Colonization

COLONIZATION Facing Slavery:

Read the following passage and complete section 12 of your Arrival in America note-taking sheet.



Colonization Quest on Monday: March 1st!

Practice Blank Map: [|13_Colonies.jpg]

JEOPARDY: Use this game to study for the quest on Monday, March 1st!!

Introducing: [|The FLIP Channel]! This new website will host ALL of our social studies videos to ensure that you can see them as soon as they are happening!

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Colonial Billboards & Commercials!

Over the next few weeks students will be working together to create billboard & commercial advertisements persuading Europeans of the 1700's to choose their colony to move to. The colonies include: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennslyvania, New York, Maryland, and Georgia. Below are the readings to prepare for Wednesday's in-class work:

Tun-Yiu, Nikki, Matt, and Spencer's Maryland [|Commercial]

Act-It-Outs: Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth are coming alive in our classroom this week! Join us in learning about these colonies when Channel 6 News interviews colonists live on location from North Carolonie, Virginia, and Massachusetts! Below please finds readings and directions were used to prepare for these fantastically created skits. Stay tuned for the three live broadcasts.

Act-It-Out Directions & Reading:

Due to file size limits, Act-It-Out presentations cannot be embedded into wiki. Instead, you may view the videos using Animoto! Room 2117: [|Roanoke Act-It-Out] Room 2121: [|Roanoke Act-It-Out]

Extra Credit Projects for Act-It-Outs: Jake's [|Xtranormal Movie]

After their long trecherous journeys, Europeans from Spain, France, Holland, and England are now ready to send over settlers to colonize and futher explore their newly claimed lands! Besides watching movies in class to help vizualize what these times are like, I have found some fun websites that offer activities (games, videos, activites, etc.) that I thought you might enjoy. If you a visit a website, be sure to discuss what you learned using the **//discussion//** tab of this webpage.

[|New Netherlands] (Present-Day New York)

New France (Present-Day Canada to New Orleans)

New Spain (Present-Day Southern United States and Mexico)

New England (Present-Day Eastern Coast of United States)

Would you have survived during colonial times? Take this [|quiz] to find out!

As governor of a new colony, you embark on a jouney accross the Atlantic! The fate of the colony lies in your hands! [|Begin your journey] if you think you have what it takes!

Settling the New World Who Wants to be a Millionaire Game! Colonial Spain/Santa Fe Hollywood Squares

Dutch and New Amsterdam Hollywood Squares

End of Year Review Game!