Introduction
During Colonial Times there were many changes happening in the New World. We are going to be studying the Pilgrims, Puritans, and Wompanoags to learn what it would have been like to live in Massachusetts during this period of United States history!
Task
Using the Book Creator app on the ipads you are going to create a manual to help new immigrants coming to America during this time period. You will need to include the following things:
__ How the Pilgrims may be helpful and who were their leaders
__ Who the Puritans are and who are their leaders
__ How the Puritans and Pilgrims are alike and different
__ Who are the Wompanoags and who are their leaders, where do they live, what are their families like, clothing, food, and shelter
__ What items could be bartered and traded
__ What dangers they may encounter
__ What kind of jobs are available
Process
The following websites and links will provide information you need to complete your task! If the same site appears under multiple topics it has information on all three groups of people. Be sure to scroll down the whole page!
Puritans
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/religion/puritans.htm
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_plymouth.html
Pilgrims
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/who-were-pilgrims
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_plymouth.html
Colonial Music- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY7pszATaLA
Make sure you have headphones for this link! It's a little loud.
Wompanoags
http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/wampanoag-homesite
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_plymouth.html
Wompanoag Mucic- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzQG5Lkvts4
Make sure you have headphones for this link! It's a little loud.
Evaluation
Rubric- Colonial Times Book
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Organization
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Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings.
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Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs.
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Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed.
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The information appears to be disorganized. 8)
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Amount of Information
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All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 4 sentences about each.
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All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 3 sentences about each.
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Not all topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 3 sentence about each.
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More than 2 topics were not addressed. Those addressed were 1-2 sentences
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Quality of Information
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Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.
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Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.
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Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.
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Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
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Internet Use
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Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.
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Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.
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Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.
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Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites.
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Mechanics
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No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
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Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors
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A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.
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Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
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Total: ____/ 20
Conclusion
Now that you are authors in the topic of Colonial Times we are going to share what we learned with each other and perhaps some special guests. Be prepared to discuss what you learned and how each group of people are different and wanted different things.
Let's celebrate!
Credits
Teacher Page
Thank you for all your hard work! I hope you enjoyed studying colonial times and learned some interesting facts!
Mrs. Morgese