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
· If you had to choose one of the regions to live in (New England, Middle or Southern Colonies) which would you choose and why?
· To what extent have Puritan values shaped the way you think or act?
Overview:
The colonial experience in North America is a powerful conflict between man and nature. The desire to seek a new life or build a "new world" is a motivating factor behind the risk taking and struggle related to carving out an existence in the wilderness. Some came here to avoid religious persecution, some to seek wealth and fortune, others were brought here against their will. The story of their adventure is compelling.
In this massive unit, we will examine the development of the three distinct colonial regions. We will uncover their motives and mark their progress as they build a society in the "new" world that in some cases, is very much like the "old" world. We will also look at those innovators who created a very different society for the inhabitants.
From a personal perspective, students will be asked to take the role of colonists and face the problems and challenges faced by the original settlers.
Time: approximately 4-5 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
A HISTORIC STEPPING STONE
THE SHINING CITY ON A HILL
DARING TO BE DIFFERENT
GOING DUTCH
JERSEY? SURE!
THE HOLY EXPERIMENT
THE BLUE AND THE GOLD
ALONG COMES MARY
SWEET CAROLINE
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
Primary Sources
Enclosure Movement Poem
John Smith's instructions for settling a colony
George Percy's account of hard times in Jamestown
Diary of a young Jamestown girl (1609)
Nova Britania advertisement for Jamestown
John Winthrop's Sermon aboard the Arbella (1630)
Jamestown Advertisement
"John Smith's Instruction for settling a colony" (primary source)
"Diary of a Young Jamestown Girl" (primary source)
Charter for the colony of Virginia (1606)
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
Surviving in New England" (poem)
The Bible Proverbs 22:29
excerpts of Laws for Young People in New England (handout)
excerpts from The Mayflower Compact (handout)
Dutch agreement to purchase Manhattan (1626)
Charter for the colony of New Sweden (1626)
Charter for the colony of Massachusetts Bay (1629)
Charter for the colony of Maryland (1632)
Charter for the colony of New Jersey (1664)
Charter for the colony of Carolina (1665)
Charter for the colony of Penns Woods (1681)
William Penn's charter for the separation of the three Lower counties into Delaware (1701)
Charter for the colony of Georgia (1732)
Videos
DB Cooper (original newscast)
"The Skyjacker That Got Away" movie trailer:
In Search of (Roanoke) c 1975
The Legend of Squanto
Nightmare in Jamestown
Pocahontas rescues John Smith from the Disney movie
Extension Activities and Resources
Reading: Virginia Dare and the Legend: The White Doe
Reading: Lonely Man Seeking Wife: The Jamestown Brides
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
- What motivated Europeans to create colonies in North America?
- To what extent was life in early America similar to and/or different from Europe?
- How well did European settlers in America adapt to their new environment?
- How were the lives Native Americans affected by European colonization?
- Does a close relationship between church and state lead to a more moral society?” (Case Study: Puritanism)
- How effectively did colonial society handle dissent?
- How has the principle of religious freedom established in America?
- Did the need for survival promote unity or division in colonial society?
- Did deferential and dominant elites provide effective rule for colonial society?
- To what extent was colonial America democratic?
- What aspects of American government today can be traced back to colonial times?
- How important was slavery to the economic development of early America?
- To what extent did harmony and hierarchy co‐exist in colonial society?
- How did the role and status of women in colonial America compare to their counterparts in Europe?
- How did geography affect the development of colonial America?
Curriculum of Connections
Curriculum of Practice
Curriculum of Identity
· If you had to choose one of the regions to live in (New England, Middle or Southern Colonies) which would you choose and why?
· To what extent have Puritan values shaped the way you think or act?
Overview:
The colonial experience in North America is a powerful conflict between man and nature. The desire to seek a new life or build a "new world" is a motivating factor behind the risk taking and struggle related to carving out an existence in the wilderness. Some came here to avoid religious persecution, some to seek wealth and fortune, others were brought here against their will. The story of their adventure is compelling.
In this massive unit, we will examine the development of the three distinct colonial regions. We will uncover their motives and mark their progress as they build a society in the "new" world that in some cases, is very much like the "old" world. We will also look at those innovators who created a very different society for the inhabitants.
From a personal perspective, students will be asked to take the role of colonists and face the problems and challenges faced by the original settlers.
Time: approximately 4-5 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
A HISTORIC STEPPING STONE
THE SHINING CITY ON A HILL
DARING TO BE DIFFERENT
GOING DUTCH
JERSEY? SURE!
THE HOLY EXPERIMENT
THE BLUE AND THE GOLD
ALONG COMES MARY
SWEET CAROLINE
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
Primary Sources
Enclosure Movement Poem
John Smith's instructions for settling a colony
George Percy's account of hard times in Jamestown
Diary of a young Jamestown girl (1609)
Nova Britania advertisement for Jamestown
John Winthrop's Sermon aboard the Arbella (1630)
Jamestown Advertisement
"John Smith's Instruction for settling a colony" (primary source)
"Diary of a Young Jamestown Girl" (primary source)
Charter for the colony of Virginia (1606)
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
Surviving in New England" (poem)
The Bible Proverbs 22:29
excerpts of Laws for Young People in New England (handout)
excerpts from The Mayflower Compact (handout)
Dutch agreement to purchase Manhattan (1626)
Charter for the colony of New Sweden (1626)
Charter for the colony of Massachusetts Bay (1629)
Charter for the colony of Maryland (1632)
Charter for the colony of New Jersey (1664)
Charter for the colony of Carolina (1665)
Charter for the colony of Penns Woods (1681)
William Penn's charter for the separation of the three Lower counties into Delaware (1701)
Charter for the colony of Georgia (1732)
Videos
DB Cooper (original newscast)
"The Skyjacker That Got Away" movie trailer:
In Search of (Roanoke) c 1975
The Legend of Squanto
Nightmare in Jamestown
Pocahontas rescues John Smith from the Disney movie
Extension Activities and Resources
Reading: Virginia Dare and the Legend: The White Doe
Reading: Lonely Man Seeking Wife: The Jamestown Brides