CHAPTER 4 • SECTION 3
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Plan & Prepare
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Reading for Understanding
Key Ideas
Objectives
BEFORE, YOU LEARNED
NOW YOU WILL LEARN
• Explain why the Middle Colonies were
prosperous
The Middle Colonies attracted a diverse
population who favored religious
tolerance.
Rich farmland and a climate of tolerance
helped the Middle Colonies prosper.
• Describe the role of African Americans in
building cities
• Summarize ways that ethnic diversity
encouraged tolerance
Vocabulary
TERMS & NAMES
REVIEW
Philadelphia settlement on the Delaware
River that became the fastest growing city in
the colonies
Quakers group of Protestant dissenters
tolerance acceptance of different opinions
Conestoga wagons covered wagons
introduced by German immigrants
Read for the Essential Question
Help students read for a purpose by reminding
them of the Essential Question: “What factors
allowed each colonial region to grow and
prosper?”
BACKGROUND VOCABULARY
denomination distinct religious group
artisans skilled craftspeople, such as
blacksmiths and cabinet makers
Vocabulary
Visual Vocabulary
blacksmith
Best Practices Toolkit
Use the Best Practices Toolkit to model
strategies for vocabulary notetaking. Vary
strategies throughout the year. Choose
from: Knowledge Rating, Predicting ABC’s,
Definition Mapping, Word Sort, Word Wheel,
Frayer Model (Word Squares), Magnet
Words, and Student VOC.
Reading Strategy
Re-create the diagram shown at
right. As you read and respond
to the KEY QUESTIONS, use the
diagram to note important details
that support the Main Idea of this
section.
Vocabulary Strategies, TT9–TT16
MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS
Detail
See Skillbuilder Handbook, page R4.
Main Idea
Religious tolerance,
ethnic diversity,
and fertile lands
helped the Middle
Colonies prosper.
Detail
Detail
Reading Strategy
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Go to Interactive Review @ ClassZone.com
Best Practices Toolkit
110 Chapter 4
Display the Main Idea and Details
transparency.
• Remind students that main ideas are
the most important points in a chapter.
Details in the chapter support or reinforce
the main ideas.
• Model filling in important details about
religious tolerance, ethnic diversity, or
fertile soil in the Middle Colonies.
• Have students fill in additional supporting
details.
• Display the graphic organizer as a review
for students.
Main Idea and Details, TT34
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PRETEACHING VOCABULARY
English Learners
Inclusion
Pronounce and Preview
Create Vocabulary Posters
Pronounce each term for students.
Review the meanings of words within
definitions, such as immigrants, distinct,
and dissenters.
Write each vocabulary term in large print
on poster board or chart paper. Read
the definitions aloud and have students
write the definitions and create an
illustration that captures the meaning
of the term on the poster board. Display
the posters in the room for reference as
students read the section.
• To modify vocabulary learning, have
students complete worksheets as they
read, instead of afterward.
Unit 2 Resource Book
• Building Background Vocabulary,
p. 104
• Vocabulary Practice, p. 103
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The Middle Colonies:
Farms and Cities
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3-Minute Warm-Up
Write on the board or display the transparency:
• Draw a word web with the term Quakers in
the center circle. Write descriptive words or
phrases in four to six outer circles. (Possible
Answers: religious, tolerance, William Penn,
good relations with Native Americans, settled
Pennsylvania)
One American’s Story
William Penn, who established Pennsylvania,
was aware that earlier English colonists had not
treated Native Americans with respect. Writing from
England, Penn promised Native Americans that the
people of his colony would behave differently.
Unit 2 Transparency Book
• 3-Minute Warm-Ups, TT6
One American’s Story
PRIMARY SOURCE
“
More About . . .
I am very sensible to the unkindness and
injustice which have been too much exercised
toward you by the people of these parts of the
world. . . . I have a great love and regard toward
you, and desire to win and gain your love and
friendship by a kind, just and peaceable life; and
the people I send are of the same mind.
”
—Letter from William Penn to the Native Americans, 1681
Focus & Motivate
William Penn
Penn purchased land from the Lenape, the
largest Native American group in the area.
He visited Lenape villages and even learned
their language.
Penn’s Treaty with the
Indians by Edward Hicks
The Quakers
Quakers, a group of Protestant dissenters, did develop a good relationship with tribes in Pennsylvania. The Quakers also accepted people who
tolerance,
had different religious beliefs. This helped to create a climate of tolerance
or acceptance of different opinions, in the prosperous Middle Colonies of
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
3 Teach
A Prosperous Region
Think, Pair, Share
A Prosperous Region
• How did geography and climate affect the
growth of the Middle Colonies? (People were
drawn to the region’s harbors and fertile land.)
KEY QUESTION Why did the cities of the Middle Colonies grow so rapidly?
The Middle Colonies had much to offer in addition to a climate of tolerance.
Immigrants were drawn to the region’s productive land.
Among the immigrants who came to the Middle Colonies were Dutch
and German farmers. Their skills, knowledge, and hard work produced an
abundance of foods.
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• Main Ideas and Details How did the
attitudes of the Quakers affect the Middle
Colonies? (The Quakers had good relationships
with Native Americans, so there were few
conflicts; the Quakers’ tolerance attracted
settlers.)
SECTION 3 PROGRAM RESOURCES
ON LEVEL
Unit 2 Resource Book
• Reading Study Guide, p. 75
• Section Quiz, p. 123
STRUGGLING READERS
Unit 2 Resource Book
• RSG with Additional Support, p. 83
• Building Background Vocabulary,
p. 104
• Section Quiz, p. 123
• Reteaching Activity, p. 127
eEdition with Audio DVD-ROM
ENGLISH LEARNERS
Pupil Edition in Spanish
eEdition with Audio DVD-ROM
eEdition in Spanish DVD-ROM
Unit 2 Resource Book
• Reading Study Guide (Spanish),
p. 91
• RSG with Additional Support
(Spanish), p. 99
Multi-Language Glossary
Test Generator
• Section Quiz in Spanish
INCLUSION
Unit 2 Resource Book
• RSG with Additional Support, p. 83
• Section Quiz, p. 123
• Reteaching Activity, p. 127
GIFTED & TALENTED
Unit 2 Resource Book
• Connect Geography & History,
p.111
• Section Quiz, p. 123
PRE-AP
Unit 2 Resource Book
• Skillbuilder Practice, p. 105
• Economics in History, p. 106
• Section Quiz, p. 123
TECHNOLOGY
Unit 2 Transparency Book
• 3-Minute Warm-Ups, TT6
• Fine Art, TT7
• Geography, TT8
• Cause-and-Effect Chapter Summary,
TT9
• Essential Question Graphic, TT10
Daily Test Practice Transparencies
• Chapter 4, Section 3, TT14
Power Presentations
ClassZone.com
American History Video Series
Teacher’s Edition • 111