| Social Studies |
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Colonial Regions |
Students will explore how the geography of the colonial regions influenced the kinds of settlements and economic activity in each region. Students will use maps, graphs, and primary sources to make generalizations about life in Colonial America for the gentry, middle, and lower classes. Students will also make connections between growth of plantations in the South and the institutionalization of slavery in America.
Essential Question: How did the geography of the colonial regions influence the kinds of settlements and economic activity in each region? How did the growth of economic activity in the colonial regions lead to less dependence on the mother country of Britain? |
Revolution |
| Students investigate how thirteen original colonies that were loosely connected to each other as colonies of the British Empire became unified in their determination to cut the ties with Great Britain. Students explore the lives of significant people whose contributions are the story of the American Revolution. |
