Topic of your Task: The early European colonists
Time Frame: 2 days
Essential Question: What was life like for the early colonists in the the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies? Are there similarities as well as differences?
SC Social Studies Standards: 4.2.2
Compare the various European Settlements in North America in terms of economic activities, religious emphasis, government, and lifestyles.
CCR Standards: Reading Anchor Standards 1 & 9, Writing Anchor Standards 1, 4, 6 & 8
Your task: You will be assigned one of four categories of topics that affected the lives of the early colonists in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. Your job will be to take dash notes on your assigned topic, watch a video and take dash notes on that, and then create a power point with at least four slides, one of which will be an introductory slide, and at least one on your topic for each section (New England, Middle and Southern) with information from your notes. You will also want to include one picture per slide.
Steps you will be following: In order to plan and create your power point, you will do all of the following:
The four topics are: Food, Farming, Religion and School
1) Click on the link on the resources page that is for your assigned topic, and read the information. As you read, take dash notes, looking for specific evidence/facts to include in your power point.
2) Watch the video on the resources page, and take notes on each.
3) Organize your information, plan, and create your power point. The slides should be arranged:
Slide #1: Introduction
Slide #2: Your topic in the New England colonies
Slide #3: Your topic in the Middle Colonies
Slide #4: Your topic in the Southern Colonies
4) You will want to refer to your notes while creating your power point. You can re-read your article and re-look at the videos as often as you need to.
Time Frame: 2 days
Essential Question: What was life like for the early colonists in the the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies? Are there similarities as well as differences?
SC Social Studies Standards: 4.2.2
Compare the various European Settlements in North America in terms of economic activities, religious emphasis, government, and lifestyles.
CCR Standards: Reading Anchor Standards 1 & 9, Writing Anchor Standards 1, 4, 6 & 8
Your task: You will be assigned one of four categories of topics that affected the lives of the early colonists in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. Your job will be to take dash notes on your assigned topic, watch a video and take dash notes on that, and then create a power point with at least four slides, one of which will be an introductory slide, and at least one on your topic for each section (New England, Middle and Southern) with information from your notes. You will also want to include one picture per slide.
Steps you will be following: In order to plan and create your power point, you will do all of the following:
The four topics are: Food, Farming, Religion and School
1) Click on the link on the resources page that is for your assigned topic, and read the information. As you read, take dash notes, looking for specific evidence/facts to include in your power point.
2) Watch the video on the resources page, and take notes on each.
3) Organize your information, plan, and create your power point. The slides should be arranged:
Slide #1: Introduction
Slide #2: Your topic in the New England colonies
Slide #3: Your topic in the Middle Colonies
Slide #4: Your topic in the Southern Colonies
4) You will want to refer to your notes while creating your power point. You can re-read your article and re-look at the videos as often as you need to.