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I'M A MOVER, A QUAKER, A COLONY MAKER

Diana Fullmer, Mueller Park Jr.High, Bountiful, Utah

NAME___________________________ PERIOD ___________

LEVEL "C". YOU MUST COMPLETE 70 POINTS BEFORE YOU CAN MOVE TO LEVEL "B"

1. LECTURE NOTES AND OUTLINE 15 POINTS

2. 15 VOCABULARY FLASH CARDS FROM READING 10 POINTS

3. READ TEXT PGS. 94-110 AND OUTLINE, STOP AT GROWTH OF

SLAVERY 20 POINTS

4. READ BOOK "IF YOU LIVED IN COLONIAL TIMES" AND WRITE DOWN

15 FACTS 15 POINTS

5. READ "IF YOU GREW UP WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON" AND WRITE 15

FACTS 15 POINTS

6. MAP WORK THE COLONIES GET DIRECTIONS 15 POINTS

7. READ ARTICLE "MISERY" AND LIST 8 FACTS 10 POINTS

8. WATCH VIDEO "FORGING A NEW WORLD AND LIST THE REASONS

PEOPLE CAME TO THE NEW WORLD AND WRITE A PARAGRAPH

WHY YOU WOULD OR WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO THE COLONIES

15 POINTS

9. READ THE BOOK "WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA BEN FRANKLIN" AND LIST

15 FACTS 10 POINTS

10. READ THE ARTICLE "TITUBA" AND LIST THE REASONS THAT LED

TO THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS 10 POINTS

11. LISTEN TO THE TAPE "TRAPPAN'D MAIDEN" AND LIST 5 PROBLEMS

FOR THIS INDENTURED SERVANT 5 POINTS

12. READ "WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND" PGS.82-90. CREATE A VENN

DIAGRAM TO SHOW HOW SCHOOL WAS DIFFERENT IN COLONIAL

TIMES, HOW IT WAS THE SAME, AND HOW SCHOOL IS SET UP

TODAY. 10 POINTS

13. DO THE MATCHING DRILL 5 POINTS

14. CREATE A TIME LINE . ADD THE FOLLOWINGENGLISH BILL OF

RIGHTS, COLONY OF PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDED, MA. BAY

COLONY FOUNDED, NAVIGATION LAWS, FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF

CONNECTICUT, ROGER WILLIAMS, BACON'S REBELLION 10 POINTS

15. READ THE BOOK "IF YOU HAD LIVED IN WILLIAMSBURG IN

COLONIAL DAYS" AND WRITE 15 FACTS 15 POINTS

"B" LEVEL CHOOSE ONLY ONE 15 POINTS

1. MAKE A PICTURE STRIP OF LIFE IN ONE OF THE COLONIAL AREAS

SEE DIRECTIONS

2. CREATE AN AD TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SETTLE IN ONE OF THE 3

COLONIAL AREAS, SEE DIRECTION SHEET

3. CREATE A HAPPY MEAL FOR COLONIAL TIMES AND INCLUDE A

TOY PRIZE

4. STUDY THE INVENTIONS THAT IMPROVED THE STANDARD OF LIVING

IN COLONIAL DAYS. MAKE A COLLECTION OF PICTURES OF THE

INVENTIONS AND SHOW WHERE THE INVENTIONS WERE USED.

5. DESIGN 6 QUILT SQUARES THAT DEPICT DAILY LIFE IN THE COLONIES

6. CREATE A MOBILE OF FRANKLIN'S INVENTIONS AND DECIDE ON THE

INVENTION THAT HAS HAD THE GREATEST EFFECT ON AMERICAN

SOCIETY.

7. CHOOSE A TRADE COMMON IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD AND CREATE

A CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK TO SHOW ALL ABOUT THE TRADE.

8. LOOK OVER THE 31 WITTY SAYINGS OF FRANKLIN.S "POOR

RICHARD'S ALMANAC". CHOOSE 5 AND VISUALLY ILLUSTRATE THEM.

"A" LEVEL CHOOSE ONLY ONE 15 POINTS

1. MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS DEPENDED ON AND GOT ALONG WELL

WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS. OTHERS DID NOT GET ALONG AS

WELL. CREATE A PROTOTYPE SETTLEMENT WHERE BOTH THE

SETTLERS AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS LIVED IN HARMONY AND

MUTUAL RESPECT.

2. CREATE A SERIES OF SKITS, CAN BE VIDEOTAPED, THAT SHOW THE

PLIGHT OF WOMEN, SLAVES, NATIVE AMERICANS THROUGHOUT

THE PERIOD OF COLONIAL AMERICA.

3. THE WAY WE LIVE OUR DAILY LIVES HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY

SINCE THE 1700'S DEVELOP A VISUAL PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS

HOW OUR LIFE IS DIFFERENT THAN A PERSON WHO LIVED IN THE

1700'S. PREDICT WHAT CHANGES FOR THE FUTURE WILL CHANGE

OUR DAILY LIFE.

4. CREATE A SCIENCE FICTION STORY ABOUT BEN FRANKLIN BEING

WARPED INTO THE FUTURE AFTER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

IN 1765. THEN COMPARE THE HISTORIES OF AMERICA WITH AND

WITHOUT HIS INFLUENCE. INCLUDE HIS POLITICAL, SCIENTIFIC

AND HUMANITARIAN CONTRIBUTIONS.

504 EXTRAS

1. READ FAMOUS AMERICANS PGS. 6-9 5 POINTS

2. READ ARTICLE "THE THIRTEEN COLONIES" , PGS.65-68

10 POINTS

3. READ ADVENTURE TALES OF AMERICA PGS. 51-58 AND LIST 8

FACTS 10 POINTS

4. READ ADVENTURE TALES OF AMERICA PGS. 96-99 AND LIST

6 FACTS 5 POINTS

5. READ ADVENTURE TALES PGS. 103-105 AND LIST 6 FACTS

5 POINTS