Mock Teaching Project

By: Abby Borzell, MaryClaire Fiacco, and Kailey

Smith
What do you remember learning about

the Thirteen Colonies?

Quiz Time!
-Please take this quiz to review what youve learned
from the video!

https://play.kahoot.it/#/login?next=%252Fk%252Fa0fe7ea0-
9d48-4ad9-9cf2-d3f1bcff189b
Group Generator

www.randomlists.com/team-generator
Your Chosen Colony
(we are only researching 10 of the 13 colonies)

Group 1: Virginia Group 6: Connecticut

Group 2: New York Group 7: Delaware

Group 3: Massachusetts Group 8: South Carolina

Group 4: Maryland Group 9: Pennsylvania

Group 5: Rhode Island Group 10: Georgia

Research a Colony

-Use www.history.com http://tinyurl.com/mhknbnr or

http//:www.kiddle.co to research the given information for
your colony.
Coogle Mind Map

-After youve researched information on your colony use

https://coggle.it/ to start on your collaborative mind map
with your partner.
Coogle Mind Map

-https://youtu.be/yYSwkpzE_3A

-Once youre on coogle, sign in with your gmail account.

-Have one person in your group click the button create

diagram.

-Then have one person go to the top right corner and click
on the plus sign to invite your partner using their email.

-Have your partner go to their email and accept the invite

to start your collaborative mind map.
Free write

-Once you have created your mind map you will choose one
persons google account to create a google document.

-This google document allows you and your partner to

practice your free write newspaper article before uploading
it to fodey.com

www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/
Newspaper Article

Paste your free write into

www.fodey.com/generators/newsp
aper to produce a newspaper
article.

Make sure to use an

appropriate date for your
newspaper article.
(1600 to 1775)

*On the right is an example of

a newspaper article we made*
Taking a Screenshot of your Work

-Once you have made your newspaper article, screenshot the

image using the buttons.

-Shift + Command + 4

-After you have taken a screenshot of your article, please

paste it into the google slides for your given colony.

-Here is the link to the google slides http://tinyurl.com/lbdycar

Example: North Carolina
The date when the colony was
established: December 7, 1710

Who founded the colony: Virginia

Colonists.

Typical climate for spring: Warm

during the day around 60 degrees
Fahrenheit.

How did the colony got its name:

Named after Charles XI and King
Charles I and II using the latin word
of Charles being Carolus.
Group 1 - Virginia:
The date when the colony was
established: 1607

Who founded the colony: English

Settlers

Typical climate for spring: Humid

Subtropical

How did the colony get its name:

Englands Queen Elizabeth 1 The
Virgin Queen.
Group 2 - New York:
The date when the colony was
established:July 26, 1788

Who founded the colony:Peter

Minuit

Typical climate for spring:warm

How did the colony get its

name:named after the Duke of York
Group 3 - Massachusetts:
The date when the colony was
established: 1630

Who founded the colony:

Colonist John Smith

Typical climate for spring:

Rainy with temperatures in the 60s

How did the colony get its name:

Known for being the landing place of

the Mayflower and the Pilgrims and
named after the Massachusett tribe
Group 4 - Maryland:
The date when the colony was
established:

April 28th, 1788

Who founded the colony:

Cecilius Calvert

Typical climate for spring:

Spring months are consistently

mild, with some cloudy and rainy
days. Annual precipitation averages
near 45 inches

How did the colony get its name:

In honor of King Charles Is

wife Henrietta Maria
Group 5 - Rhode Island: The date when the colony was
established: 1636

Who founded the colony: Roger

Williams

Typical climate for spring:

Temperate, Low 50s to Mid 60s,
Rainy

How did the colony get its

name: No one knows for sure.
Group 6 - Connecticut: The date when the colony was
established: 1636

Who founded the colony:Puritans

from Massachusetts Bay

Typical climate for

spring:Temperate Climate, cold
winters and warm summers. Middle
seasons are moderate
temperatures.

How did the colony get its name:

From the Connecticut River
 The date when the colony was

Group 7 - Delaware: established: 1631

Who founded the colony: First the

Dutch, then the Swedes, then the
Dutch again, then the British.

Typical climate for spring:

Delaware's climate is moderate year
round. Average monthly temperatures
range from 75.8 to 32.0 degrees.

How did the colony get its name:

The state of Delaware takes its
name from the Delaware river and
bay.
Group 8 - South Carolina: The date when the colony was
established: May 23, 1729

Who founded the colony: King

Charles II

Typical climate for spring:60

degrees on average.

How did the colony get its

name: Carolina was named to
honor Charles IX of France and
then Charles I and Charles II
of England.
Group 9 - Pennsylvania:
The date when the colony was
established:

Who founded the colony:

Typical climate for spring:

How did the colony get its

name:
Group 10 - Georgia: The date when the colony was
established:

Who founded the colony:

Typical climate for spring:

How did the colony get its name:

What GROUP would like to volunteer and present
their project to the class? :)
Tools
kiddle.co - research about 13 colonies, find information

History.com - videos and background information

Kahoot.it - create quiz to review the video

randomlists.com/team-generator - generate pairs

Instagrok.com - research about 13 colonies

Coggle.it - compile information found from instagrok.com

Google Docs - to prewrite and write newspaper articles

Tiny URL - to generate a link for everyone to access easily

Fodey.com/generators/newspaper/ - write a newspaper article

Google slides - to compile information to then give a presentation about what they learned