Go to the Home Page


 

Bookmark and Share

Lucky 13: Colonial Clues
By Adrianne Roggenbuck

Sample Standard: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping colonial history and settlement in the United States.

 

Grade Level: 5

 

Time: 10-15 Minutes

 

Materials: Clue cards (one set per group), small prizes

 

Group Size: Any. Divide students into teams of 4-5. A heterogeneous grouping works best for this activity.

 

Activity:

  • Create sets of clue cards for each group of students that have one colony clue per card. Distribute the same card one at a time to each group.
  • Students will work together for one minute to guess the colony that relates to the first clue. Have a representative write down the guess on the score sheet next to #1.
  • Then distribute the second clue card to each group and allow another minute for them to guess the colony and write it next to #2.
  • Continue until all of the clues have been revealed. Collect the answer sheets from each group to determine which one guessed the colony correctly with the fewest number of clues. Prizes may be awarded to the winning team(s).
  • This process may be repeated with additional colonies on subsequent days.

Sample Clue Cards for Maryland:

  1. Declared independence from Britain in 1776.
  2. By 1775, 40 percent of its population was black.
  3. Tobacco was its cash crop.
  4. It is located on the Mason-Dixon Line.
  5. Its capitol is Annapolis.

 

Adaptations for above level students:

Have students write a journal entry stating why they would/would not have wanted to live in that colony.

 

Adaptation for lower level and ELL students:

Appoint a fluent reader in each group to read the clues aloud.

 

Submitted by Adrianne Roggenbuck, a former teacher and current training consultant with The Bob Pike Group.


Related Articles · More Articles
Why are all the good ideas left behind in elementary school? Remember recess? One of the best parts of the day. We should leverage these decades-old learning strategies to make adult learning more memorable and workplaces more enjoyable.
It might be common sense to figure out your company's goals and then tie training to that-but we all know common sense isn't so common. As a training director in your company, your first item of business needs to be identifying the true business/productivity goals of your company.
Some managers might think that with the economy the way it is, it's not as critical to figure out how to manage the Millenials. After all, aren't they just lucky to have jobs? And the answer to that question would be "no." If the job isn't all they wanted, they'll simply quit - and if they need to, move back home - and that's not such a bad deal. Beyond that, the Millenials are here to stay - and the boomer generation is not. More and more of them are retiring, and someone is going to have to take up the slack. And those someones are the Millenials. Managers who learn to understand this generation and how to work with them are going to be extremely valuable over the next 20 years. Will you be one of them?
Back To Archives

 

 


©2004 - 2010 The Bob Pike Group (Creative Training Techniques) - All Rights Reserved.