Comparing+the+Colonies

A WebQuest for 5th Grade Social Studies
 * ** Pennsylvania **
 * For Sale **

** Introduction ** You are a real estate agent living in Colonial America. Your real estate agency has been #1 in sales for the past 7 years…persuading a large number of new settlers to come to the colonial region in which you live. With a new group of colonists scheduled to come over, you want to be sure they come to your colonial region to live. These potential colonists need to be able to tell how the three colonial regions are similar and/or different. In order to do this, they need reliable information about each colonial region so they can decide which area to settle in: New England, Middle, or Southern colonies. Your agency will be responsible for informing these future settlers all about your colonial region. *How are the three colonial regions alike and/or different?

** The Task ** After researching an English colony in America, you and your group will present a PowerPoint presentation about your colony. Then the group will create a billboard and a sales pitch that persuades settlers to come to your colonial region.

** The Process ** 1. You and your group will be assigned a colony. 2. Each person within the group will be assigned a role with the advertising agency. The various roles are responsible for researching one aspect of the assigned colony. 3. After the research is completed, create a PowerPoint presentation for the rest of the class to teach them about your colony. 4. As the PowerPoints are presented, the class will take notes and fill in their graphic organizers. 5. Each team will then be assigned a colonial region (based on their colony). 6. Write a slogan for your billboard that encourages people to move to your colonial region. Decide on a picture to go with your slogan. 7. Add 3 graphics or visuals that illustrate other good qualities your colonial region contains. Create catchy captions for each visual. // 8. // Using the map your teacher gives you, color in your colonial regions. Attach it to your advertisement. //Include a map key.// Fill in **organizer chart** for steps 6 and 7.

Historian: Politician: Geographer: Merchant:
 * Roles: **

** Evaluation ** ||  || || || || || ** Score  ** ||
 * || || || || ||  ||
 * || || || || ||  ||
 * || || || || ||  ||
 * || || || || ||  ||
 * || || || || ||  ||

** Conclusion ** = Congratulations! You have successfully compared and contrasted the three colonial regions. Those early colonists had a tough decision to make! =  ** If it were you, where would YOU have settled? **

Credits & References:

Credit it given to Stephanie Spear, Andrea Donovan, and Richard Gouldin from the University of Richmond for their idea “Let’s Make a Deal: Colonial WebQuest”. ||