa to the New World?(Pick how many points you want, but if wrong you lose that many points) a. Triangular Trade Route

Colonial America Final Evaluation/Project (3-11-14)

You will choose one of the following projects and present it to the class next week. You will be graded on accuracy of information, creativity, organization, and presentation. You need to include with your project at least three resources. Please read the directions carefully and use the rubric to help you create your project. 1. List four factual reasons why early colonists came to America. Draw a ship they might have traveled in, and write on the ships sails their reasons for immigrating. 2. Construct a mobile about the pilgrims. Create a picture and define 12 words on your mobile. You must include these6 terms/ figures: Pilgrim, Puritan, Mayflower, Plymouth, Samoset, and Squanto. Chose 6 more terms that apply to the pilgrims to finish your mobile. All information must be factual (Verified in a book). 3. Research the steps of two of these colonial practices: making tallow candles, soap making, dyeing cloth, changing wool into clothing, making linen cloth, making butter. In a how- to booklet, list the steps, providing diagrams, and illustrations to help the reader understand each of the two processes. 4. Summarizing the rules, compile a booklet of six to eight childrens games from the colonial period. Include at least three of the following: fox and geese, hoops, marbles, Nine- MansMorris and blind mans bluff. 5. You are a shop keeper in Philadelphia who sells tools and household items. Make an illustrated & labeled inventory of your shop. Include at least fifteen items, including the following: spider frying pan, iron, warming pan, goffer, hay fork, ruggle, rug beater, and hackle. 6. Make a set of three paper dolls (adult male and female and one child of either gender). For each doll, create a full set of clothing, including small clothes and out er wear as would have been worn during colonial times. On the back of each doll, list the items of clothing worn. 7. Using materials in the classroom or items from outside, construct examples of two toys similar to those made by and for colonial children. Write a short explanation (3-4 sentences) of how each toy was used and out of what materials it would have been made. 8. Research the food eaten at the first Thanksgiving celebrated in Plymouth. Create an illustrated menu for the three-day celebration using the information you gathered. The menu must be based on factual information verified in a book and not on your personal knowledge of current Thanksgiving practices or folk- tales you may have previously heard.

9. In an illustrated pamphlet for gun collectors, compare a fowling piece (blunderbuss), a matchlock and flintlock. 10. If you were a merchant in Salem, Massachusetts in 1700, your advertising would be a signboard swinging above your door. Investigate what types of businesses would have existed and choose what type of business you would like to own and operate. Design (in the colonial style) and create a new sign for your shop and make a cardboard cut-out of your design. 11. Samplers were embroidered works of art found in many colonial homes made by women and children. Incorporating the purposes, style, designs, alphabets, and moral of stitched samples of the mid- 1700s, create a new, color design for your own sampler.

COLONIAL AMERICA FINAL PROJECT RUBRIC

Scores Accuracy of Information 0-2 None or very little of the information was accurately stated or supported by resources. None or very little creativity present. Not a lot of time was put into project. Not well organized. Did not read instructions and project was hard for others to read. Not a lot of details was present. Student was unable to present what they created. 3-4 Some of the information was correctly stated and supported by resources (1). Creativity was lacking and it is visible that some effort was put into it. A part of the project was hard for others to read. Many details were missing. Student had a hard time presenting what they created. 5-6 Most of the information present was accurate and supported by resources (2). Project had some creativity and it was easy to see time was put into it. Well organized with few errors. Some details were missing. 7-8 Resources (3) were present; all the information was accurate. Pts. Earned

Creativity

Project stood out from others and a lot of time was put into it. Well organized and easy for others to read. Project details are present.

Organization

Presentation

Student presented project clearly and told class some about their topic.

Project was clearly presented with full details about their topic.

_________/32 POINTS TOTAL

Colonial Newspaper (3-18-14) As a class we will be creating a Colonial Newspaper about a topic you are interested in. This will be done during computer class time to give you time to research and type your article. This assignment will not be graded, but still needs to be easy to read and should teach the class about your topic. Your newspaper article needs to include the following: At least a paragraph in length. (4-5 sentences) Information should come from at least three resources (Internet websites, books, encyclopedias, etc.) A picture to illustrate your article. (only a few pictures will be selected for the final newspaper) Free of errors. Title and authors name. A rough draft should be written before you type your final article. When finished with your rough draft it needs to be handed in for me to read and approve. You will be given two class periods to finish your article. When your article has been typed save it as ColonialArticle (your name). (Example: ColonialArticleMissMcBee)

**Below is the newspaper finished. The names of the students have been hidden.