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Subject Social Studies Social Studies

Grade Level 6 6
Learning Objective USI.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of USI.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of
the factors that shaped colonial America by the factors that shaped colonial America by

c) describing colonial life in America from the a) describing the religious and economic events and
perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, conditions that led to the colonization of America.
women, free African Americans, indentured servants,
Content

and enslaved African Americans.

Activity After the teacher has finished the lesson on the
different roles and perspectives during the colonial
times, the students will choose one perspective from
the list given above to further research and present
to their peers. Once the perspective is chosen, the
students will research what their life was like during
the colonial time period. The students will use Story
Creator to create a photo album that:
a.) Explains where the group of people tended to
live,
b.) Describes what their homes were like,
c.) States what was their role in society, and
d.) Describes their job.
The students can use pictures that are free and legal
to use from the internet in their photo album or may
draw a picture and upload it.
Once finished the students will find classmates that
Pedagogy
The students will be placed in pairs to work on this
activity. One student will focus on the religious
events and conditions that led to the American
Revolution, while the other student will focus on the
economic events and conditions. The students will
use Stormboard to collaboratively write down their
findings. Once the students are done, they will
create a group with one to two other pairs to talk
about their work and see if any information was
missing. Once the students have had the chance to
make any changes to their work, they will email their
final page to the teacher.

focused on a different topic and can share their

work with their peers.

Technology Story Creator Stormboard

Techn
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