P R E V I E W
Draw a picture of a billboard you have seen.
Describe the billboard you drew. Mention at least three details about your billboard.
What does the billboard want people to do? How well does it communicate the message?
Explain.
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R E A D I N G
N O T E S
Use information from each section of the Student Text to complete the corresponding row
in the matrix below.
Reason for
Founding
300 kilometers
Claimed by
New Hampshire
and New York
Part of
Massachusetts
New
Hampshire
Massachusetts
Bay
New
York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island 40°N
Connecticut
New Jersey
ey
MA
150
N
50°
300 miles
RI
0
150
New England Colonies
0
Delaware
Georgia
70°W
30°N
Florida
(Claimed by
Spain)
Gulf of Mexico
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
NY
PA
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
MD
S
GA
South
Carolina
E
W
Middle Colonies
North
Carolina
N
Southern Colonies
Virginia
Maryland
Boundary of colonies
before the Revolution
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Geography
ason for
unding
R E A D I N G
Geography
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Economy
N O T E S
Government
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R E A D I N G
F U R T H E R
Complete the information below. First, choose a colonial region and the job in that region
that you like best. Then, create a simple drawing that could be a symbol for that job.
Finally, explain why you like this job.
Colonial Region
On the map, label the three
colonial regions. Then, in the
correct region, place the job
symbol you have created. In
the map key, enter the symbol
and the name of the job it
represents.
Job
Job Symbol
0
0
150
150
Why I Like
This Job
300 miles
300 kilometers
40°N
N
E
W
S
70°W
Key
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SSA5_ISN_7.1
P R O C E S S I N G
Suppose that you are moving from Great Britain to one of the North American colonies in
the 1740s. Write a farewell letter to your family. Your letter should include the following:
• a date and salutation
• a paragraph that identifies the colony in which you plan to settle and then explains your
reasons for moving there
• a second paragraph that compares your choice of colony with the two other regions of
colonial America (for example, if you were to choose Georgia—a Southern colony—you
would compare it with the New England and Middle regions)
• writing that is free from spelling and grammatical errors
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