The Founding of the 13 Original Colonies WebQuest
Introduction
“Come see what the thirteen colonies has to offer you!”
Colonial America was a time in history that provided many new and exciting opportunities for the Europeans. People were hearing about America and were taking risks to come and settle in these new colonies.
This land was divided into three colonial regions:
• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
People settled in these regions and specific colonies for a variety of reasons including different job opportunities, climate and geography, and freedom of region.
Your expertise is needed immediately! We need three historians to report on the 13 original colonies. The information you provide will be used to teach others about colonial times. Through researching the colonization of America, you will discover the similarities and differences of the Southern, Middle and New England Colonies. For each region you will uncover the hardships that the settlers faced while creating a new life that was accepting of everyone. You will discover the challenges they faced territorial, differences and similarities, and religious factors.
After analyzing your findings, your team will create a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast each member’s findings
The Task
The task is to identify and make discoveries of the 13 original colonies. You will uncover this information through research. Your final report will include:
Introduction
“Come see what the thirteen colonies has to offer you!”
Colonial America was a time in history that provided many new and exciting opportunities for the Europeans. People were hearing about America and were taking risks to come and settle in these new colonies.
This land was divided into three colonial regions:
• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
People settled in these regions and specific colonies for a variety of reasons including different job opportunities, climate and geography, and freedom of region.
Your expertise is needed immediately! We need three historians to report on the 13 original colonies. The information you provide will be used to teach others about colonial times. Through researching the colonization of America, you will discover the similarities and differences of the Southern, Middle and New England Colonies. For each region you will uncover the hardships that the settlers faced while creating a new life that was accepting of everyone. You will discover the challenges they faced territorial, differences and similarities, and religious factors.
After analyzing your findings, your team will create a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast each member’s findings
The Task
The task is to identify and make discoveries of the 13 original colonies. You will uncover this information through research. Your final report will include:
- Identification of the 13 original colonies
- The founders of each colony and the year it was founded
- Descriptions of why the founding of the colonies
- Geographical characteristics of each colony
- The role of religious and education development
- Venn Diagram
- The three experts on your team will be divided into three regions. Each person must choose a region:
- The Southern Colonies
- The Middle Colonies
- The New England Colonies
- Using a loose leaf piece of paper, answer the questions below for your area of expertise.
- List the colonies in your region and identify the founder of the colony
- Description of why these colonies were founded.
- List three geographical characteristics of each colony.
- South Colonies/ Kids Info.
- Middle Colonies/ Kids Info.
- New England Colonies/Kids Info
- Regions
- What role did religion play in the development of your region?
- Colonists’ Religion and Education