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The project description:The interaction of paired classes collaborating on the creation and solution of colonial situations using electronic communication.
Simulation options: a New England, a middle, or a southern colony
Sequence of required activities for the simulation:
Modeled paired collaborators: a NEW ENGLAND colony and a MIDDLE colony
A New England colony (example: Massachusetts Bay Colony)
- Create your colony's geographical descriptive profile based on factual data
- Create original character profiles for your colony based on life at the time
- Solve the challenges from your middle colony collaborators with solutions that do not change history
- Create the challenges for your collaborative colony
A middle colony (example: Newportia Colony based on Pennsylvania)
- Create your colony's geographical descriptive profile based on factual data
- Create original character profiles for your colony based on life at the time
- Create the challenges for your northern colony collaborators
- Solve the challenges from your northern colony collaborators with solutions that do not change history
WILD CARD - - OBSTACLE:
Interference of England (example: King Charles II or Parliament)
WILD CARD - - OBSTACLE:
Inquiries from paired colony
Optional cross-disciplinary individual classroom activities:
The teacher acts as a member of the colony and directs the simulation based on the content that is desired for an outcome. The challenges and obstacles set the framework for the simulation. The classroom teacher supports the simulation with background information and classroom curriculum content for the theme. The classroom teacher adapts the simulation to fit the needs of the age, grade, or program area of the participants.
Task - to prepare a colony profile
Task - to prepare for creating your original character profile
Written experiences:
- Who are you? Who are your family members? What is your family background?
- Describe your experience at the fire in the Meeting House
- Describe a celebration or tragic event that happened to your character or a member of your family
- Describe what happened to you, your family, and your town during the time of "the great sickness."
- Describe how your character interacted on March 5, 1770 on King Street.
Art activities:
- Design a sign for the store/shop of a family member
- Design a gravestone for a family member or friend
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