The Thirteen Colonies (CKHG Unit)

This unit explores the development of three regions of English colonies using primary source documents and imaginative narratives. Across 35 lessons, students explore Jamestown, labor by indentured servants, and the reliance on enslaved workers in the southern colonies, look at the motives influencing the Pilgrims and Puritans in New England and the financial and religious reasons for settling the Middle Colonies.

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Grades

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Subjects

History

Resource Types

Modules (Teaching Unit), Lesson Plans, Primary Sources, Books, Media, Timelines, Assessments, Descriptive Text

Teaching Strategies

Informational Text, Media, Whole Class Discussion, Small Group Discussion, Individual Work, Writing, Project-Based Learning, Simulation/Role-play, Analysis, Primary Source

Duration

30 minutes

Tags

Anne Hutchinson, curriculum, Powhatan, James Oglethorpe