13 Colonies Travel Brochure ProjectProject Due Date: August 20th

Mr. Carter, the owner of the local Travel Agency--Back in Time Travel--asked your teacher for your help to advertise his new agency. The agency is unique in that it brings people to places during other time periods! He heard that you are learning about the 13 original colonies and are becoming experts about the life in those colonies. He needs your help to create the travel brochures that he will give to people to entice them to take these time travel trips.

The TaskYou will work first on getting an understanding of the 3 Regions of the 13 colonies. Your research will consist of watching 4 short video clips. Have fun, but don't get lost in time.

The Process In order to write about a colony, we need to understand why people came to the new world. This video will try to answer that question.

Watch the video: "Why were the 13 colonies started and why did people come?" For this link you will have to copy the link and paste into your web browser.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chm7mQu9_P0

The 13 colonies were separated into three distinct regions—the New England colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. Watch these 3 videos and take notes on them to help you understand the following points: What colonies made up each region? What did colonists do in the region to earn a living? Any other important bits of information that will help you better understand the 3 regions of the 13 colonies.

New England Colonies: (Just click on the link)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqp8BReJkgQ&feature=relmfu

Middle Colonies: (Just click on the link)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu9dQlQIeFM

Southern Colonies: (Just click on the link)http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=iZzviIaptvE_____________________________________________________________________

13 Colonies Travel Brochure ProjectProject Due Date: August 20th

Hold onto your notes. We will be going over these as a class to make sure we all understand some important items of information.

Move on to your Travel Brochure.

Brochure Portion of the Project-You will be choosing a colony at random to produce a travel brochure on. Your brochure should be a tool to try and recruit further settlement in your colony. Be sure to follow the directions carefully in order to receive full credit on this assignment.

Content - Your brochure will need to include the following:

Think about what’s important:

Who founded/paid for your colony? Who are each colonies leaders? Who was it founded for? What was the colony founded for? (There are some that were founded

for specific reasons) What is the land like? Are the natives friendly? How is your colony organized? Include a map. Any other interesting information you may find. Describe the climate and geographical features in that colony Think of a characteristic of your colony that might help you create a

title for the brochure. For example, people settled in Massachusetts for religious freedom. So a title for the brochure might be "Live and Pray in Massachusetts Bay!"

3. Use pictures along with words! No one wants to read a brochure that has no illustrations. On the other hand, pictures are not always worth a thousand words.

How to create a travel brochure in MS Publisher:

Open Microsoft Publisher from the MS Office menu.

1. Select “File” and the “New” from the menu bar.2. Click the arrow beside “Publications for Print.” A list of options will

appear.

13 Colonies Travel Brochure ProjectProject Due Date: August 20th

3. Scroll down and click “Brochures.” To the right, you will have a list of formats for your brochure. Select the format of your choice by clicking it.

4. Once you’ve made your selection, Publisher will create a brochure template for you with default information in the headings. Simply delete the default information and replace it with the information on your colonies.

5. Be sure to save your work to the network!

Resources:

Rare Old Maps of Colonial Americahttp://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html

Map of the thirteen colonieshttp://library.thinkquest.org/10966/map.shtml?tqskip1=1

Map of the Thirteen Colonies showing the Indian Reserve (1763)http://www.civics-online.org/library/formatted/images/13_colonies.html

Timeline: Chronological listing all Colonies, Founders and Purposehttp://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/colchart.html

Early American Colonial Life: Politics and Economicshttp://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/lec.col2.html

Colonial America: 1600 – 1775 – Comprehensive Linkshttp://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/colonial.htm

Travel Back to Colonial Times WebQuesthttp://www.wths.net/edtech/net/projects/abrahams/colonies.html

America’s Founding Fathers websitehttp://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html

National Archives: Original Documents – The Thirteen Colonieshttp://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters.html

PBS video about life in the colonieshttp://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives_daily.html#

13 Colonies Travel Brochure ProjectProject Due Date: August 20th

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/