Bell Work 9/1/15
1.  Colonial Virginia grew this crop:
a. Cotton
b. Rice
c. Indigo
d. Tobacco
Answer: d
2. Which of the American colonies was the first
successfully settled by the English?
a. Virginia
b. Pennsylvania
c. Carolina
d. Massachusetts
Answer: a
Agenda
  Notes/Discussion: English Colonization of the
Southern, Mid-Atlantic, and New England regions
Key Focus:
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Economy
Geography
Government
Religion
Student Group Activity: Complete graphic on the 3
regions using informational text
Closure: Pair/Share
(Pair/Share: Discuss and summarize the history of one region
discussed in North America)
Independent Practice: Travel Journal Entry
Reminders
•  Progress Reports Sept.1
•  Early Exploration & Colonization
Test Sept. 4
•  No School Sept. 7
•  Football Game (away) Sept. 9
•  Beta Payment Sept.14
•  First Interims/Parent Teacher
Conferences Sept.17
•  No School/Parent Teacher
Conferences Sept.18
Previous/future knowledge:
•  In grade three and four, students have
studied the development of the Carolina
colony under the Lords Proprietors (3-2.4)
and compared the various European
settlements in North America in terms of
economic activities, religious emphasis,
government, and lifestyles (4-2.2). In United
States History and the Constitution, students
will summarize the distinct characteristics of
each colonial region in the settlement and
development of British North America,
including religious, social, political, and
economic differences (USHC 1.1).
Relevance
How many have you have ever
come to school without the things
you needed?
Homework
Paper and pencil
Books
•  How did you feel?
•  What did you worry about?
•  Did you feel unprepared for the
situation?
Focus Statement
Summarize the history of English
settlement in the Southern, New
England, and the Mid-Atlantic regions,
with an emphasis on the Southern
Colony
The New England Colonies
•  The New England colonies were founded as a haven
for religious groups persecuted in England.
Pilgrims
•  The Separatists [Pilgrims] landed at Plymouth after
signing the Mayflower Compact [1620] establishing
another bedrock of American democracy – the idea
that the people form the government.
•  They struggled to survive as had the Jamestown
settlers.
•  With the help of a Native American, they learned to
plant corn and sustained themselves but never
prospered.
Checking for Understanding
Which document established a
type of government for the
Pilgrims?
Answer: The Mayflower
Compact
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The Puritans
•  Landed in the Massachusetts Bay [1630s].
•  The Puritans invested in their own joint stock
company and brought their charter with them to the
New World.
•  Consequently they established a democratic form of
government that included town meetings and a
general assembly.
•  All male church members could vote. They
prospered almost immediately, harvesting the
lumber of the great northern woods, building ships,
and engaging in trade.
Puritans cont’d
•  They established schools so that their children could
learn to read the Bible and established religious
conformity.
•  Dissenters were exiled to other parts of the region.
•  Puritan families were large so the population grew and
spread to other areas of New England, taking its
religious and governing ideas along.
•  New Englanders enjoyed religious homogeneity, a
thriving economy based on trade, and a democratic
government.
Checking for Understanding
Why were the New England colonies
founded?
Answer: As a haven for religious
groups persecuted in England
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Focus Statement
Summarize the history of English
settlement in the southern region, New
England, and the Mid-Atlantic, with an
emphasis on the Southern Colony
Middle Colonies
Included a great variety of Europeans, including the
Dutch who first settled New York and the Swedes who
first settled Delaware.
•  English Puritans also moved into the Middle Colonies
and English Quakers settled Pennsylvania. The
Quakers were a group of religious dissenters who
believed that everyone had an inner light. They
promoted religious tolerance and good relations with the
natives in their region and so the colony attracted many
other groups of people.
•  The Middle Colonies had the greatest diversity of people
and religions in British North America.
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Middle Colonies
•  The king (Charles II) granted William Penn land
as the repayment of a family debt so Penn had
the rights of a proprietor and could name the
governor of the colony.
•  Pennsylvania also had a representative
assembly as did the other colonies in the region.
•  Founded for the purpose of profit, this region’s
economic prosperity rested on its good harbors
and fertile fields. It became known as the
‘breadbasket’ of the colonies.
Checking for Understanding
Why was Pennsylvania founded?
Answer: For the purpose of profit
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8-1.3
Summarize the history of English settlements in the southern
region, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic, with an emphasis
on the South Carolina Colony
•  Students will complete the chart Summarizing the history of
English settlement in the southern region, New England, and
the Mid-Atlantic, with an emphasis on the South Carolina
Colony
•  I Do: The teacher will model using informational text to find
relevant information to complete the chart on the English
settlements in the South, New England, and Mid-Atlantic
Regions.
•  We Do: Work together finding relevant information about the
English settlements to complete the chart.
•  You Do: The students will complete the graphic organizer
•  Students will then share responses
Guided Practice
Southern Colonies New England
Colonies
Middle Colonies
Colonization of North America
Reason for
Settlement
Government
People
Religion
Economy
Other
New England Colonies
New England
Colonies
Reason for
Settlement
Government
People
Religion
Economy
Other
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The New England colonies were
founded as a haven for religious
groups persecuted in England.
The Separatists [Pilgrims] landed
at Plymouth after signing the
Mayflower Compact [1620]
establishing another bedrock of
American democracy – the idea
that the people form the
government. They struggled to
survive as had the Jamestown
settlers. With the help of a Native
American, they learned to plant
corn and sustained themselves
but never prospered.
Closure: Pair Share
•  Using your whiteboards, list 2
facts about the New England
and Mid-Atlantic regions
•  Share Responses with your
shoulder partner
Reflection
You are an English merchant traveling through
all three regions to find new trade goods.
Create a travel journal. Include a map of your
route, kinds of occupations, people, goods, and
how they are governed. You may include
drawings, etc. You should have one entry per
region.
Independent Practice
•  Students will complete review activity in
text p.124 (Reviewing People, Places, and
Things 1-8)
Materials Needed
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SC Standards
Building of A Nation Textbook
Student Resource Manual
Document Camera/Promethean Board
PowerPoint
Teacher Created Notes
Teacher Created Graphic Organizers
Informational Text
Primary Source Documents