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The 13 Colonies Bulletin Board Ben Franklin

Students will work in groups of four to perform a Science experiment about electricity. In their groups they will work with the materials provided to get their lightbulb to light up. Results will be recorded in their science journals. Students will also compare their results with other groups. They will discuss their findings and record their observations.  Geography Students will work individually on this Geography activity. In this two part activity students will test their knowledge by matching the names of the thirteen colonies with their location on the map. They will check their work and then use their answers to unscrample a puzzle. Next the students will match events with the colonies in which they occured. Students will also be able to check their work with this activity.

Then and Now In this math activity students will create a bar graph. Students will create a bar graph showing how many hours their family might spend on different tasks throughout the day. Then, using the information provided in the pie graph, students will compare their lives to those of a family living on a plantation during the 1700's.



Town Meeting In this art activity students will begin by reading the town meeting story in their books, or they can read the excerpted copy provided. After reading the story, students will use one of the white squares provided to illustrate a part of the from their perspective. Each student will be given one of three pages in the story to illustrate.