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This Projects Based Collaboration Project offers students the opportunity to use their visual and/or technical skills to create a Replication Map of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

We have learned about several different events that led to the American Revolution in this Unit. You may choose a partner or work alone to research one of the battles and create a diorama of one of the battles mentioned in this Unit. I will display the completed dioramas in the classroom.

Were the colonists justified in declaring independence from England? Use your texts to provide evidence to support your answers.

Students have the option of creating a one-page newsletter, brochure, poster, newspaper article, or a flyer. Each newsletter, brochure, or flyer will reflect the colonial characteristics of the assigned New England, Middle, or Southern colony that is being created. Information contained should address weather conditions, climate, geographic features, local economics, crops, religion, etc. in an attempt to persuade settlers to join the colony.

Students have the option of creating a one-page newsletter, brochure, poster, newspaper article, or a flyer. Each newsletter, brochure, or flyer will reflect the colonial characteristics of the assigned New England, Middle, or Southern colony that is being created. Information contained should address weather conditions, climate, geographic features, local economics, crops, religion, etc. in an attempt to persuade settlers to join the colony.

Labeling parts of a globe and placing them in the correct location on the globe.

In groups, students will create their own civilization based on information learned.

The student will assemble a totem pole using symbols that represent the student's family/personal story. The presentation must be accompanied by 1) a paragraph explaining the story that the totem pole depicts, and 2) the symbol worksheet.

The student will conduct research and gather information about an assigned colony. May use an iMovie, Google Slides or Voice thread. Projects should contain the name of their colony, relevant pictures, or videos, information about the colony such as year it was founded, founder, region, geography, Native Americans in the colony, products, religion and reasons why the colony was founded.

Students will recreate sections of China's famous Great Wall