This activity was developed by Adrienne Williams from Center City Charter Schools (Washington, DC)

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CKLA Unit 10 “Colonial America” Strand Listening & Learning Grade 3 Activity Adapted End of Unit Assessment

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

This adapted assessment was designed to be used in conjunction with Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) grade 3, unit 10. For more information about CKLA, click here.

It was designed to provide short answer and extended writing opportunities. In addition, the assessment offers the opportunity for students to answer questions about a passage of text.

The assessment is divided into five sections, and includes a “bonus” at the end.

• Section 1: focuses on domain-specific, tier 3 vocabulary.• Section 2: focuses on tier 2 vocabulary.• Section 3: contains short answer questions around general information from the domain.• Section 4: is a close-reading and writing activity in which students use the text excerpt to

complete the following statement: The English faced many challenges when they establishedthe colonies in the New World because/but/so ____________.

• Section 5: is a compare and contrast of two different colonial regions.• Bonus: requires students identify important places on a map of the colonies.

G3Domain10ContentAssessmentContentObjectives:

• DescribesomeofthereasonspeoplecametoNorthAmericafromEnglandandothercountries• ExplainsomeoftheearlychallengesfacedbytheEnglishinestablishingcoloniesinNorthAmerica• DescribetherelationshipbetweenthecolonistsandNativeAmericans• DescribetheroleofslaveryinthecolonialtimeperiodandwhytheSoutherncoloniesreliedsomuch

moreheavilyuponenslavedlaborthantheMiddleandNewEnglandcolonies• Describetheindustriesandothercharacteristicsofthethreecolonialregions

BONUS• Listandlocatethethreecolonialregions:NewEngland,Middle,Atlantic,andSouthern• LocatethethirteencoloniesofcolonialAmerica,andidentifyeachbyregion

TargetStandards:• RI.3.1Askandanswerquestionstodemonstrateunderstandingofatext,referringexplicitlytothe

textasthebasisfortheanswers.• RI.3.3Describetherelationshipbetweenaseriesofhistoricalevents,scientificideasorconcepts,or

stepsintechnicalprocedureswithinatextusinglanguagethatpertainstotime,sequence,andcause/effect.

• RI.3.7Useinformationgainedfromillustrationsandthewordsinatexttodemonstrateunderstandingofthetext.

• RI.3.4Determinethemeaningofgeneralacademicanddomain-specificwordsandphrasesinatextrelevanttoaGrade3topicorsubjectarea.

• RL.3.4a:Usesentence-levelcontextasacluetothemeaningofawordorphrase.PartI:Domainspecificvocabulary(RI.3.4)

1. cashcrop2. dissenter3. debtors4. plantation5. colony

PartII:Tier2Vocabulary(RL.3.4a)6. established7. optimistic8. reliant9. transformed10. tension

PartIII:ShortAnswer–GeneralInformation11. WhydidpeoplecometoNorthAmericafromEnglandandothercountries?12. WhatweretherelationshipslikebetweencolonistsandNativeAmericans?13. Whatroledidslaveryplayduringcolonialtimes?14. WhydidtheSoutherncoloniesrelymoreheavilyonenslavedlaborthantheMiddleandNew

EnglandColonies?PartIV:Challenges15. Usethetextandimagestocompletethefollowingsentences:

• TheEnglishfacedmanychallengeswhentheyestablishedcoloniesintheNewWorldbecause…• TheEnglishfacedmanychallengeswhentheyestablishedcoloniesintheNewWorldbut…• TheEnglishfacedmanychallengeswhentheyestablishedcoloniesintheNewWorldso…

PartVI:Compare&ContrastChoosetwocolonialregionsandcompare/contrasttheirgeographyandclimate,wayoflife,andindustry.16. Write2paragraphsthatcompareandcontrastthem.BONUS:Geography–Identifyimportantplacesonthemapusingthenumbersprovided.

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Name:__________________ Date:______________ Domain 10 Assessment: Colonial America Part I: Read each word and match it to the definition on the right.

1. colony

2. dissenter

3. cash crop

4. plantation

5. debtor

Use one of the words above in a sentence: _____________________________________________________________________ Part II: Read each sentence and choose the word that best completes each one. 6. The English left their country to _______________________ colonies in the New

World in order to have a better life.

7. Being able to plant and harvest crops made the colonists more ___________________ about surviving the winter.

8. As the colonies grew and developed their own industries and trade, they became less

________________________ on England for supplies. 9. The growing of tobacco _____________________ some Virginia colonists into

wealthy people. 10. When John Smith was wounded, there was a lot of increased _________________ between the

colonists and the Powhatan.

Large farms or estates in warm climates, usually growing a large, single crop, such as cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, or indigo

A large amount of produce grown to be sold to others to make money rather than to be used or eaten by the people growing it

People who owe money or favors to others

An area settled by a group of people from another country that remains connected to the newly settled area and its people

Someone who disagrees with the majority, or the people in power; usually someone who disagrees with the government or a church

Word Bank transformed

established

tension

optimistic

reliant

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Part III: Short-Answer 11. Why did people come to North America from England and other countries?

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12. What were the relationships like between colonists and Native Americans?

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13. What role did slavery play during colonial times?

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14. Why did the Southern colonies rely more heavily on enslaved labor than the Middle and NewEngland Colonies?

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Part IV: Challenges - Use the text and images to complete the following sentences:

15. The English faced many challenges when they established colonies in the New World

because_________________________________________________________________

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The English faced many challenges when they established colonies in the New World but

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The English faced many challenges when they established colonies in the New World so

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Part V: Choose 2 colonial regions and compare and contrast their geography and climate, way of life, and industry.

New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies

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ial 16. Write 2 paragraphs to describe the similarities and differences between the two colonial regions you chose.

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BONUS: Geography Use the numbers on the map to identify each place below.

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