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http://pardington11.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/Colonial+Era+Webquest Colonial Era Webquest

Before you begin, be sure you have read the Introduction, Task and the Process. Take turns writing with your partner. Be sure to edit your work.

1.  Click on Timeline. Click the link. Read through the events. Choose 3 events of interest to you and record them below. (+6)

Date of event Event

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b. ______

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Choose 3 people to record. Be sure your person has a link. (+6)

Date Person

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b. ______

c. ______

Click on the link to your person. List 2 – 3 interesting facts about your famous person in history (Be sure to name your person, first). (+6)

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b. ______

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2.  Go back to the Introduction. Click on Original Colonies. Name the 13 original colonies and the dates they were founded. Use the links provided. +26

Date Colony Date Colony

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Choose 3 of the colonies and write down one interesting fact. (+6)

Colony Fact

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3.  Return to the Introduction. Click on Maps. Click on the map and the chart to find the following information on the explorers to the Americas.

Name the 6 different nationalities of the explorers. (+6)

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Click on The Colonial Map of 1713. Write down the names of the states that are part of the United States today. (+6)

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What do you notice about Louisiana? (+2) ______

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4.  Click on the picture of the ship.

What were the names of the three ships that brought the first colonists to Jamestown in 1607? (+3)

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Click on the picture for Jamestown.

What happened in 1613? (+2) ______

Look at 1615. What happened once Pocahontas married John Rolfe, a tobacco

farmer? (+2) ______

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What began to occur in 1675? (+2) ______

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Close this window. Scroll to the next picture which is the map of the Jamestown settlement. Look around the area. Why was this in a good location for the colonists? (+2)

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  1. Look at the next picture of the Pilgrims just arriving off of the Mayflower.

By looking at the picture, what do you think the Pilgrims were feeling as they stepped off the Mayflower? Why? (+2)

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  1. Click on the word Mayflower. Read the information about the Mayflower

voyage. What was the voyage like for the colonists? (+2) ______

Scroll down the page. Click on the diagram of the Mayflower and the 2nd link below the diagram. Record some of your observations of the ship. (+2)

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  1. Return to the Introduction and then click on Early Homes. Click the link to

Plimoth Plantation. Click the link to Pilgrim’s Houses. Read the information about this type of early home. What do you think it was like living inside here? (+2)______

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Go up to the top. Click on Wampanoag Houses. What do you think it was like living inside this type of house? Which would you prefer? (+4)

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  1. Go back to Early Homes. Click on Fort Life. Read the information.

Describe the living conditions at the frontier forts. (+2)

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What types of problems and diseases did the people here incur? (+2)

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Go back to the Introduction.

  1. Click on Occupations. Click on the first link, “Original Group.” List the

occupations of the early settlers. (+6 for both sections)

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Go to January 1608 and Fall of 1608. Are there new occupations now? List them.

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  1. Go back to the Introduction. Click on Food. Click the link that is provided. What did the colonists eat? List the foods eaten by the colonists. (+2) ______
  2. Click on Clothing. Read the information.

Click on “Plymouth Colonists.” Notice the description of their clothes. Next, go to the top of the page and click on “Jamestown Clothes.”

What are the differences between the clothing worn by those in Jamestown and those living in Plymouth? (+2)

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Click on Wampanoag Clothing. Here you will see another style of clothing.

Of the 3 styles you have just looked at, which would you prefer? Why? (+2) ______

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Return to the Introduction.

  1. Click on Artifacts. Using a dictionary, write down the definition of the word.

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Read the information on Artifacts. Click on “Armor.” Choose 2 pieces of either arms or armor. Write 1 fact about each. (+4)

Arms or Armor Fact

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What do you think would be the most important piece of armor? Why? (+2)

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Click on “Native American Pottery.” Why did the colonists throw away the pots instead of reusing them? (+2)

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Go to “Work and Play Artifacts.”

Choose 2 items and write an interesting description of each. (+4)

Item Description or fact

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  1. Click on Children’s Literature. Browse through the titles. You may find one to read from our classroom library or the Media Center!

Congratulations!

You have

completed the

Colonial Era

Webquest. We

hope you have

enjoyed it!

Page 7 of 7 Adapted from Deborah Tewhey’s Colonial Webquest