3/10/11
We have almost finished our study of Book 2 of the Hakim series, Making Thirteen Colonies. I have asked the children to start thinking about their end-of-book projects, which will be due Monday, March 28, 2011.
I want the children to see the original thirteen colonies both as a group and as individual communities. For this reason, I want the children to focus on the total of the colonies. Ideally, I’d like to see a regular sized poster of the thirteen colonies in relation to Europe at the time. I want something that will show where the settlers came from, the religions unique to each colony and the cultures unique to each colony including living standards and economy. However, I will accept any poster that shows the group of colonies. These projects are to be done individually – no groups this time. They are also to be very simplistic. There are plenty of maps available throughout the text as well as many that can be located on the Internet. However, please have your child actually draw the maps – don’t just download and enlarge.
I will grade the posters in the following manner:
• 25 points – appearance, including details, color, readability
• 25 points – creativity in combining information to make a “picture” of the colonies
• 20 points – following directions for information included
o European origin of colonists
o religion of colonists
o living conditions of the colony
o economics of the colony
• 13 points – inclusion of each colony!
• 16 points – poster includes titles and map key
As always, I know there are some vagaries in this assignment. I want to leave some room for individuality! And, as always, any questions? Let me know!
Regards,
Mrs. O
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