Warm Up Trivia Questions 1 2 3 4
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Warm Up: Trivia Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What is one thing that pushed settlers out of England? What is one thing that pulled settlers to America? Name 2 groups that came to America to escape religious persecution. What group of people was brought to the New World in chains? How might a Native American feel about the colonization of America? Which region had thin, rocky soil and made money by fishing, shipbuilding, and fur trading? 7. Which region had fertile farmland large plantations that produced cash crops? 8. Which region had rich soil and used European farming methods to grown corn, beans, wheat, and barley?
Today’s Question: What was daily life like for people in the colonies?
Agenda: 1. Observe “slices of life” by journeying through the colonies.
Your Job as an English Journalist: Today you will assume the role of a 1700 s English reporter whose assignment is to describe life in colonial America to English citizens back home. You will work in pairs and move around the room to explore 17 different “slices of colonial life”—pictures and descriptions of what colonial life is like—and take notes on them. Next class you will turn your notes into a journal entry that might have appeared in an English journal in the 1700 s.
Directions: 1. You will have 3 -4 minutes at each stop 2. Read the card OUT LOUD and look at the picture 3. Write down 2 -3 observations 4. When I ring the bell, move to the next numbered station
Vocab Words: Courtship: a period during which a couple develop a romantic relationship, especially with a view to marriage. Rituals: a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. Communities: a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. Leisure: free time Literacy: the ability to read and write Frontier: the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness Sabbath: holy day
Group Work Expectations: 1. Stick with your team: You are working together to read and write your observations. 2. Stay on task: You and your partner only have 4 minutes per station. You much read the information, talk about it, and write your observations in the chart. In order to fully understand the station, you will need the entire 4 minutes to work.
