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- 3rd
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Students learn the vocabulary of New England and the Middle Colonies. They label maps, and answer questions about the colonies. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine data on visuals to gain an overview of the colonial economy, and read and discuss handout to gain a fuller picture of colonial times. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research how early colonists lived. They investigate late 17th century colonist's lives from Massachusetts and Delaware. Using their research, students write historical fiction in the form of friendly letters between the two colonies. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students compare and contrast the various types of architecture in the Southern colonies. Using slides, they discuss how the homes were made and the materials used. In groups, they identify how the types of homes reflected the lifestyles of the colonists living in the Southern colonies. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students determine that the lands the English settled on were owned and inhabited by 70,000 Indians. They consider that the London Company sold land charters to the English, which gave them illegal title to lndian land and that the Puritans established the largest colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, which had two branches: Massachusetts and Connecticut. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students are able to describe major Indian groups of eastern North America, including confict with European settlers. They are asked to name several Indian tribes that existed when Europeans came to America in the early colonial period. Students are then asked: "What were some characteristics of the encounters between the Indian tribes and Europeans?" Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore daily life and its influences in the late 1700s for two families in different colonies- Delaware and Massachusetts by becoming historical detectives. After gathering information from artifacts to make inferences about the lives and times they represent, students write historical fiction in the form of letters. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore the lives of early American Indians and settlers in Kentucky. They describe the agricultural practices of Indians native to Kentucky and develop a supply list for a group of settlers coming to the state to establish farms. Students explain how land and water systems and transportation methods helped Kentucky develop into a strong agricultural state. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students explore the importance of agriculture, especially tobacco farming, and the influence it had on slavery in the state of Virginia. Students establish the sequence of tobacco and slavery in the state. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the labor needs in colonial America. Using primary and secondary resources, they explore the major events and life in the United States during colonial times. They complete a chart listing the pros and cons of a slave during this time period. Full Review »
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