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=13 Colonies (Safari & PowerPoint)=

Week of March 3, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * go to portaportal to find 13 colonies links
 * pick a colony to research
 * begin to fill in Colony Report notes
 * record bibliography information on back of notes

Week of March 10, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * go to portaportal to find 13 colonies links
 * finish filling in Colony Report notes
 * ecord bibliography information on back of notes

Week of March 17, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * go to portaportal to find states links
 * begin to fill in States Report notes
 * ecord bibliography information on back of notes

Week of March 24, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * go to portaportal to find states links
 * finish filling in States Report notes
 * ecord bibliography information on back of notes

Week of April 14, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Lesson 5

Students will:
 * create a PowerPoint slide show
 * make a title slide with name, class, Colony/State
 * title slides
 * 1) title
 * 2) colony
 * 3) colony
 * 4) state
 * 5) state
 * 6) resources
 * save slide show

Week of April 28, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Lesson 6

Students will:
 * fill in 3 facts for each colony slide
 * import two images for these slides

Week of May 5, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Lesson 7

Students will:
 * fin in 3 facts for each state slide
 * import state flag and map (www.enchantedlearning.com)

Week of May 12, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Lesson 8

Students will:
 * complete resources slide
 * format slide show
 * print

Week of May 19, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Presentations 1

Students will:
 * present their slides to the class

Week of May 26, 2008
13 Colonies Unit: Presentations 1

Students will:
 * present their slides to the class