13 Colonies Travel Brochure Project
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Brochure Portion of the Project-You will be choosing a colony to produce a travel brochure. Your brochure should be a tool to try and recruit further settlement in your colony. Be sure to follow the directions carefully in order to receive full credit on this assignment.
Content - Your brochure will need to include:
Think about what’s important:
Brochure will be graded on content and quality. Make sure each bullet is in the brochure. The brochure needs to be presented in a neat and organized manner. Use your notes, the textbook or any other outside source to gather information.
Content - Your brochure will need to include:
Think about what’s important:
- Who founded/paid for your colony? (4pts)
- Who are the colonies leaders? (4pts)
- Who was it founded for? (4pts)
- What was the colony founded for? (There are some that were founded for specific reasons) (4 pts)
- What is the land like? (4pts)
- Where there Native Americans in the area? If so, what tribe/are the natives friendly? (4pts)
- How is your colony organized? What type of government? (4pts)
- How did they get $$ or stimulate economy? (4 pts)
- Describe the climate and geographical features in that colony (4 pts)
- Map of where the colony is located also include if it is part of the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies or Southern Colonies. (4pts)
- Think of a characteristic of your colony that might help you create a title for the brochure. For example, people settled in Massachusetts for religious freedom. So a title for the brochure might be "Live and Pray in Massachusetts Bay!" (2pts)
- Use pictures along with words! No one wants to read a brochure that has no illustrations. Make sure the pictures enhance your brochure and are on topic. (4pts)
- Make sure your name is on the brochure (small) (4pts)
- Be creative! Total points possible: 50
Brochure will be graded on content and quality. Make sure each bullet is in the brochure. The brochure needs to be presented in a neat and organized manner. Use your notes, the textbook or any other outside source to gather information.

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This is the blank template in Word to use for your brochure. | |
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