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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