Mr. Jackson,
the owner of the local
Travel Agency--Back in Time Travel--asked your teacher for your help to
advertise his new agency. The agency is unique in that it brings people
to places during other time periods! He heard that you are
learning about the 13 original colonies and are becoming experts about
the life in those colonies. He needs your help to create the
travel brochures that he will give to people to entice them to take
these time travel trips.
The Task
You will work
in teams to find out
about the 13 original colonies by researching in order to write the
travel brochure. Each team will select a
specific region to study and each of you will get a specific colony to
experience! Have fun, but don't get lost in time. Before you
start, let's review the location of each of the colonies by looking at
and answering questions on thisMAP.
The 13
colonies were separated into three distinct regions—the New England
colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. Your team
should select one of the videos to watch.
After viewing
the video, your team
must decide which colony within the region, you would like to create
the brochure about. To create a brochure.please research
about that colony by:
The final
product will be to create
the travel brochure. You may use this TEMPLATE
or create one of your own.
Credits, References &
Bibliography
Betsy Ross Flag graphic:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/Us_flag_large_Betsy_Ross.png/180px-Us_flag_large_Betsy_Ross.png
Videos from United Streaming:
www.unitedstreaming.com American
Revolution, The: From Colonies to Constitution: The American Colonies. United Learning
(2001). Retrieved
December 16, 2005, from unitedstreaming:
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/
