Choice Board Activity

Humanities/Level 3: ______/40 points

Chapter: 7 – Louisiana’s Spanish Colonial Era: Stability and Success

Directions: Chose any 4 activities to demonstrate your knowledge. When you have completed the activities, you may decide to be finished. Or you may decide to keep going and complete more activities. Star the activities you plan to complete. Color in the box when you finish the activity.

Compare/Contrast
Use a graphic organizer to compare/contrast life in Louisiana Under the two Spanish governors – Ulloa and O’Reilly 10 points
/ Critical Thinking
Explain why it cost five times as much to keep a soldier in Louisiana as it cost to keep a soldier in Spain?5 points / Comprehension
Draw a circle map describinghow life in Louisiana was improved under Governor Miro. 5 points
/ Writing
Write news article with pictures that might have appeared in the newspaper describing various events during the French and Indian War. 10 points
Using Photos and Illustrations
Look at the illustration of a battle during the French and Indian War on page 210. Compare the style of fighting with that used in modern warfare, e.g., Iraq.
10 points / Comprehension
  1. Describe why the transfer of Louisiana from France to Spain was done secretly.
  2. List reasons the Spaniards wanted Louisiana
7 points / Demonstrate
Something to show what you have learned about the Spanish Colonial era.
PowerPoint or Essay
15 points / Create
An original poem, dance, picture, song, or story about the Spanish Colonial Era.
(Synthesis)
10 points
Reading a Map
Look at Map 27 on page 229. Describe what would have happened if a different boundary had been established.
5 points / Thinking
Explain how the following improved economic conditions in Louisiana:
*Free trade with the United States or allowing foreign trade ships to enter the port of New Orleans.
10 points / Knowledge
List examples to prove that the culture in Louisiana continued to be more French than Spanish.
5 points / Focus
Review the organization of the U.S. or the Louisiana government (pg. 217). What is the purpose of having an organization chart?
5 points
Create
Make a flip book of the vocabulary words and pictures in chapter 7
10 points / Interpersonal
Develop a list of immigration laws for Louisiana after the American Revolution.
5 points / Visual/Spatial
Write a dialogue between the two people in the illustration at the bottom of page 230.Must have 5 entries for each.
10 points / Thinking
Explain how you would have controlled the influx of immigrants into Louisiana after the American Revolution.
5 points