U.S. HistoryLesson Steps

8/10/15

CompleteUSA Test Prep. Warm-up

Previous Standards Review&

Standard 1B Review Quiz

CompleteThe New England Colonies

“Round Robin Research”

&Standard 1B

EQs & Review

Standard & ElementsSSUSH1

The student will describe European settlement in North America during the 17th century.

Elements:a. Explain Virginia’s development; include the Virginia Company, tobacco cultivation,

relationships with Native Americans such as Powhatan, development of the House of Burgesses, Bacon’s Rebellion, and the development of slavery.

b. Describe the settlement of New England; include religious reasons, relations with Native Americans (e.g., King Phillip’s War), the establishment of town meetings and development of a legislature, religious tensions that led to the founding of Rhode

Island, the half-way covenant, Salem Witch Trials, and the loss of the Massachusetts charter and the transition to a royal colony.

c. Explain the development of the mid-Atlantic colonies; include the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and subsequent English takeover, and the settlement of

Pennsylvania. d. Explain the reasons for French settlement of Quebec.

e. Analyze the impact of location and place on colonial settlement, transportation, and economic development; include the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

Enduring UnderstandingsThe students will understand

that the Middle and Southern Colonies were set up for a variety of political,

economic and religious reasons.

Essential Questions1. Why was the Dutch Colony developed and how was it

different from other Colonies? (59)2. Why and how did the English take over the New Amsterdam

Colony?3. Who was William Penn and how was he related to the Colony

of Pennsylvania?4. Who were the Quakers and how did they impact the growth

of Pennsylvania?5. Who was James Oglethorpe and how was he related to the

Colony of Georgia?6. Why was the Colony of Maryland created?

7. Why were the Carolina Colonies split into North and South?

Class Activities

The Middle Colonies“Advertising Agencies”

Previous Standards Flash Review

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