Class Update: 9/27 & 9/28

Yesterday, we ended the Constitution unit with a "quest". Today marked the start of the transition into the American Revolution unit. After reviewing a map activity we completed for homework, it was up to groups to decide what a typical person was like from each of the colonies based on the industry and background maps. For example, most colonists in New England attended an Anglican or Congregational church; a typical Middle colonist would likely have been an ironworker. My group selected the Southern colonies, including Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Our character was named John Jacobs, and was a colonist from England who owned his own rice and indigo plantation in Charleston. He owned many slaves as well! We felt his industry and background well represented the majority of colonists living in the South. The class was concluded by creating animated Voki characters to represent our typical colonist. It was entertaining to imagine what a colonist would have been like, and then create them afterwards!