US History - The Thirteen Colonies

Use Google Docs for the following:

1.- Identify reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America.

(why did Europeans had to explore and colonize North America?)

Provide a numbered list of reasons and include a gallery of images.

2.- Why did the 13 English colonies were established?

These reasons could be political, economical, religious and social.

3.- What is the colonial period?

4.- Who were the Paleo-Indians?

5.- What is the Mayflower compact?

6.- Find information and facts about Jamestown. Create a list.

7.- Where did Pilgrims and Puritans settled?

8.- Where did the Quakers settled?

9.- Compare and contrast Puritans, Pilgrims and Quakers. 
How are they alike? 
How are they different? 
You can create a chart and use illustrations.

10.- What do we know about the "Bread colonies"?

Vocabulary:

Migration

Hunter-gatherers

Ice age

Culture

Jamestown
Quaker
Pilgrim
Puritans

Thirteen Colonies Infographic
Use the information about the thirteen colonies to create an infographic.

What is an infographic anyway?
check this link to learn and get some inspiration for your infographic:
http://www.slideshare.net/BernardMarr/what-is-an-infographic

You can use one or some of these services to create yours:

http://www.easel.ly/
You can create your infographic here.

http://www.wordle.net/
Generate word clouds that you can then incorporate into your info graphic.

http://www.statsilk.com/
Create amazing and great looking visualizations.

http://creately.com/
a great tool for creating diagrams and flow charts.