Dover Sherborn Middle School Curriculum Road Maps

Course Title: U.S. History Grade: 8

Unit: 13 English Colonies and How they Grew

Month Presented: September Unit Length (in weeks): 5

Essential Question (s):

· What social, economic and political developments cause countries to explore and colonize?

· How does colonization affect Native populations?

· What affects the development and evolution of colonial governments and societies?

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the causes for permanent settlement of the Americas.

2. Compare and contrast the reasons for founding New England, Southern and Middle American colonies.

3. Give examples of the impact of colonization on Native American population and culture.

4. Compare and contrast opportunity and power in colonial society

Skills:

• Primary Source Analysis
• Understanding perspective and point of view in sources
• Compare and Contrast sources and events
• Secondary Source reading
• Creative essay
• Interpreting historical evidence

Instructional Strategies & Activities

· Colony Pamphlets: Design a pamphlet advertising one of 13 colonies

· Quetzalcoatl Myth/Reality: Reading and Discussion

· Compare/contrast: Passenger/ Supply lists for Southern and New England colonies

· Designs of Quaker and Puritan Meetinghouses

· Middle Colonies Map analysis

· Primary Sources:

Modell of Christian Charity

Mayflower Compact

Puritan Portraits

· Runaway Slave Ads—Analysis for skills, resistance, rules

· Profile of the Accused: Salem Witch Trials case studies

Materials Utilized:

Assessment Strategies:

• Letter writing assignment “Dear Family, I’m off to the New World”
• Puritan Quiz
• Salem Witch Trial Petition Writing Assignment
• 13 Colonies and How they Grew unit test including Primary Source Analysis