Topic: Colonial Life

13 Colonies Powerpoint

Your students will love learning about the 13 Colonies with this 90-slide PowerPoint presentation!

Students will learn all about Life in the 13 Colonies with 90 slides of information about the 3 different regions:
⭐ New England Colonies
⭐ Mid-Atlantic Colonies
⭐ Southern Colonies

This 13 Colonies PowerPoint presentation is packed full of creative and colorful slides with information about:
✔ The Colonists and Native Americans
✔ Life in the New England Colonies
✔ The Puritans
✔ Life in Mid-Atlantic Colonies
✔ The Quakers
✔ Life in Southern Colonies
✔ Life on the Southern Plantations
✔ Shipbuilding & Plows
✔ Natural Resources in the 13 Colonies

This complete unit includes information about trades, craftsmen, and artisans in Colonial times geared for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students. It includes:
✔ Basket-makers
✔ Printers
✔ Blacksmiths
✔ Shoemakers
✔ Silversmiths
✔ Town Criers
✔ Cabinet-makers
✔ Brick-makers
✔ Wig-makers
✔ Coopers
✔ Merchants

Plus:
✔ Important Vocabulary
✔ 11 Question Quiz
✔ Answer Key
✔ For Upper Elementary Grades – Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade
✔ Core Knowledge and Common Core Aligned

Be sure to check out the PREVIEW for more information!

In this 13 Colonies Presentation there are 4 parts:

Vocabulary:
Introduce or review the vocabulary words with the real-life photos included. Read through the slides with the Colonists and the Native Americans. Hold a class discussion about it.

Information about each of the different regions:
Have students read the information on the slides about each region in the 13 Colonies: New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern Colonies. The information focuses on each region related to people, natural resources, climate, daily life, crops, houses, schooling, and the economy. There are colorful scenes for students to connect to the information.

Colonial Jobs:
Have students read about the important artisans and craftsmen of the 13 colonies. There are character studies for basket-makers, blacksmiths, printers, Shoemakers, tailors, silversmiths, merchants, brick-makers, wig-makers, coopers, town criers, and cabinet-makers.

Short Quiz:
At the end of the slideshow is an 11 question quiz and answer key to check for understanding. You could also have the students number a paper 1-11 and answer the questions and then go through and answers with them one by one if desired.

October 22, 2026
13 Colonies BIG-MATS® are FUN in a BIG Way!

BIG-MATS® are perfect to reinforce learning in a unique way. They are an excellent activity to use at the end of the lesson, as a culminating group activity, or to review for an upcoming test. BIG-MATS® are FUN in a BIG way!

This resource includes SIX—11 x 17 BIG-MATS®—with TWO for each region–New England, Mid-Atlantic, and the Southern Colonies in a PDF. Answer keys are included in this pack. Simply print and copy these back-to-back in black and white to have the students complete for a one of a kind 13 Colonies activity. There are lots of fun activities, word searches, unscramblers, and questions for students to complete, answer, and then color the scenes related to each region.

Students love them because they are unique and fun! Teachers love them because they are an easy no-prep meaningful activity.

Suggested Uses:
✔ You can fold them in half to fit in a folder or a binder.
✔ Great for a culminating project or group work.
✔ Excellent way to review at the end of the unit.
✔ A fun homework activity to reinforce the lesson from the day.
✔ Students can work independently to answer the questions on the back page.
✔ Sample pictures are included

I printed them at Office Depot for only 25 cents—for one copy–back to back– in black and white. Simply upload the file online and in less than 24 hours I picked them up. If you choose this option, be sure to pick “Landscape” as the orientation. I also checked ¼ inch margins to make sure that there was plenty of room on each side.

Many schools have a copier that can print and copy on 11×17 paper. If you can print it at your school, then you can skip the step above and copy the amount you need for your class.

October 22, 2026

Topic: Colonial Life

13 Colonies Powerpoint

13 Colonies BIG-MATS® are FUN in a BIG Way!