Colonial Comic Strip Project
Imagine that you are living in colonial America in the 1700s….what would your life be
life? What would your family be like? Your home? What would school be like – would
you go to school?
Your task is to create a comic strip describing these details of your imaginary life, and
many more.
You already know many details about your character – your occupation, age, where you
live, etc. Now you are going to create a story about what happens in that character’s life.
Your comic strip is going to require that various actions/events happen in your colonial
person’s life. Take a few moments and jot down 5 or 6 possible events that could happen
to your person in the space below. You may use your textbook to help you come up with
ideas. *Note – Be realistic. While you should be creative and have fun, remember that the
primary purpose of this project is to demonstrate that you know what colonial life was
like.
Content – State
History and
Information
Content –
City/Country life,
families, crime and
punishment,
leisure
Thee Needs
Some
Improvement
Fair
Good
Splendid
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of two
or less accurate
facts about the
history/ basic
characteristics of
your state
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of three
or less accurate
facts in four or
more mentioned
areas of colonial
life
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of three
about the history/
basic
characteristics of
your state
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of only
four accurate facts
about the history/
basic
characteristics of
your state
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of only
three accurate facts
in one mentioned
area of colonial
life (and five facts
in all other areas)
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of at
least five accurate
facts about the
history/ basic
characteristics of
your state
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of at
least five accurate
facts (each) about
city/country life,
colonial families,
colonial crime
and punishment,
and leisure
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of at
least five accurate
facts (each) about
city/country life,
colonial families,
colonial crime
and punishment,
and leisure
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of at
least three
accurate facts
(each) about
colonial social
class and
education
Content –
City/Country life,
families, crime and
punishment,
leisure
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of three
or less accurate
facts in four or
more mentioned
areas of colonial
life
Content – Social
class and education
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of 3
facts total about
each area of
colonial life
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of three
or less accurate
facts in two or
three mentioned
areas of colonial
life
(and five facts in
all other areas)
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of three
or less accurate
facts in two or
three mentioned
areas of colonial
life
(and five facts in
all other areas)
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of two
accurate facts in
each area of
colonial life
Plot
*Note – Plot
must not have
any
anachronisms!*
Creativity
Project contains
three or less
actions/ events
Project contains
four actions/
events
Project contains
five actions/
events
Project contains
at least six
actions/ events
Student
expressed most
of the facts and
then the actions
with little or no
attempt to weave
them together
Student had
some trouble
weaving some of
the facts and
actions together
Student wove
some of the facts
and actions
together in a
creative way
Student
creatively wove
all the facts and
actions together
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of only
three accurate facts
in one mentioned
area of colonial
life (and five facts
in all other areas)
Project
demonstrates a
knowledge of only
two accurate facts
in one mentioned
area of colonial
life (and three facts
in the other area)
First Person
Little or none of
the comic is
written in first
person
Length
Comic includes
three or less
boxes with
detailed pictures
expressing facts/
the story
One accurate
date is included.
Date – Note :
Your story must
take place
sometime
between 1660 1750
Legibility
Captions
Little/ none of
the comic is easy
to understand/
read
Three or more
boxes are
missing captions
Some ( about
75% of the
boxes) of the
comic is written
in first person
Comic includes
four boxes with
detailed pictures
expressing facts/
the story
Most of the
comic is written
in first person
Entire comic is
written in first
person
Comic includes
five boxes with
detailed pictures
expressing facts/
the story
Two accurate
dates are
included
Three accurate
dates are
included
Comic includes
at least 6 boxes
with detailed
pictures
expressing facts
/ the story
At least four
accurate dates
are included
Some (about
75%) comic is
easy to
understand/ read
Two boxes are
missing captions
Most of the
comic is easy to
understand/ read
One box is
missing a caption
Entire comic is
easy to
understand/
read
Each box
includes a
caption