Divide the students into three groups. Give each student five pieces of construction paper. The students will begin to read the given information and find the specific information. When the students have transferred the information to the flip books, they will get the needed materials, color, and decorate. Students can compare and contrast the population of each colony during given years, using a chart.
Students can make a word search puzzle of the thirteen colonies.
The teacher will collect the flip books, and grade them on content, originality, effort and neatness. The teacher will circulate around the room to see if the students are using the given information to create a flip book.