Creating your
Final Project 

Project Introduction:

Final Project Requirements: 

For the final project in this unit you will be required to create a digital presentation to convince other colonists to come live in your colony.  You will be assigned a group and a colony.  Your colony will be one of the colonies you read about in your reading material for each colonial region.  Each group will have 3-4 students.  You will need to work together to decide which digital presentation you want to use to create your project.  After creating your digital presentation, each member of the group will need to post it on your blog.  Finally, you and your group will present your project in front of the class at the end of week 4. 

Check below to see what colony you will be representing and who your other group members are. 

Colonies & Group Members: 

• Massachusetts Bay - 
  
• Rhode Island - 
  
• New York - 
  
• Pennsylvania - 
  
• Maryland - 
  
• Georgia - 
  

Here are some of the digital presentations your group can choose from to create your project: 

• Prezi
• Haiku Deck 
• Glogster
• SlideShare
• emaze
• or you may choose your own that is not listed (please run it by me for approval before beginning your project) 

Project Timeline: 

Monday: Choose a digital presentation and created persuasive slogan

Tuesday-Thursday: Work on creating digital presentation and practicing oral presentation

Thursday: Post digital presentation to each group member's blog

Friday: In class oral presentations

Your final project needs to include: 

• Title 
• A persuasive slogan
• Images 
• At least three key points that showcase your colony
• A creative and colorful digital presentation
• Names of all group members 
• Interesting and persuasive oral presentation in class

Grading Rubric: 

Click the button below to view how you will be graded on your final project. 

Project Rubric

Final Blog Post:

For your final blog post, you will watch each groups presentation and then choose which colony you would ultimately want to live in if you were a colonist.  Your choice may be your own colony or the colony of another group. 

 In your blog post you must: 

• Tell your choice of colony to live in
• Give specific reasons as to why you chose that colony

Colonist Blogs