The+Colonization+of+America

= = = __The Colonization of America - An Interdisciplinary Unit Activity__ =

Students will know when, where, and why Europeans colonized the New World.
 * Goal:**

1. To know the 13 colonies in the three regions and the reason for their settlement. 2. To use research techniques to gather information for a final project. 3. To summarize and synthesize information for a persuasive newspaper.
 * Objectives:**

1. Students will be assigned a colonial region to research. They will gather information, with bibliography, about that region from both print ond non-print sources. 2. Students will do a catagorizing activity to understand that information must be written in an organized manner and to determine what is useful and what is not. Using the information gathered, they will write at least five summaries to be included in their newspaper. 3. Students will design a detailed, colored map to be scanned into the newspaper. 4. Students will develop the unit vocabulary and create a crossword puzzle using Puzzlemaker.com. 5. Students will obtain information from the categories listed: Climate, Religion, Economy, Physical Geography, Natural Resources, Native Americans 6. Students will create a table and graph comparing and contrasting the population of the colonies in 1700 - 1720.
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