Transcript Colonies: Regions Foldable

COLONIES: REGIONS
FOLDABLE
The 13 Colonies
CONSTRUCTING THE FOLDABLE
• 1. Stack 2 sheets of paper together, using the “hot dog”
orientation.
• 2. Fold the top half down to make a long rectangle. Staple
the sheets together along the fold. Open the flipbook,
creating a neat crease on each page inside at the staple
line.
• 3. Divide the flipbook into 3 separate sections by making 2
cuts about 3 inches long.
• Be careful not to cut all the way through the fold at the
top.
REGIONS CONTENT:
• Use your colonies map, notes, study
guides and chapter 3 in your text to help
you complete this assignment. Use pencil
first, check spelling and grammar, and
then go over the pencil in ink. Neatly
erase all pencil after the ink dries.
• Cover – Each
section of the cover will have the name of a
colonial region and a map showing the
• colonies in that region.
• a. Label the left section as New England Colonies, the
middle section as the Middle Colonies, and the right section
as the Southern Colonies.
• b. Glue the map of each region in the appropriate
section. Label each colony and color them.
TOP HALF OF FIRST INSIDE PAGE – GEOGRAPHY
• a. Label the left section as New England Geography, the
middle section as the Middle Colonies’ Geography, and the
right section as the Southern Colonies’ Geography.
• b. Think about the land and water features of each region.
Are there ports? Rivers? Mountains? Plains? What is the soil
like – is it good for farming?
• c. Create a small landscape illustrating the geographic
features in each section, in the appropriate area. Color your
landscape and label its features.
GEOGRAPHY/CLIMATE
• New England – thin, rocky soil, rocky harbors – good
for ships, cold, long winters
• Middle Colonies – good soil for farming, rolling hills,
mild climate
• Southern – good soil for farming, long hot summers
BOTTOM HALF OF FIRST INSIDE PAGE –
CULTURAL GROUPS
• a. Label the left section as New England Cultures, the
middle section as the Middle Colonies’ Cultures, and the
right section as the Southern Colonial Cultures.
• b. List the cultural and ethnic groups that settled each
region, in the appropriate section. Include religious and
ethnic groups.
• c. Create small symbols or illustrations for the 2-3 major
cultural groups in each section. Color your symbols.
CULTURES
• New England – Puritans, Separatists
• Middle – Pennsylvania – Dutch – pacifists (do not believe in war)
• Southern – Georgia – debtor’s colony
TOP HALF OF SECOND INSIDE PAGE –
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
• (products that brought money to the colony)
• a. Label the left section as New England
Economy, the middle section as the Middle
Colonies’ Economy, and the right section as
the Southern Colonial Economy.
• b. List the products produced by each
colony/region in the appropriate area.
• c. Illustrate and color your products.
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
• New England – shipbuilding, fishing, fur trading, timber
• Middle - farming – grains – wheat, barley, oats (Breadbasket Colonies)
• Southern – cash crops $$$ - tobacco, rice, indigo, later - cotton
BOTTOM HALF OF SECOND INSIDE PAGE –
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
• a. Label the left section as New England Government, the
middle section as the Middle Colonies’ Government, and
the right section as the Southern Colonial Government.
• b. List the colonies in that region and tell whether they
were charter, royal, or proprietary colonies.
• c. Think about the colonies in each region. Were there any
important organizations or documents that governed the
colonies in that region? Create symbols for them. Label and
color your symbols.
GOVERNMENT
• New England – CT – Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1st written
constitution in the New World!)
• Middle – governors, elected representatives
• Southern – VA – House of Burgesses
LAST INSIDE PAGE (TOP AND BOTTOM) –
FOUNDERS’ CEMETERY
a. Label each section as Founders’ Cemetery.
• b. Think about the colony founders and other
important historical figures from each region.
• c. Create tombstones or monuments for your
founders and other characters. On each, include
• the person’s name and a brief statement of his/her
contribution to the colony. Go over your
• work in ink.
FOUNDER’S CEMETARY
• New England –Thomas Hooker (CT), Roger Williams (RI), Anne Hutchinson (RI)
• Middle – William Penn (PA), Henry Hudson (NY)
• Southern – John Smith (VA), John Rolfe (VA), James Oglethorpe (GA)
ACRONYMS
• New England – My Car Runs Noisy (MA, CT, RI, NH)
• Middle – No No, Puff Diddy! (NY, NJ, PA, DE)
• Southern – My Very Noisy Students Gripe (MD, VA, NC, SC, GA)
BACK COVER
Write your name, class
period, and the date.
• –
CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE COLONY!
• You will create a product demonstrating what you have learned.
• The product may be either (1) a blog, (2) a series of 3 advertisements,
or (3) a foldable. You may use paper/pen or your Chromebook.
• Requirements:
• All 3 regions presented
• An interesting title
• 7 facts about each region, from different categories
• A persuasive phrase encouraging people to move to that region
• 3 images about that region
• A disclaimer statement about the possible negative aspect of living
in that region