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Grade level: 5th Grade

Subject(s):Social Studies

AZ State Standard:Strand 1:American History

Concept 3: Exploration and Colonization

PO 6: Identify contributions of individuals (John Smith, William Penn, Lord Baltimore, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, James Ogelthorpe) who were important to the colonization of America.

Essential Question: Who were the most important individuals to the Colonization of America?

Brief Overview of Project: After visiting,http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp, students will create a newspaper detailing early colonization. Using kidspiration, each students will a creat a graphic organizer to share with the class. Students will visit BrainPop as groups to gather data for their topics. Assesement of learning will be by teacher checks for understanding and student sharing time. Final project will be upload it to each students wikispaces so they can share it with the class.