1. Colonial Region Advertisement
Group member’s names: _______________________________________________________
Colonial Region Advertisement
You and your partner (s) will create a billboard advertisement that encourages other colonists to settle in your assigned colonial region. Your group will use information from notes taken during class, classroom textbooks, reading materials, and the internet to complete the assignment. Your group will also present the advertisement for your assigned colonial region that must be well planned, interesting and is around one minute long. The presentation should be created to persuade the students to move to your assigned colonial region.
Notes for billboard:
Slogan for your Colonial Region: (SLOGAN: a word or phrase that is easy to remember and is used by a group or business to attract attention. Examples:
I’m lovin’ it (McDonalds)
When you care enough to send the very best (Hallmark)
Just Do It (Nike)
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The name of the region (New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies)
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The jobs available in your region:
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Land uses and resources found in your region.
Climate:

2. RUBRIC FOR GROUP PROJECT:
Types of people that made up the colonies in your region (for example: debtors, Puritans, Quakers, businessmen, plantation owners, merchants, enslaved Africans, etc.)
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RUBRIC FOR GROUP PROJECT:
Slogan for your Colonial Region _____/ 5 pts.
Name of assigned region _____/ 5 pts.
A colonial region map colored and labeled with colony names _____/ 15 pts.
Land uses and resources found in your region _____/ 15 pts
The jobs available in your region _____/ 5 pts
Climate _____/ 5 pts
People that made up the colonies in your region _____/ 15 pts
At least three pictures _____/5 pts / picture
The billboard is colorful, neat, organized, and easy to read _____/ 10 pts.
Presentation
well planned, interesting, approx. one minute long _____/ 10 pts.
TOTAL POINTS _____/ 100 pts