Welcome to week two baby birds! We will colonize the new world; England style! This week we will cover the 13 English colonies, colonial slavery, and the three different colonial regions.
Jamestown -- The First English Colony
Death at Jamestown
Day 1
In Class: The Jamestown colony, the Powhatan Indian life, John Rolfe, John Smith, Pocahontas, the starving time, tobacco, House of Burgesses and how/why slavery enters the colonial way of life.
HW: 50 Nifty State project due Wednesday, Aug. 21 (ALL classes)
Notes: None
Day 2
In Class: Finish Jamestown/Colonial slavery discussion ... begin working on the three colonial regions and 13 English colonies spoke-chart. Learning the remaining 13 colonies -- Carolina, Georgia, New Amsterdam/York/Jersey, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts...yes the Pilgrims..., Connecticut, Pennsylvania... Once we finish the colonial spoke-chart, we'll compare the three regions and discuss how the colonies gradually grew "independent-ish"
HW: 50 Nifty State project due Wednesday, Aug. 21 (ALL classes)
Notes: None
The Mayflower -- the Pigrims
Day 3
In Class: Continue working on the colonial-spoke chart and comparing the three colonial regions: New England, Middle, and Southern colonies
HW: 50 Nifty State project due Wednesday, Aug. 21 (ALL classes)
Notes: None
Day 4
In Class: Colonies spoke-chart...13 English colonies and understand what "colonial life" was like in cities and on farms.
HW: None
Notes: None