A FIFTH GRADE RESEARCH PROJECT
2011-12 School Year ~ Birch Meadow Elementary School ~ Reading, Massachusetts
Working in small groups, students researched English colonization in one of the three regions of early America. Each group created a Glogster™ summarizing their research
and an Animoto™ commercial that highlights the information.
Please browse their findings and commercials then choose 1 English colony to visit.
Safe travels!
and an Animoto™ commercial that highlights the information.
Please browse their findings and commercials then choose 1 English colony to visit.
Safe travels!
This project supports the following MASSACHUSETTS FRAMEWORKS:
SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS
- 5.14 Explain the development of colonial governments and describe how these developments contributed to the Revolution.
- 5.15 Explain the reasons for the French and Indian War, how it led to an overhaul of British imperial policy, and the colonial response to these
policies. - 5.12 Explain the causes of the establishment of slavery in North America. Describe the harsh conditions of the Middle Passage and slave
life, and the responses of slaves to their condition. Describe the life of free African Americans in the colonies. - 5.10 On a map of North America, identify the first 13 colonies and describe how regional differences in climate, types of farming, populations, and
sources of labor shaped their economies and societies through the 18th century. - 5.15 Explain the reasons for the French and Indian War, how it led to an overhaul of British imperial policy, and the colonial response to these policies.
Jennifer Emmett, fifth grade social studies teacher & Tullie Warshauer, library media teacher, designed this project in 2012.