The Colonies Project
For an A, you must
choose three projects; for a B, you must choose two projects; for a C, you must
choose one project. Five extra
credit points will be added to the grade for the student who does extra work on
their projects or does extra projects.
You may work together or alone.
There are Internet resources on http://www.quia.com/pages/hostettercolony.html
*Write a letter to your
family members back in Europe (Choose an appropriate country) convincing them
that they should come to the New World.
*Write a journal pretending
you are on the Mayflower coming to the New World in search of religious
freedom.
*Write a modern day Mayflower
Compact using the Mayflower Compact as your resource.
*Write a two page report on
one of the original colonies.
*Make a table of the
colonies, their founders, purpose, date of settlement and important people in each.
*Create a PowerPoint
presentation.
*Create a colonial game with
instructions.
*Cook colonial food and bring
it to the class and explain how you made it.
*Write a song that the
Pilgrims could have sung on the first Thanksgiving.
*Write a poem that would
explain how you feel about being able to have religious freedom.
*Make a map that shows the 13
original colonies. Have a key to
show that group or groups of people settled there.
*Make dipped candles. Be prepared to share instructions on
how to make them, how long one could burn and what life would be like if that
was all the light available.
*Conduct a town meeting in
class. Follow a printed agenda and
democratically vote on issues that relate to the colonies.
*Produce a TV
“Who’s Who?” show.
Interview people like Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, and Benjamin
Franklin.
*Create a videotape that
would show what a colony would look like, how people would dress and how life
was at school.
*Pretend you were the first
to settle in the New World. Write
a letter to your family telling them about your adventures.
*Act out a drama about an
important person or a typical day in a colony.
*Create a poster with
pictures showing the different parts of colonial life.
