13+Colonies

toc =13 Colonies=

Terms

 * Charter, John Smith, Pocahontas, Tobacco, Representative, Government, House of Burgesses, Pilgrims, Mayflower, Mayflower Compact, Thanksgiving, Puritans, Toleration, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Town Meetings, Patroon System, Proprietary Colony, William Penn, Quakers, Pennsylvania Dutch, Breadbasket, Colonies, Act of Toleration, Bacon's Rebellion, Indigo, Buffer, Plantation, Slavery, Slave Code, Racism

Essential Questions

 * Why were the 13 colonies established?
 * How did the colony of James town impact English colonization in America?
 * How did the colony of Plymouth impact English colonization in America?
 * How did religion impact the develop of the New England colonies?
 * How did the geography impact the economy of the New England colonies?
 * How did the New England colonist's understanding of the wilderness shape the settlement of the colony?
 * How did the diversity of the middle colonies impact its' development?
 * How did the geography impact the economy of the middle colonies?
 * How did the geography impact the economy of the southern colonies?
 * How was Georgia different from the other southern colonies?
 * Why do historians categorize/group the colonies geographically?

Concepts

 * Jamestown, Plymouth, New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies

Lesson Plans

 * Jamestown
 * Plymouth
 * New England Colonies
 * Idea of Wilderness:
 * Have students define the word "wilderness" - what does it mean today v. 17th century. Wild-deor-ness: the place of wild beasts. Explore various definitions throughout time and space. Progress: men dreamed of life without wilderness - control over nature. Inventions to control nature. Terror, supernatural, monstrous, quality of mystery of the wilderness. Classical mythology-Pan, lord of the woods - origin of panic. Trolls, demons. Judeo-Christian tradition - desert and waste, God's curse, drought, environment of evil, immorality of wild country. William Bradford (Mayflower) "hideous and desolate wilderness." First Americans the forest's darkness hid savage men, wild beasts. "Safety and comfort, even necessities like food and shelter, depended on overcoming the wild environment." - Nash (p.24). Winthrop - Genesis mankind should increase, conquer the earth and have dominion over all living things. Expansion into the wilderness. "By the 17th century wilderness had become a favorite metaphor for discussing the Christian situation - . PIlgrims Progress: wilderness as the symbol of anarchy and evil to which the Christians was unalterably opposed. First New Englanders asscoicated their migration to the new world to the Exodus. Went into the wilderness in order to begin the task of redeeming the world from its wilderness state. Paradoxically, their sanctuary and their enemy were one and the same. Use primary documents from Major Problems in American Environmental History for students to analyze the 17th century England perspective of the wilderness. Connect this issue to the current environmental movement of today and our views of the wilderness.
 * Economy
 * Religion
 * Geography
 * Middle Colonies
 * Economy
 * Codorus Furnace erected 1765.
 * Religion
 * Geography
 * Southern Colonies
 * Economy
 * Religion
 * Geography
 * Comparative Study
 * Historical Geography: Conzen's map and culture hearths. Connections between past and present.
 * Subtopics: education, religion, geography, infrastructure, social makeup, etc.
 * Individual/Group Research Project: Have students/groups be in charge of researching colonial life. Teacher provides the essentials and then allows students to become the historians (teacher facilitates by guiding students to accurate information/sources). Then have students present findings to class and then the teacher should follow up with any missing critical information needed.
 * Western Rebellions (i.e. Bacon's Rebellion)
 * Importance of land and inheritance: Simulate the division of land and importance of land for society. Divide floor with tape or desks. Have a story of family generations and then lead into east/west conflict (western rebellions).