Unit+1

**Here we go!!!** This unit begins with Columbus' expedition through the founding of the American colonies & our unique regional and national identities.
=**TRAVEL BROCHURE**= Use a variety of resources (your book, the internet, those old fashioned things called encyclopedias...) to design a brochure to inspire people to move to your assigned colony. You are only doing 1 colony from this list. Be sure to be informative & persuasive. You may use an online brochure maker like www.mybrochuremaker.com to help design it. Be sure to hit educational account.

A. Earliest English Settlement B. New England Colonies: C. Chesapeake Colonies: D. Restoration Colonies:
 * 1) Roanoke
 * 2) Jamestown
 * 1) Plymouth Colony (a puritan colony)
 * 2) Massachusetts Bay Colony (a puritan colony)
 * 3) The development of New England - Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire,
 * 1) Maryland
 * 2) Virginia
 * 1) The Carolinas, (and Georgia)
 * 2) New Amsterdam, New York, New Jersey
 * 3) Pennsylvania and Delaware

- government - relation with Indians - the geographic qualities of your settlement should be made clear so that we can distinguis the geographic differences among regions - what are the social and cultural attitudes within your colony that develop? - Terms: type of colony (ex: proprietary) - Terms: important people
 * Travel Brochure rubric**
 * Includes the important factual information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50**
 * Conveys or satirizes the important facts/events in a memorable way (artistic,humourous, etc.) . . . . . .20**
 * Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20**
 * Neat, creative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10**
 * DUE Sept. 2**

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