Southern Colonies | 13 Colonies | Social Studies Research Project

With this fun research project, your students will love learning about the Southern Colonies - one of the 3 regions of the original 13 Colonies. Scaffolded notes support students through the research process from start to finish. Simply share the kid-friendly Reference Website created for this project with your students and use the scoring guide to grade their work quickly. Print and digital options make this resource PERFECT for any teaching situation!

Tired of looking for kid-friendly, ad-free websites your students can use for their research? Then don’t! This resource includes a link to a Reference Website created exclusively for this research project!

Students research the following information about the Southern Colonies:

•PAGE ONE - colonies in the region, the population size of each colony in 1776, the number of people from each colony that signed the Declaration of Independence

•PAGE TWO - people living in the region, their country/countries of origin, and their reasons for coming to the colonies

•PAGE THREE - the landforms and climate of the colonial region and the major cities

•PAGE FOUR - the economy of the region, including the goods and services provided by the colonies

•PAGE FIVE - the natural resources available in the region

Students will:

•conduct a short research project about the Southern Colonies

•navigate a website to find information

•complete 5 pages of scaffolded research notes

•synthesize their research by writing a summary of the region

•cite reference source(s) used in their research

Included in this resource:

•Resource Overview

•Links to Digital Resources

•Daily Lesson Plans for 5 Days

•Scaffolded Research Notes Pages (print AND digital)

•Research Scoring Guide

•Answer Keys

•Custom-Designed Reference Website

YOU GET: 25-page PDF + 5 Google Slides + a Reference Website (6 webpages) = 36

The structured format of the scaffolded notes supports students through the research process PLUS, your students will love coloring the fun graphics when they are finished with their research!

Easily differentiate between TWO levels of support:

1. Display the Reference Website on your whiteboard and complete the research project together as a class - a GREAT idea at the beginning of the year or for students new to the research process. 

2. Have students who can work on their own? Share the link to the Reference Website through your Google Classroom™ instead. Students can complete their research notes independently.

Why waste time and money buying separate print and digital resources for the SAME lesson? This ONE resource gives you ALL the options!

1. Digital versions let you save time at the copy machine and display them on the whiteboard, or use it for distance learning and share through your Google Classroom™. 

2. Don’t need digital resources? Just print and go with the paper versions in the PDF. Easy!

LOTS more information is included in the preview. Please look at the 10-page preview to get an idea of what this resource offers.

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Happy Teaching! ~ The Reflective Educator

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