Essential Question (s):

• Why colonize?   
• Did colonies benefit everyone?
• What are the roots of America’s diversity and democracy?

Learning Objectives:

1.      Review social, economic and political causes for European exploration and settlement of the Americas.

2.      Compare and contrast the reasons for founding New England, Southern and Middle American colonies.  

3.      Understand the impact of colonization on Native American population and culture.

4.      Understand different levels of opportunity and power in colonial society. 

5.      Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources and the importance of primary sources in the study of history. 

Skills:

1.      Define and identify types of primary and secondary sources. 

2.      Identify the author, date and type of primary source from clues in text or image.

3.      Define and classify different colonial occupations and people into social classes in the American colonies.

4.      Locate, label and code Southern, Middle and New England colonies on blank map.   

Instructional Strategies and  Activities:

·        “Make Your Own Colony”

·        Designs of Quaker and Puritan Meetinghouses

·        Historical and modern map analysis

·        Primary Sources (examples):         

                                    A Modell of Christian Charity

                                    The Mayflower Compact

                                    Puritan Portraits

·        Runaway Slave Advertisements

·        Circle Discussion

·        Colonial Classes  

Materials Used:   Textbook, internet websites, pictures, documentary on “Social Class in America” 

Assessment Strategies:   

• Letter assignment:  “Dear Family, I’m off to the New World”
• Quizzes for Literacy Skills and Content
• Map work
• Unit Test, including Primary Source Analysis