Colonial Assignment

The History of the Thirteen Colonies

You will be creating a PowerPoint presentation that should be between eight to ten minutes. It will cover one of the Thirteen Colonies, possibly an Ivy League school and a colonial personality or two. Each individual has been assigned three items.

See the list below. You will find your initials beside the items you are responsible for:

Colonies:

Virginia - TStef
Massachusetts - DL
New Hampshire - RW
Maryland - MO
Connecticut - JC
Rhode Island - EW
Delaware - LP
North Carolina - JB
South Carolina - BS
New Jersey - AC
New York - KS
Pennsylvania - TS 
Georgia - SK

Ivy League Schools:

• Brown - JC
• Columbia - RW
• Cornell - SC
• Dartmouth - SK
• Harvard - AC
• Penn - TS
• Princeton - LP
• Yale - TStef


Colonial Personality:

•Roger Williams - SK
•John Winthrop - TS
•Thomas Hooker - RW
•William Penn - SC
•John Harvard - KS
•James Pierpont - 
•Eleazar Wheelock - EW
•William Pitt - JB
•Anne Hutchinson - KS
•John Smith - DL
•Crispus Attucks - JB
•James Madison - LP
•Thomas Jefferson - TStef
•George Washington - AC
•Benjamin Franklin - BS
•John Jay - MO
•John Hancock - DL

•Alexander Hamilton - SC
•John Glover - JC
•Hugh Mercer - MO
•Horatio Gates - BS

•Patrick Henry - EW

When working on a colony, identify the following:

• Year founded
• Who founded it?
• Describe the culture of the colony (i.e. What kind of work did people do there? Where were the largest groups of settlers come from? Was there a special purpose in forming the colony? What was the colony known for?)
• Population data from inception to 1776

When working on an Ivy League school, identify the following:

•Year founded
•Who founded it?
•What was the mission of the institution? Does it remain the same today?
•Student population from inception to today
•What are some unique features of the institution?
•Why do students go there?

When working on a personality, identify the following:

•birth, death, age
•place of birth
•family background growing up
•marriage and children
•contribution/significance to American history
•personal character
•other items of interest

***PLEASE NOTE: On your final slide, provide your sources in APA format. See the link below for help with this.

http://stpauls-mb.libguides.com/citations/APA

Here is a quick reference table for the colonies, their founders and their dates of origin

http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blcolonial13.htm

PRESENTATIONS BEGIN ON Monday, December 16, 2019

See the scoring guide below. Each category is out of 10 for a total presentation grade out of 40.:

Presentation Rubric
Points	Required Elements	Organization	Slideshow	Delivery
9-10	Met all elements/ Comprehensive coverage of elements	Ideas well organized and fit together seamlessly united by an expressly identified purpose	Easy to read, clear text, relevant visuals, one idea per slide	Well paced, strong voice, clear articulation, eye contact with audience/ speaking without reading notes
7-8	Did not meet one or two elements/Strong coverage of elements	Ideas organized and fit together well. Purpose clear but may be implied instead of overtly stated.	One of text or visuals need improvement, one idea per slide	One of pace, voice, articulation, eye contact need improvement/ speaking without reading notes
5-6	Missing many elements/General coverage of elements	Ideas organized and somewhat related. Purpose implied.	One of text or visuals need improvement, two or more ideas per slide	Two of pace, voice, articulation, eye contact need improvement/ may be reading slides
3-4	Majority of elements missing/ Superficial coverage of elements	Ideas clear but do not seem to fit together. Purpose lacking.	Both text and visuals need improvement, too many ideas per slide	Three of pace, voice, articulation, eye contact need improvement/ may be reading slides
1-2	Most elements missing/Scant coverage of elements	Haphazard organization	Text need improvement, lacking relevant visuals, too many   ideas per slide	Pace, voice, and articulation, eye contact need improvement/may be reading slides