European Exploration and Colonization of the America's COMPLETE UNIT!
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- Contributor:
- Social Studies with Mrs. J
- Grade Level:
- 5-7
- Product Type:
- Complete Unit Bundle of Lesson Plans & Resources
- File Type:
- PPT, PDF, and Digital
- Pages:
- 106 PPT slides
- Answer Key:
- Yes, with Grading Rubric
Description
The Exploration and Colonization of the New World unit lesson plan covers a wide range of topics from the Age of Exploration and motivations to explore, to famous European explorers of the English, French, and Spanish, as well as European colonization in the New World, and the 13 Colonies, plus SO MUCH more!
This unit is designed to cover 10 classroom periods and comes with eight sets of lesson plans, each with its own PowerPoint presentation, student exercises, and teacher answer key along with a unit assessment complete with teacher answer key, and unit review activities. The resources in this unit have been used with 5th, 6th, & 7th graders with great success and may also be used for 8th and 9th graders.
You’ll Receive Everything you need to cover these topics:
Age of Exploration
--Life of an explorer
--Motivations to explore
--God, Gold, and Glory
--Christopher Columbus
European Colonization
--Meaning of America
--Mercantilism
--Definition of a colony
French Exploration and Colonization
--Famous French explorers Jacques Cartier, Robert de La Salle, Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
--French relations with the Native Americans
--The fur trade
Spanish Exploration and Colonization
--Famous Spanish explorers Amerigo Vespucci and Juan Ponce de Leon
--Famous Conquistadors Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro
--St. Augustine
--Columbus Day
English Exploration and Colonization
--Famous English explorers Sir Walter Raleigh and Henry Hudson
--“The Lost Colony” of Roanoke
--Jamestown
--Virginia House of Burgesses
--The Pilgrims
--The Mayflower Compact
The 13 Colonies
--Characteristics and traits of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
--Why each of the original 13 Colonies was founded
--The significance of several early colonists such as Anne Hutchison, William Penn, Roger Williams, George Calvert (Lord Baltimore), and Benjamin Franklin among others
Economies of the 13 Colonies
--Cash crops, cottage industries, and subsistence farming
--Columbian Exchange
--Industry by each of the colonial regions
--Transatlantic Slave Trade/Middle Passage
--Slavery
Impact of British Laws and Policy in the 13 Colonies
--The free enterprise system
--King George III
--John Wise
--Unit Outline with lesson-by-lesson overview
--8 PowerPoint presentations
--20 student exercise assignments, each lesson includes multiple options for you to choose from!
--ALL exercises come in PDF format -and- digitally via Google Drive
--Jeopardy Review game: USER FRIENDLY and ready to go! Comes with 12 categories including ALL questions and answers; single, double, and final Jeopardy rounds; automated scoring; randomized daily double locations, and more)
--Unit Exam (includes recommended point grading system and grading rubric)
I very much appreciate ANY feedback and if you have any questions for me about this product, PLEASE don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly at jillian.tpt@gmail.com
Thank YOU!
-Jillian
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