8A 3D Colony Challange

Wow. So many amazing ideas and creative details! You all did a magnificent job. This was such a hard challenge to judge. As you know, I brought another teacher with extensive knowledge about the early American colonial period in to take a look at your projects - she has no clue which students worked on which projects. Remember - in addition to a well-crafted project, the most important part of this challenge was illustrating what you know about your colony. Here are some pictures of your amazing work:

South Carolina plantation

Check out the white plantation house - such a creative use of resources!

Barn/slave quarters

Here's a small wheat farm in Pennsylvania

Here's a model of early Virginia

Super cool tobacco plants

Nice work!

And... finally... our winners. Congratulations, Massachusetts!

Your colony illustrated so many things that were characteristic of a New England colony. First, you illustrated life along the coast with the sea. Check out the ships and the fisherman - the fishing industry was a huge part of New England's economy, as well as a major food source for the early colonists. 

 

You included the shipbuilding industry as well. Here are some hard-working men building ships - another important part of New England's economy.

Agriculture played a smaller role in New England than it did in the middle or southern colonies. They had very small farms. Here a colonist prepares to eat some salt pork on his small farm - a common food eaten during the long winter months.

Here's a great representation of the logging industry that was so important to early colonial New England.

I love how this colony incorporated the cold Northern climate by using snow. Here, the women perform domestic tasks, just as we discussed in class.

Everyone did a wonderful job and I had a blast watching everyone use their creative talents!