Colonial America WebQuest

It is winter in the colonies.  This is the first winter you away from your home in England.  The conditions are harsh. The snow is several feet deep and the wind is bitterly cold.  The land around your new house is still foreign to you.  It takes every member of your family to survive and you are vital to your family's survival.  It is up to you to learn how to help your family survive this brutal winter.

Things to answer in your quest to help your family:

1.  What preparations were needed before the winter started?

2.  What challenges does your family face during this harsh winter?

3.  What tools will help your family survive?

4.  What will be needed once winter is over?

Your task is to identify and make discoveries about the 13 original colonies. You will reasearch to find this information. Your report will include:

• Identification of the originial 13 Colonies
• Founders of each colony and the year it was founded
• Description of why each colony was founded
• Geographical characteristics of each colony
• Survival
• Econmic Conditions (How did colonists make their living?)

Process #1:

Complete the Colonial America Interactive Scavenger Hunt

http://www.etownschools.org/cms/lib/PA01000774/Centricity/Domain/852/ColonialAmericaInteractiveInternetScavengerHunt.pdf

Process #2:

Label the map of the 13 colonies

Color the New England Colonies ORANGE

Color the Middle Colonies BLUE

Color the Southern Colonies GREEN

Complete the table for each colonial region

http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13regions/

http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blcolonial13.htm

http://www.horizon.bismarckschools.org/uploads/resources/7410/complete-colonial-comparison-sheet.pdf

http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

Process #3:

Map of Jamestown

1.  Draw and color the church in the center of the fort.  From 1607 until the 1750s Jamestown went through five churches.

2.  Draw and color the marketplace located southwest directly in front of the church.  The marketplace was where people traded goods and learned about current events.

3.  Draw and color the armory northwest of the marketplace.  The armory stored the weapons for the fort.  Weapons included halberds (axes), pikes (spears), muskets, and armor.

4.  Draw and color the guardhouse northwest of the armory near the palisade.  The guardhouse was where the guards stayed and protected the fort.

5.  Draw and label the storehouse southeast of the marketplace.  The storehouse contained the colonists’ most important belongings and the food for the fort.

6.  Draw and color the bunkhouses on all three sides of the fort close  to the fence lines.  Historians think 20 bunkhouses were built.  They were small, one-room houses shared by six to eight men.  There were no women or children when the fort was built.

7.  Draw and color a cannon on each of the bulwarks located on the three corners of the fort.  Bulwarks were the raised areas where cannons were placed.

8.  Draw and color the main gate to the fort on the southwest palisade.  Two smaller gates were located on the west and south parts of the palisade.  A third smaller gate was located on the east part of the palisade.  Draw and color these gates as well.

9.  Color the rest of the diagram accurately, based on your internet research.

10.  Add a compass rose

11.  Add a map key

Process #4

Tools for Survival

Choose a research topic below that will help you and your family survive your first winter in the new land:

1.  How to make an arrowhead

2.  How to tell time without a clock

3.  How to make a fire without matches

4.  How to make a bow and arrow

5.  How to catch a fish with your bare hands

6.  How to make candles

7.  How to make butter

8.  How to make moccasins

9.  How to make a coonskin cap

10.  How to cook a fish

11.  How to treat frostbite

12.  How to make a rope

13.  How to purify water

14.  How to make an animal trap

Choose your topic

Research your topic on the internet

      1.  Take notes on notecards

      2.  Write the website that the note comes from

Write rough draft explaining how to do whatever it is you chose to research

Give your paper to a friend to help with editing

Make corrections

Give to another friend to help with editing

Make corrections

Type your paper in Word

Print and turn in

Making A Map : Jamestown Fort
Teacher Name: Robbin Lewis
Student Name:     ________________________________________
CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Labels - Accuracy	At least 90% of the items are labeled and located correctly.	80-89% of the items are labeled and located correctly.	79-70% of the items are labeled and located correctly.	Less than 70% of the items are labeled and located correctly.
Labels & Features - Neatness	90-100% of the labels/features can be read easily.	89-80% of the labels/features can be read easily.	79-70% of the labels/features can be read easily.	Less than 70% of the labels/features can be read easily.
Map Legend/Key	Legend is easy-to-find and contains a complete set of symbols, including a compass rose.	Legend contains a complete set of symbols, including a compass rose.	Legend contains an almost complete set of symbols, including a compass rose.	Legend is absent or lacks several symbols.
Color Choices	Student always uses color appropriate for features (e.g. blue for water; black for labels, etc.) on map.	Student usually uses color appropriate for features (e.g. blue for water; black for labels, etc.).	Student sometimes uses color appropriate for features (e.g. blue for water; black for labels, etc.).	Student does not use color appropriately.
Title	Title tells the purpose/content of the map, is clearly distinguishable as the title (e.g. larger letters, underlined, etc), and is printed at the top of the map.	Title tells the purpose/content of the map and is printed at the top of the map.	Title tells the purpose/content of the map, but is not located at the top of the map.	Purpose/content of the map is not clear from the title.

 

Research Report : How to Survive
Teacher Name: Robbin Lewis
Student Name:     ________________________________________
CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Notes	Notes are recorded and organized in an extremely neat and orderly fashion.	Notes are recorded legibly and are somewhat organized.	Notes are recorded.	Notes are recorded only with peer/teacher assistance and reminders.
First Draft	Detailed draft is neatly presented and includes all required information.	Draft includes all required information and is legible.	Draft includes most required information and is legible.	Draft is missing required information and is difficult to read.
Amount of Information	All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each.	All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each.	All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each.	One or more topics were not addressed.
Quality of Information	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.	Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
Sources	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in the desired format.	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in the desired format.	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in the desired format.	Some sources are not accurately documented.
Paragraph Construction	All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.	Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.	Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well.	Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs.
Internet Use	Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.	Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.	Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.	Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites.
Mechanics	No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors	A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.