Middle Colony Settlement Brochure

Middle Colony Settlement Brochure

Directions: Pretend that you are a travel agent working for the Middle Colonies. Create a travel advertisement that will catch the eye of a European looking to move to the colonies. You want to include all of the positive aspects of the Middle Colonies in your brochure. Include details that the different colonies (NY, NJ, PA, DE) have to offer.

• Your advertisement is to be made on an 11 x 14 piece of paper that I will provide.
• Your advertisement should include pictures, hand drawn or printed images that depict life in the Middle Colonies.
• You should include textual information that describes why an individual would want to live in the Middle Colonies.

Information to Include:

1. Political

• Important leaders/founders of region
• Rights and freedoms allowed
• Opportunities for involvement in government

1. Economic

• Possible job opportunities
• Trade opportunities
• Crops (farming) and natural resources

1. Geographical

• Type of land/soil
• Near water
• Climate

1. Religion

• What religious groups settled there
• Are new religious groups welcome
• Is religion involved with government

1. Culture/Social

• What ethnic backgrounds do people come from
• How is culture expressed (ex. types of homes, skills)

Information for the brochure should come from your completed graphic organizer, supplementary reading done in class and your Nation textbook pages.

25POINT TEST GRADE.- Be sure information is accurate, neat and creative.

Due Date: Monday, November 4, 2013

Rubric Middle Colony Brochure

Colonial Brochure / 5 / 3 / 1 / 0
Formatting / The brochure has excellent formatting and is well organized / The brochure has appropriate formatting and well-organized format / The brochure has some organized information with random formatting / The brochure’s format and organization of material are confusing to the reader
Ideas / The brochure communicates adequate and relevant information appropriately and effectively to the intended audience (European during Colonial period) / The brochure communicates most relevant information to the intended audience / The brochure communicates irrelevant or inadequate information or communicates inappropriately to the intended audience / The brochure contains both inadequate and inappropriate information to an audience, not necessarily the intended audience
Conventions / Complete sentences are used where needed.
Language is persuasive.
Capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout. / Most of the writing is appropriate (some complete sentences are needed but unseen).
Language is persuasive.
Most of the capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the brochure / Some of the writing is appropriate, but too many bullets and not enough explanation is seen.
Language is not consistently persuasive.
Some of the capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the brochure. / Most of the writing is not done in complete sentences.
Persuasive language NOT used.
Grammatical errors thoughout.
Graphics / The graphics go well with the text, and there is a good mix of text and graphics / The graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text. / The graphics go well with the text, but there is only one / The graphics do not go well with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.

Total______/ 25 test points