Name:
Teacher:
Colonial America
A Fifth Grade Research Project
Colony
Date Due
As a founder of your colony, you will need to convince others to
settle in your colony. To create a colony advertisement, you will
need to research your colony using the notes sheets in this packet.
You will
Y
ill workk with
i h a partner, but
b you will
ill be
b responsible
ibl for
f your
own research notes and creating your own advertisement.
You will create your colony advertisement in MS Publisher. Ms.
Harker will show you how to use MS Publisher.
You will be graded on the following items:
‰Big 6 Problem Solving Process
‰Colonial American Research Notes
‰Colonial Map (colored and labeled)
‰ABCD Bibliography
‰Colony Advertisement
Big Six Assignment Organizer
Names _______________________________________
Teacher ______________________________________
1.
What am I supposed to do for this project?
What specific information do I need to know about my colony to do
this project?
2.
What information sources can I use to find the colony information I
need?
d? (List
(Li t specific
ifi books,
b k web
b sites
it or other
th sources I can use.))
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
© Eisenberg/Berkowitz, 1990; organizer adapted from Barbara Jensen, 1995.
3.
Where can I get the information sources I listed in Big 6 #2?
4.
How will I record my information (take notes)? How will I give
credit to my sources (bibliography)?
5.
What am I making for my final project? How will I give credit to my
sources in my final project?
.
6.
How will I know I have done my best work? What do I need to check
before I turn in my work?
© Eisenberg/Berkowitz, 1990; organizer adapted from Barbara Jensen, 1995.
Colonial America Research Notes
Colony:
1. When did the first explorers
p
come to y
your colony?
y
2. When did the first settlers come to your colony?
3. Where were your colony’s first settlers from? Who were they?
4. What was the land like? What was the climate like?
5. What did the colonists eat and drink?
6. What clothing did the colony’s people wear?
Colonial America Research Notes
7. What were some of the jobs or skills of the men and women in your
colony?
8. What kinds of schools did the colony have?
9. What are some other interesting facts about your colony? (You may want
to include facts about the colony’s government, housing, relations with
Native Americans, or religion.)
Colonial America Map
Atlantic
Ocean
Color this map using 2 different colors of map pencils or crayons. Color
your colony in one color and the other 12 colonies in the other color.
Label all 13 colonies.
Colonial America Advertisement
Advertisement
You will create an advertisement to attract people to your colony. You will
use MS Publisher for your advertisement.
Your advertisement must have:
‰ A slogan that summarizes your colony’s most outstanding feature. For
example,
l the
th Virginia
Vi i i colony
l
may have
h
a slogan
l
like,
lik “Make
“M k your dreams
d
come true with the rich soil of Virginia!”
Slogan:
‰ Three catchy statements that describe other qualities of your colony,
colony such
as its geography, climate or job opportunities.
Catchy Statement 1:
Catchy Statement 2:
Catchy Statement 3:
‰ The colony’s name in wordart
‰ One clip art picture that reinforces your slogan, catchy statements, or
colony
l
attributes
tt ib t
‰ Your name
Colonial America Grading Rubric
Bigg Six Problem Solvingg Process (25
( points)
p
)
pts.
R
Research
hN
Notes
t & Map
M (30 points)
i t)
pts.
Bibliography Notes (15 points)
pts.
Advertisement (30 points)
pts.
Total
pts.
Colonial America Research Notes
Bibliography
Source 1
A
B
C
D
Source 2
A
B
C
D
Source 3
A
B
C
D
Book
A
B
C
D
author
book title
company and city
date published ©
Encyclopedia
A
B
C
D
author and article title
book title
company and city
date published ©
Web Site
A
B
C
D
author (if found)
web page title
web page address
date viewed