- Go to Google classroom
- Click on the link and take the quiz
- After the quiz read today's assignment
Time travel to the Colonial period
You will travel to the year 1700
- Groups will be assigned one of the three regions
- Each person can take 500 lbs.
- Each member will need to produce a freight manifest that lists each item, how many, and it's weight. In your manifest you will add all items together, not to exceed 500 lbs.
- Research colonies in the region in 1700 to see where you want to live.
- As a group decide which state you will go to in the region you were assigned.
- As a group assign each person 1-3 topics to research
- Are you going to work with your group to distribute weight, or work alone?
- For your topic/s find the items and each item's weight, decide how many you or your group will need.
- Make sure to calculate the weight for each item using your freight manifest.
- By the end of class today each group will have 1 - 4 completed and beginning research for items to ship.
Here are some things you need to think about, you probably want to add to this list.
- NO ELECTRICITY!
- Climate - where you live determines everything else
- Tools
- Clothing/shoes/boots
- Food (Seeds)
- Cookware
- Personal hygiene
- Medicine/First Aid
- Books- gardening, building, survival, etc...
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