1. Which colonial region would you prefer to live in? Why?
Aim: How did geography affect the social, political, and economic development of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies?
Do Now:
Which colonial region would you prefer to live in? Why?

2. Unit 1 Project
Directions: Create a travel brochure that convinces Europeans to move to one of the regions of Colonial America. Your job is to encourage people to move to your colonial region and settle there.

3. Activity: Find others who have cards that belong to your region.
Once you find your group, arrange the cards in the space of the box they belong.
Then, as a group, write a paragraph on the chart paper describing your colonial region. Every member of the group must write one sentence using the word you had on the card. Use highlighters to emphasize the terms on the cards.

4. Closure:
How did geography affect the development of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies?