Journey Through the ColoniesAn interactive presentation

Please answer all of the numbered questions on your own paper. Please also create the charts as shown in

the presentation

Jamestown, Virginia(The Southern Colonies)

• Click HERE for the Life in Jamestown Video

• Click HERE to learn about Jamestown & Tobacco

• Click HERE to Find Out What REALLY Happened in Jamestown

In your own words…..

#1: Give FIVE important pieces of information as told in the video clips about Jamestown. Please BULLET POINT your 5 items:

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#2: What do you think would have been the best thing about living in Jamestown? The worst? Why?

The 13 Colonies

• Please follow along with the instructions on the presentation. You will need to do the assignment as asked on the video. Create and fill in the chart below (you will recreate this chart for all 3 colonial regions).

Colony Founder Reason Founded

Massachusetts

Connecticut

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Plymouth, Pilgrims, Puritans and New England

• Click HERE for the New England Colonies Video Podcast

• #3. The Mayflower Compact was: _______________________________

• #4. Do you think the Mayflower Compact was a good idea? Why or why not?

Wanna Visit Boston?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQQ62FweY7g

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• The Bahston Accent

• Shelly Murphy Explains a Boston Accecnt

In Your Own Words……

• #5. What would you like to see in Boston? Why?

• #6. What do you think would be the best thing about being a colonist living in New England? The Worst? Why?

The Middle Colonies

• How these colonies got their start……

• Click HERE for a Short Video on The Middle Colonies

• #7: What religious group founded Pennsylvania?

• #8: What country originally settled all of these colonies?

• #9: What was the original name given to this region?

• #10: What is the largest city in the Middle colonies today?

More fun with Mr. Zoller……The Middle Colonies

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw9pw8rIDlU

Colony Founder Reason Founded

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Delaware

Wanna Visit Philadelphia?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQUzcETk5eQ

• #7: What would you like to see most in Philadelphia? Why?

• Or New York City???

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA3OuEd4e1c

• #8: What would you like to see most in New York City? Why?

In Your Own Words…..

• #11: Give TWO important pieces of information you learned about the Middle colonies:

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• #12: What do you think would be the best thing about living in the Middle colonies? The Worst? Why?

The Southern Colonies

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3KAOWye1AM

Colony Founder Reason Founded

Virginia

Maryland

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Wanna Visit the Southern Colonies?

• How about visiting Washington D.C.?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD3wi8VpPuE

• #13: What would you like to see most in Washington DC? Why?

What questions do you still have????

Now that you’ve learned a little bit more about the colonial regions, what questions do you still have about the colonies?

Think of two RELEVANT and THOUGHTFUL questions regarding any of the colonial regions:

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Colonial Map

You are now going to color and label a map of the colonies. Please use the following instructions:

Color all of the NEW ENGLAND colonies GREEN

Color all of the MIDDLE colonies PURPLE

Color all of the SOUTHERN colonies RED (or pink)

You must label each individual colony by it’s FULL name (no abbreviations). You will have a map quiz on these colonies SOON! For the quiz you will need to know the location of the colony, what colonial region it’s in and how to spell it correctly! (Yep, even Massachusetts!)