Colonial New England Webquest

My overall interest in this webquest is to have students study Colonial New England.

1. Build a city!

1. Topic: Have students explore how cities in Colonial New England were established.

2. Grade Level: Sixth Grade

3. Task: The King has ordered that a new city be developed in New England. You and your partners must design this city and get it up an running to please the King. Good Luck!

4. Roles (at least 3):

   1. The Architect - You design all of the buildings in your city.

   2. The Mayor - You establish all of the laws in your city.

   3. The Treasurer - You decide how much money goes to what areas of your city.

2. Be a colonist.

1. Topic: Research the daily lives of the colonists and use this information to help you in your quest.

2. Grade Level: Sixth Grade

3. Task: You are living in Massachusetts and all of the taxpayers are getting frustrated with how they are being treated. How are you dealing with this? What is your reaction to the way that the King is treating you? Write a journal entry and express your feelings.

4. Roles (at least 3):

   1. The Wealthy Man - How is your mistreatment affecting you? How are you dealing with this?

   2. The Poor Man - How are you dealing with the way that life is?

   3. The Wealthy Woman - What are doing during this difficult time? How is everything affecting you and your husband?

   4. The Poor Woman - How are you coping with this? What going on in your mind?

   5. The Wealthy Child - How is this affecting your life? Are your parents acting differently?

   6. The Poor Child - What is going through your mind? How are your parents doing?

3. Extra! Extra! Read all about it! (I think that I'm going to do this one!)

1. Topic: Research what colonial newspapers looked like and use this information to assist you while you write.

2. Grade Level: Sixth Grade

3. Task: With the rise in frustration of the taxpayers, violence is starting to erupt and people are starting to gather together and brainstorm ways to change this. As a member of the newspaper team, you must gather as much information as possible and put together an article that exposes the feelings of the colonists and what we plan to do to stop this!

4. Roles (at least 3):

   1. The Journalist - Interview someone of importance and write an article about him or her. Tell us about where they stand politically and why they are important.

   2. The Editor - It is your job to compile all of the information that your co-workers gather, proof-read it, and set it all up on the pages so it is visually appealing.

   3. The Photographer - Go along with the Journalist, the Classified Captain, and the Sports Spectator, and take pictures that can be added to their sections. Make sure that they are fitting and capture the moment!

   4. The Classifieds Captain - Gather all of the advertisements and put them here!

   5. The Sports Spectator - Go around and gather as much information about sporting events as you can.

4. Career Exploration.

1. Topic: Look into some of the careers during colonial times and research one of them.

2. Grade Level: Sixth Grade

3. Task: You are a colonist in New England and you have had a successful career ever since you came to America. What is your job? What do you do? How do you do it? How much money do you make?

4. Roles (at least 3):

   1. The Blacksmith - Tell me about your job. Write a blog about what you do.

   2. The Seamstress - What do you do? Show me some of your fashions.

   3. The Banker - Tell me what you do. Show me what your money looks like.