Topic: Thirteen Colonies
Grade Level: Intermediate
Objectives: Students will explore the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
through the use of United Streaming Videos.
Materials:
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United Streaming Account (subscription needed) and download the following
titles:
o Making the Thirteen Colonies: New England Colonies
o Making the Thirteen Colonies: Middle Colonies
o Making the Thirteen Colonies: Southern Colonies
PowerPoint software
Books on the Colonies
http://www.nlsd.will.k12.il.us/~bentley/Bentley/13 Colonies resouces.html
Student handout
Technology Skills:
 Basic knowledge of PowerPoint
 Scan images (optional)
 Insert images into presentation
 Copy and paste images from the Internet
 Change backgrounds and fonts
Procedure:
 Students will view the United Streaming videos and conduct additional research
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on their colonies using the books pulled for this unit and the Internet resources
located on the project resource page.
Students will answer the key questions about their colony that are listed on the
student work packet.
Once the students have completed the student handout, they will use the
information gathered to complete a PowerPoint presentation that contains a title
page, copyright page, and pages for each of the questions on the student answer
sheet.
Created by: Michelle Lombardo 05/06
Student Handout
As an expert on your assigned colony, you will create a webpage that addresses
the following questions:
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Name of the Colony
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Date Founded
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Who was the founder of the colony?
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What were the economic characteristics of the colony? (How did they make
money?)
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What was the predominant religion?
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What Government was established in the colony? (Describe how the
government worked)
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Why did the founders leave Europe to find the colony? (What was so
appealing that people made the journey from England to the colony?)
Your presentation should reflect the colony in the following ways:
 All of the key ideas are covered.
 The information must be accurate and all words should be spelled
correctly.
 At least ten visuals should accompany the written aspects; these may be
from the computer or drawn by hand (scanned).
 It should be neat, colorful, and visually appealing.
http://www.tesd.k12.pa.us/vfms/shaughnessy/process.htm#links
Also visit our team page “project resources” and 13 Colonies Resources
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http://www.nlsd.will.k12.il.us/~bentley/Bentley/13 Colonies resouces.html
Created by: Michelle Lombardo 05/06