Assignment+American+Colonies

Name: Hour: The 5 W’s (and More) of Your Colony ** Directions:  ** Using the classroom textbook, as well as online resources, please answer the following for your colonial group to gain some background knowledge and be prepared to share this information with your group and ultimately, with the class. Research must be confined to the period prior to 1776. Each of you will be assigned two specific areas of research within one of the following colonial groups: 1. French Settlers (Great Lakes, Ohio River Valley and Louisiana) p 85-87 2. Spanish Settlers (Florida and the southwestern part of today’s United States) p 36-41 3. Massachusetts Bay Colony (Puritans) p 49-52, 79-82 4. New York p 55-56, 79-82 5. Pennsylvania (Quakers) p 55-59 6. Rhode Island p 52, 79-82 7. Virginia p 42-48 8. Southern Colonies (Carolinas, Georgia) p 72-75 The questions to be covered are: ** Who? ** (Who are your people? Be sure to include key figures, groups of people and why they were important) ** What? ** (Give an overview of what your group accomplished including important events) ** When? ** (The dates of the settlement) ** Where? ** (Show on a map the location in North America) ** Why? ** (Give the reason(s) why your group came to North America) ** Economics? ** (Was there trade and with what groups? Was there a money system? Were there classes of people? How did they make a living?”  **  How?  ** (How was the government structured? Who could participate in it? Who had the power?)  **  Results?  ** (What was the effect of your group on other groups, land and culture/society? Be sure to include both positive and negative)   After completing your research, you will need to share your information with your group members. A visual will be needed to share your colony with the entire class. Each group will be responsible for making a “book” with an overview of their research. Each member will create 2-3 pages to represent their portion of the research.    **  Each group will have no more than 8 minutes to present (approximately 2 minutes each).  ** Presentations should be organized and integrated. Each person is responsible for representing the visual portion that pertains to their part of the research.     You are graded individually on your portion of the research and presentation so each member will be expected to sign a contract as to what you are taking responsibility for.