9/11-12 Tuesday-Wednesday

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Guiding Question: 
What information should time travelers to the colonies know? 


Objectives:
Collaborative: Students will demonstrate their understanding of England's 13 colonies by completing a brochure with a score of at least 3/4 according to the rubric.
Standards:
8.1.1 Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor.
RI.8.1 - Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 
What are three things you've learned about England's 13 Colonies in the last few weeks?
Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes: 
Brochure Examples & Expectations

Collaborative (Voice Level .5) 90 minutes:
If for some reason you were absent, lost your assignments, can't remember a single thing we learned, or would prefer to look at the readings here, these are sources you could pull information from: 

 1. New England Colonies
2. Middle & Southern Colonies
3. Native Americans 
4. Life in the Colonies 

 Here is a rubric for your brochure. 

Do you need sentence starters? Here you go. 

Homework: 
Your 13 Colonies Brochure is due Thursday/Friday! It is a project grade which is weighted at 40%. Failure to turn in this assignment will result in an NP in this class. 

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