The Settlers Of America Final Project
You will be creating a final project for this unit on The Settlers of America. Using Bookr, find a picture that shows each chapter we studied:
The First Americans
Christopher Columbus
The Spanish Explore America
The Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving
The English Settle America
The French Come To America
For each picture, please write in your own words one piece of information you learned about that chapter that you think is interesting or important, and why you think it is interesting or important.
Also, please write why each group came to North America.
Each Bookr slideshow can only be four pages, so you will need to make two of them, email the links to your email, and then copy and paste their url addresses in the comments section.
Make one final page in your project that represents your ethnic culture. Please answer this question: Which of the groups we have studied had reasons closest to yours or your family’s for coming to this country?
The French Come To America
AS A CLASS:
We will watch this movie about the French and Indian War.
Watch this clip from the movie “Last Of The Mohicans.” Based on what we have learned so far, why do you think many Native Americans supported French over the British?
WITH A PARTNER:
If you have not already done it, work with a partner and complete this Make and Break about French and English Explorers. Put the paragraphs in order in a Word Document and print it out. After each paragraph write the words that are new to you and write the clue word or words.
Then, go to The French In North America and use Bounce.
ON YOUR OWN:
Learn about The Seven Years War. Be sure to click on “T” so you can see the words as they are spoken.
Learn more about The Seven Years War here.
Read an answer questions about the War and complete this cloze.
The English Settle America
AS A CLASS
Watch a movie on Pocahontas
Watch this movie on the thirteen colonies.
How do you think you would have felt if you were a Native American seeing these ships for the first time? Why?
With A Partner
Use Bounce and read about the Lost Colony.
On Your Own:
Play The Jamestown Adventure.
Go on another Jamestown Adventure.
You can also explore Jamestown here.
Watch this short video on Why People Came To America.
Read about the Salem Witch Trials.
Watch a movie about the Salem Witch Hunt. After you’re done, watch this short movie, too. Then, please answer these questions in the comments section:
1) Why do you think the Salem women were called witches?
2) Why do you think people sometimes attack others who act differently?
3) Has anyone ever made fun of you, or attacked you or your family, for being or acting a little different? Why do you think they acted that way towards you?
Record what you wrote with Vocaroo.
The Pilgrim’s Thanksgiving
AS A CLASS:
Watch the movie Thanksgiving.
Watch this movie about Thanksgiving.
ON YOUR OWN:
Watch The First Thanksgiving.
Read Pilgrim Village.
Find a picture through Google of the First Thanksgiving. Create a Fotobabble and answer this question:
If you were a Native American and saw the problems facing the Pilgrims, would you have helped them? Why or why not?
WITH A PARTNER
Watch and read the Story of Squanto.
Next, read the true story of Squanto.
On a sheet of paper, answer these questions:
What are the differences between the stories? Why do you think they are different? Are there examples in your own life or culture where the “public” story is different from what really happened?
If you’re done early, you can look through The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving.
FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING PREVIEW:
The Spanish Explore America
AS A CLASS:
Watch this movie about the Spanish explorers.
We will also watch a movie about slavery.
WITH A PARTNER:
Go to Bounce and read this page about early Spanish explorers. Post the link in the comments section.
Then do these activities.
Read about Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth and do the activity.
Next, read this description on the California Missions using Bounce.
View this animation of European Explorers of the Americas.
ON YOUR OWN:
Watch this movie on the Conquistadors.
Go to California on Mr. Ferlazzo’s website and spend time looking at all the links related to the California Missions. Write down three new things you learned beyond what we read about in the two clozes.
Record what you wrote using Fotobabble.
Christopher Columbus
Add information to your Christopher Columbus Data Set. from these movies and articles.
AS A CLASS:
We’ll watch a movie on the Continents and Oceans.
We’ll watch this movie on Columbus Day and this movie on Christopher Columbus.
ON YOUR OWN:
Watch these movies on Christopher Columbus:
Christopher Columbus’ Big Surprise
Famous People (Click on Christopher Columbus)
Watch Columbus Explorations.
Watch Europe Looks Outward.
Take this test on Columbus and play this game.
Watch the first two videos on this list.
Write in the comments section how you felt when you first entered the United States. If you were too young to remember, please ask your parents how they felt and write what they say.
Watch this movie on Reading Maps.
WITH A PARTNER
Do this cloze on Christopher Columbus.
Use Bounce to read Europeans Arrive. You can read it with a partner and show at least three reading strategies.
After you’ve added information to your categories, write a one sentence summary for each category.
Buffalo Hide Paintings
Native Americans in the Northern Plains painted stories on the skins of buffaloes. They are similar to Hmong story cloths.
WITH A PARTNER
Read about http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/buffalo/abouthides_frmset.html“>Buffalo Hide Paintings.
ON YOUR OWN
On a sheet of paper, draw a draft of your own Buffalo Hide painting, including a short description for each picture.
Then, go to ArtPad to draw it. Copy and paste the link to your drawing into the comments section of this post. Then write a short explanation of your drawing there, too.
If there is time, record your explanation using Vocaroo and paste its url address into your comment.
The First Americans
We are going to begin learning about the First Americans, also called Native Americans. Write down information you can add to your categories.
AS A CLASS:
We will watch this movie on Native Americans and this one on the Cherokee.
We will also watch a movie on the Iroquois Confederacy.
ON YOUR OWN:
Then read Different Tribes, Different Times.
Read What Did Native Americans Do First?
Watch Native People of North America.
Read and watch Early Native American Life. Be sure to click on the audio.
Look at this map from the year 1500 of what would be the United States.
Look at this Native American Interactive.
Watch this movie on the Continents. You can watch this movie on the continents, too.
See how the first Americans came here.
WITH A PARTNER:
Do these clozes on tepees and longhouses.
Take turns reading this webpage together. One person should be “Voice One” and the other ‘Voice Two.” Please remember to read with prosody (feeling)! Use Bounce to demonstrate at least three reading strategies. The two of you can work together to create one “Bounce” page. After your finish, copy and paste the Bounce url address in the comments section of this post:
Essential Question
Why do people move to a new place?
Please answer the question in the comments section of this post.
Email Addresses
Today, you will be setting-up your email account:
1) If you do not already have an email account, you will set one up at either Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail. If you already have an email address you can use it for this class. Be sure to write down your email address and the password so you don’t forget it.
