House of Burgesses Simulation
Speed Sheet:
You will have 5 minutes to complete the speed sheet you
picked up from the front of the classroom. FOLLOW ALL
DIRECTIONS!
House of Burgesses Simulation
• Each student will draw a notecard.
• Red Dots: Sit at the special table in the middle of the room
• Green Dots: Sit at the other tables around the room.
• Blank Notecards: Sit on the floor.
House of Burgesses Simulation
• RED DOTS, you will create 3 new rules that will last the rest of the week in
class
• Now, GREEN DOTS, you will have only 30 seconds to voice your ideas
about the rules to the RED DOTS
• BLANK CARDS: You will sit and listen, and you will follow all rules. You are
not allowed to talk.
• RED DOTS, you now have 4 minutes to come up with new/improved laws.
House of Burgesses Simulation
•I, the GOVERNOR, will have the final authority
to approve laws.
•In making my decision, I will keep in mind
what Dr. Paz, the KING, would approve.
REFLECTION
• On the given BLANK notecard, write your name at the top,
and answer the following questions according to YOUR
ROLE played in the simulation:
• REPRESENTATIVES: Do you feel like you had all the power?
Why or why not?
• LAND-OWNERS: You voted for these representatives, did
they listen to your ideas about the rules? Were you happy
about that, why or why not?
• SLAVES, INDENTURED SERVANTS, and POOR PEOPLE: How did
you feel throughout this simulation?
POWER PYRAMID
LEAST PEOPLE, MOST POWER
KING: owns all land, makes
all policies
PARLIAMENT: English law making body
that advises the king
GOVERNOR: King’s representative who was
appointed by the king to rule the colony
ASSEMBLIES: Appointed/elected self colony law making body
TOWN MEETINGS: Gathering of land-owning colonists to talk about
taxes, money, and laws
MOST PEOPLE, LEAST POWER
Give Me Five Graphic
Organizer
House of Burgesses
Who
A group of representatives in the colony of Virginia
What
They make the laws for the colony
When
Established in 1619
Lasted for over 150 years
Where
Colony of Virginia
Originally Jamestown
Why
Significant because it was the first form of Representative government
in America