Colonial GrowthU.S. HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 19 / 22, 2014

Colonial Growth• Objective: Students will be able to differentiate key terms and vocabulary by creating

a personal dictionary.

• Purpose: To evaluate the growth of the American Colonies to understand its significance and some of the potential causes for independence.

• Standard: 1.2 - Students will compare lifestyles in the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies according to race, class, and gender by utilizing one of the big 11 social studies skills.

• Historical Thinking Skill: Evaluation & Synthesis

Announcements:Collect Homework• Turn in Jigsaw & Poster.

• If you wish to have your work hung on the wall of the classroom, leave a checkmark on the back of your poster.

Warm-up: CNN Student NewsTime Limit: 10 Minutes• Write down facts as you watch the video.

• 1 point = 1 correctly written fact.

• I need to see at least (a minimum of) 5 facts.

• Example:

• The Sky = This is NOT a fact.

• The Sky is Blue = This IS a fact.

Lecture NotesTime Limit: 15 minutes• Reasons for Migrating.

• Religious Intolerance.• Land.

• Colonial Interactions.• Staple Crops.

• Mercantilism.• Wealthy = Really Good!• Triangular Trade.• England West Indies Caribbean NE West Africa Caribbean.

• Indentured Servitude.• People who agree to work for someone else to get passage to the new world, a plot of

land, some money, and support to start a small business.

Lecture Notes [Cont.]

• Which one of the following

is the reason for the trend shown in the table?• A. Immigration from Europe• B. Improved healthcare• C. Fewer wars and conflicts• D. Migration from Canada

Population of Massachusetts Colony, Selected Years

Year Population

1630 506

1650 14,037

1670 30,000

1690 49,504

1710 62,390

1730 114,116

Assignment:Chapter 3 Personal Dictionary• Chapter 3. pp. 70-93.• Section 1, Section, 2, Section

3, Section 4.• Write down the vocabulary

word / Key Terms.

• Find the definition of the word in the textbook where the word is highlighted in the text.

Write Key Term

Definition of Key Term

Drawing of key term

Chapter 3 Personal Dictionary• Section 1

• Mercantilism• Balance of

Trade• Duty• Salutary

neglect• Staple crop• Triangular

trade

• Section 2• Gentry• Apprentice• Almanac• Indigo• Self-sufficient

• Section 3• Middle

Passage• Mutiny• Stono

Rebellion

• Section 4• Immigrant• Migration• Great

Awakening• Itinerant• Dissent

Closure:Write a test question• Write a test question based on

what you have learned from today and from Chapter 2/3 that you would expect to see on an exam by the end of this month.

• Example:

• The economic success of the Jamestown colony was the result of the colonists’ learning to grow…• A. Tobacco.• B. Rice.• C. Cotton.• D. Indigo.

Homework:• Acknowledgement of Course

Expectations.• Due September 26, 2014.• 50 points.

• Chapter 3 Personal Dictionary• Due September 22 / 23, 2014.• 20 points.