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Colonial America Lesson Plans
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Students research colonial America and compare it to modern times. In this colonial lifestyle activity, students create a Powerpoint on the geography of a colonial region and complete a webquest. Students role play attending colonial school and playing children's games. Students comparing colonial and modern education and leisure in a Venn diagram.
Students watch a teacher presented Readers Theater about Colonial America to introduce the students to the topic. For this Colonial America lesson, 4th graders recreate a timeline of early American history, using unconventional materials. Students complete this timeline in small groups.
Learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book What People Wore In Colonial America. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.
Fourth graders analyze colonial rule and policies with regard to the causes of the American Revolution. In this Colonial America simulation lesson, 4th graders role play in an Independence Game, reacting to a variety of "events" that happen. Students respond in an events journal about their role and record their thoughts, feelings, and decisions in each situation.
Fifth graders listen to the teacher read the book "Life in colonial America." As each section is read, 5th graders discuss the information. When the teacher reads about the music of colonial America, students listen to music from the time period.
Ninth graders examine the colonial workforce. In this colonial America instructional activity, 9th graders compare and contrast indentured servitude to slavery as they research primary and secondary sources. Students write essays based on their findings.
Learners compare and contrast family life in colonial America with life today. They describe what communities were like in colonial times and how they varied from life today. A spokesperson from each group will present a verbal report on what the students learned about colonial times from their Internet research.
Learners examine the causes of the American Revolution. In this colonial America lesson, students read handouts regarding the sequence of events that led to the commencement of the war. Learners complete the provided worksheets and participate in the provided simulation.
Student demonstrates knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America by comparing and contrasting life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment.
Students discuss the reasons behind the American colonies fighting the Revolutionary War. As a class, they play a taxation game to simulate the taxation system in colonial America. They write a one-page essay about the activity and how the simulation made them feel about the tax system.
