Colonial America Webquest

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Colonial AmericaWebquest

• Erin Bray

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Index

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Resources
• Evaluation (Journal)
• Evaluation (Play)

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Introduction

• Have you ever wondered what life was like back in
  colonial America in the late 1600s and early
  1700s? You will pretend to be a colonist living
  in this time period. Remember that in this time
  period they had no electricity

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Task

• You will be working with a group of four students
  to find out background information on colonial
  America. Then, you will each take on a different
  role (farmer, artisan, woman, and slave) to
  become knowledgeable about one aspect of life in
  colonial America.
• After you have researched their role, you will
  create two projects
• (1) as an individual you will create a journal
  entry for a day in the life of the role you chose
  in order to describe daily life in colonial
  America.
• (2) as a group you will write a play
  demonstrating life in colonial America for one
  day
• As a group you will be presenting your play to
  the class.

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Process

• Step 1 You will be placed in groups of 4. Once
  you have your group you need to decide what
  student will have what job. Click on the link
  below to complete the information sheet.
• Character Information Sheet
• Step 2 Use the websites on the resource page to
  find out what life would be like as a colonist.
  Use the general information websites to obtain
  some background knowledge about colonial life.
  After you have gathered some background
  knowledge, start using the websites for your
  particular job. Open My job to take some notes
  as you travel through the websites.
• Step 3 Now that you know all about life in
  Colonial America, you will need to write your
  diary.  Remember you are going to talk like you
  are a colonist so talk about your life, not their
  lives.  The more details you have the better! 
  You want to stay in character for this project,
  so try to use words they would have used. 
• Step 4 Now that you have finished your research
  and diary, you can work with your group to create
  a skit about your colonial jobs. This skit
  should be written down and rehearsed before you
  present. Each skit should be between 3-5 minutes
  long.  You do not have to memorize your lines,
  but you should have an idea of what they say. 

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Resources

• General Characteristics
• Overview of Colonial Life
• http//www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/CA/13c4.htm
• Life in the 13 American Colonies
• http//www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushi
  story/13colonieslife.htm
• Characteristics of Colonies
• http//www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushi
  story/13colonies2.htm
• Slave
• Chronicling Black Lives in New England
• http//www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/10/29/feat/
  feat.1.html
• Slavery Trends
• http//www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/CA/sla2.htm
• Introduction to Colonial African American Life
• http//www.history.org/Almanack/people/african/aa
  intro.cfm
• African American Clothing
• http//www.history.org/history/clothing/intro/aa_
  cover.cfm
• Artisan
• Trades
• http//www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/trade
  hdr.cfm

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Evaluation

• Journal Entry

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Evaluation

• Play

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