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Our Driving Question: How can you (individually or in a group) create a one page (minimum) website containing a video and a marketing campaign trying to convince people to move to your colony?
Task: Individually or in a group you will be in charge of selecting one of the 13 Colonies.
Your team has been hired to attract immigrants and inform others about your colony including its resources, relations with Native Americans, economy, religion, and individuals' reasons for settling.
1. Research: You will research your colony answer a specific set of questions.
Questions to research:
Where to research:
2. Marketing Material: Once your research is complete, develop a brand for your colony to help convince individuals to settle in your colony.
*Article on branding for further information.
3. Images: When your brand is complete you will collect photos that pertain to your colony. These can be maps, pictures of the resources your colony has, examples of the types of housing, churches, etc.
Where to find images:
These images can also be self created digital posters or photoshopped images.
4. Presentation/Screencast/Video: You will work to create your commercial.
For inspiration check out current states work to gain tourism:
5. YouTube/Google Drive: Once you have done this your group can upload the video to YouTube or Google Drive - and turn into Otus.
6. Class Viewing: When all the groups are finished, the whole class will sit down and watch all the commercials enabling everyone to learn about life in each of the thirteen colonies as well as see the similarities and differences between them.
7. Voting: Finally, all videos will be posted online allowing others to vote on the colony they would choose to reside in.
As a grade we will vote for which of the 13 colonies we would want to live in.
Rubric:
Quality of Information: 50 points
Colony Origin Story, Resources, Relations, Colonial Life, & Personal Appreciation
Marketing Material: 50 points