Assessment+Sec.+SS

· Colonists came from a variety of places for a variety of reasons with a variety of cultural beliefs. · Colonists had to learn to cope with the existing peoples, each other, demands from abroad and geographical conditions to survive. || · How would the world be different if the Americas were never colonized? · How did the events of colonial America shape our current life? · What are the problems and or benefits of colonialism from the viewpoint of: the British, a colonist, a Native American, a slave? · How would you feel/have you felt going to a new world to live? || As a youngster who has recently come to one of the colonies, you miss your homeland of Great Britain and your relatives there. Your wise and generous parents have suggested that you write a letter to your grandparents so that they can know of your new life here. You have both positive and negative things to say to your grandparents about your new surroundings in the colony (remember to tell which one). They have never been here, so you’ll have to use some specific examples and descriptive language to help them in a thorough letter. Your goal is to paint a picture in their heads about what life in the new world is really like. ||
 * **Topic** || **Enduring Understandings** || **Essential Questions** || **Performance Assessment** ||
 * History – Colonizing America || · US history is a story and its first chapters help us to understand our current story.
 * Revision || ||  || As a youngster who has recently come to one of the colonies, you miss your homeland of Great Britain and your relatives there. Your wise and generous parents have suggested that you write a letter to your grandparents so that they can know of your new life here. You have both positive and negative things to say to your grandparents about your new surroundings in the colony (remember to tell which one). They have never been here, so you’ll have to use some specific examples and descriptive language to help them in a thorough letter. Your goal is to paint a picture in their heads about what life in the new world is really like.


 * Add a time frame
 * Write from the perspective of someone throwing tea in the harbor or a loyalist, Native American.
 * Author asks grandfather what happened during this time period, events that helped shaped the time frame.

Note for teaching: British Empire, governor/state, Rome ||