Hook

After much research about each of the colonies, we decided that the new group of pilgrims coming to America will be traditional Puritans.  Through research, students should be able to narrow the colonies down to the New England colonies.  Hopefully, the students will also realize that the most traditional Puritans lived in Massachusetts as the other NE colonies were founded by individuals that either left or were expelled from Massachusetts because they did not agreed with the teachings of the Puritan leaders in Massachusetts.


Our hook will look something like this:

A group of pilgrims are about to make their way to America to look for new economic and religious opportunities.  They have heard a lot of exciting as well as terrifying stories from their friends in the New land. Unable to decide where they should settle down, these group of pilgrims have decided to hire a team of researchers to help them decide on an ideal location.

Researchers, please be are aware that these people are no ordinary group of individuals.  They have a very particular lifestyle that they are accustomed to and have very strict beliefs.  Based on the following descriptions, please help these pilgrims find a new home in America.

-Very traditional Christians that want to make the religion more "pure."

-They live a very simple, but strict lifestyle.

-They believed that anyone that misses church or speak out in dissent should be harshly punished.

-All decisions are made by their community leaders.  

-These people have close family units and live in small towns to maintain a sense of community.

-These people have farming and fishing skills.

Hong and I also decided that we will create our webquest using google sites.