ROLE

AUDIENCE

FORMAT

TOPIC

One of the Explorers

Send a message to _______

Letter

Describe a problem you have encountered. How could this person help you solve the problem? Your letter should indicate problems that were similar to early US settlements' difficulties.

Teacher

The teacher's students

Timeline

Set up a timeline that you can put around your classroom for when different settlements began.

Then include a paragraph that tells about what you realized when you looked at your data.

OR

Pick two of the settlements to zoom in on and compare and contrast.

Writer

5 year old

Historical fiction picture book with illustrations

Tell what life was like in the ___colony. After reading, the child will know enough about the colony to compare ideas to her/his life today.

A person thinking of immigrating to America

Yourself

A list

Make a list to compare and contrast two colonies to which you are thinking of moving. Have at least ten items to compare and contrast. Choose one of them based on your list. Then, write a paragraph on why you chose the one you did.

11 Year Old Person

Yourself

Diary

Create pages of a diary. Include:
•How I felt about leaving my homeland
•Hardship of the journey
•What it was like when I arrived here
•How I am adjusting
•How life is different here

Native American

Leader of the colony

Speech

Write a speech telling the colony leader: You are impacting our lives in these ways since you arrived...My people need you to...

You

Your classmates

Mapping
Diagramming

Determine what would be needed for a well-functioning settlement. Draw a map of your ideas or illustrate important features of an early settlement.

An Illustrator

A child

A set of paper dolls

Create a male and female paper doll (approx. 12") on heavy paper which could be cut out and played with. Create and color two sets of clothing original to the era for your paper dolls.

Then in a paragraph describe materials settlers used, how they made colors and fabric, and where they found supplies.

Click here to see an example of a later era's paper doll.