Social Studies
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by Nathan and Erik
In social studies we are doing a unit on a colonies. In this unit, we
are doing a simulation of people who settled on America in the
time when the Thirteen Colonies were still forming.
Like most social studies “games” we jumped to the conclusion that it
was going to be a boring one with textbooks and worksheets, but as Mrs.
Barnes went on with the topic it started to sound fun. She talked about
conquering and taking over the Atlantic coast, or making peace with the Indians and getting land peacefully, surviving the long voyage and
getting filthy rich.
There are four colonies, the Blazing Britains with a theme 'Venimus
Vidimus Vicimus,' which means 'We came, we fought, we conquered.' The Free
Frenchmen, who also has an anthem. The third is the Cannon Company Colony and finally The
Golden Falcons, who are the only ones who are not sponsored by the government.
You
start off the simulation by doing assignments and extra credit which
then starts to earn you points that are turned into wealth units. Then
you use your wealth units to load your ship with all your items you will
need and all your food. While you are doing this you are also getting
assigned a type of colony either a government, religious or private
company. Each of these options has its pros and cons so there are not
any huge drawbacks to anyone of them. Then you say goodbye to the flag
you made and start sailing.
When
you’re sailing its very plain as all you do are consume food units and
hope you don't sink. Although it may sound boring there is a certain
excitement to it. Then when you hit land the real excitement begins.
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This kind of reminds me of fourth grade where we were going across the
Oregon Trail. I hope it’s like that because it was fun.
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