Colonial Occupations
Social Studies: The Beginning of Indianapolis
Understanding Colonial Occupations
Research
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm
http://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/jobs_occupations.php
Your Tasks
A Research
1. Research the colonial occupation. Find out what you do.
2. Why is your job important during the beginning of Indianapolis?
3. Is this job still done today? Explain.
4. How does this occupation connect to other occupations?
B. Type up a paragraph about your occupation on google docs. Share with Mrs. Driskell.
PRESENTATION CHOICES
You will advertise your occupation to the class in a short presentation so that they understand why the occupation was important during the beginning of Indianapolis.
Choose any method:
- Act it out (live)
- Billboard (Drawn out on a 8 1/2 x 17 paper)
- Short 4 slide show (Using google slides)
- Short video commercial
- Jingle (short song that describes the profession)
- Any idea you have checked by Mrs. Driskell
PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS
1. Class must understand what the occupation does.
2. Class must understand why it is important to the city and people
3. The paragraph must also include these elements:
Name of profession with at least 3 interesting facts
Explanation of why it is important to the city.
Connection to other colonial occupations
This document should be completed neatly and contain no spelling errors.
Students may not read their paragraph, but may use notecards.