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UNIT SIX: COLONIZATION
Essential question:    Between 1607 and 1763, North American colonists developed experience in, and the expectation of, self-government in the political, religious, economic, and social aspects of their lives. How did this happen?

Focus Questions for this unit:

Core Curriculum






Curriculum of Connections





Curriculum of Practice
Curriculum of Identity

  • Were colonial grievances justified?
  • What are ways in which you resolve conflict?
 
Overview:


 
Time:  approximately 2-3 weeks

Individual lessons for this unit: 
      Enclosing England 
      London Calling 
      Purifying the Church
     Why we have Pilgrims 
     History's Mystery--The Lost Colony
     The Shining City on the Hill
     This is Sooooooooooooooo Boring!  (Life in New England) 
     Make Sense of Puritan Hypocracy
     Tossed Salad 
     Trumping Trump
     The Swedes and Dutch in Delaware
     The Holy Experiment
     Misery in Jamestown
     John Smith: Superhero
     The Calvert Cause 
     In my mind I'm goin to Carolina
     Colonial Alcatraz
     Way Down South In Dixie
     Discovery Simulation


Readings    
     The Lost Colony of Roanoke
     John White Searches for the Colonists
     What Ever Happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
     Mystery of the Lost Colony
     Archeologists Find New Clues to the Lost Colony
     Virginia Dare and the Legend: White Doe
     Hard Times In Jamestown
     John Smith biography
     Did Pocahontas Really Rescue John Smith?
     The Forgotten History of America’s First Brides
     A Brief History of New Netherlands
     Founding Jamestown
     A Brief History of the Separatists
     Mayflower Compact
     Pilgrims Brave a New World
     Pilgrim's First Year in America
     Pilgrims Make Peace with the Indians
     First Thanksgiving
     Pilgrim and Puritan: A Delicate Distinction
     Squanto and the Pilgrims
     William Bradford (biography)
     A Modell of Christian Charity: Excerpts from John Winthrop's sermon
     Summary of John Winthrop's "Model for Christian Charity"
     Thomas Hooker: The Founding of Hartford
     New England's Great Migration
     The Puritans of New England
     New England Colonies Daily Life
     Early History of Massachusetts Bay Colony
     Anne Hutchinson biography
     Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: Our First Constitution?
     John Davenport: Establishing New Haven
     Laws for Young People in New England
     Life in New England
     Roger Williams (biography)
     Who Were The Separatists?
     Did the Dutch Really Buy Manhattan for $24
     Peter Minuit biography
     Dutch Influence in New York
     Dutch Words in the English Language
     Pennsylvania Colonial History
     German terms commonly used in English
     Religious Pluralism in the Middle Colonies
     New Sweden and Johan Printz
     William Penn (biography)
     William Penn Makes a Choice
     William Penn Plans a City
     Dutch Buy New York
     William Penn Primary Sources
     Introduction to the Quakers 
     Why were the Middle Colonies Called the Breadbasket Colonies?
     A Brief History of New Netherlands
     New Jersey History
     Colonial New Jersey
     Colonial Delaware
     A Brief History of New Sweden
     Penn-Calvert Boundary dispute over Delaware
     History of the Mason Dixon Line
     Colonial Claims In The New World
     Colonists Earn a New Way of Living
     Early Colonial History of Maryland
     Economic history of Colonial Maryland
     English Colonies
     Lord Baltimore biography
     Eyewitness Account of Indentured Servants
     Headright System
     History of the Carolinas
     Georgia History
     Indentured Servants Experiences
     Indentured Servants: An Eyewitness account
     Indentured Servitude
     Indentured Servitude in America (Case Studies)
     Founding of Georgia
     The Middle Passage
     James Oglethorpe biography
     Understanding the Colonial Economy
     Short Stories
          Leiningen Versus The Ants 
          The Most Dangerous Game 
          To Build A Fire 
          The Open Boat 
          The Old Man and the Sea



Powerpoints
     You're Not The Boss of Me
     England's Move
     Lighting the Fuse  
     What a Party
     The Empire Strikes Back 
     The Last Chance
     The Shot Heard 'Round The World


Videos
        
     The Stamp Act
     The Boston Massacre
     The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts

Extension Activities and Resources 
     Reading: Virginia Dare and the Legend: The White Doe
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  • GIFTED US HISTORY
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      • UNIT ONE: PREHISTORIC NORTH AMERICA
      • UNIT TWO: FEUDAL EUROPE
      • UNIT THREE: EXPLORATION
      • UNIT FOUR: TUDOR ENGLAND AND THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
      • UNIT FIVE: STUART ENGLAND AND THE EARLY ATTEMPTS AT COLONIZATION
      • UNIT SIX: COLONIZATION
      • UNIT SEVEN: CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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