Kristen Hood
8th grade Social Studies
Lesson Plans: September 8-12
Monday September 8, 2014
Learning Target: I can discuss and explain how English ideas about government and trade
influenced or affected the colonies. This means I can explain how the early English traditions, Peter
Zenger’s role, and the Navigation Acts affected colonial society.
Chapter 4: Section 1: Governing the Colonies
Foldable on government
Tuesday September 9, 2014
Learning Target: I can discuss and explain how English ideas about government and trade
influenced or affected the colonies. This means I can explain how the early English traditions, Peter
Zenger’s role, and the Navigation Acts affected colonial society.
Chapter 4: Section 1: Governing the Colonies
Foldable on government
Wednesday September 10, 2014
Learning Target: I can describe the characteristics of colonial society. This means I can describe
the roles of men, women, and children in colonial America. I can also list the class differences that
existed.
Chapter 4: Section 2: Colonial Society
Organizer
Thursday September 11, 2014
Learning Target: I can explain how slavery started and affected colonial life. This means I can
describe the conditions of enslaved Africans, explain why slavery became part of the colonial
economy, and the restrictions placed on enslaved Africans in the colonies.
Chapter 4: Section 3: Slavery in the colonies
Slavery assimilation/Middle Passage activity
Friday September 12, 2014
Learning Target: I can describe and provide examples on how religion and government influenced
colonial life. This means I can identify the type of education colonial children received, describe
how the Great Awakening affected the colonies and how the colonies were affected by the spread of
new ideas.
Recap/ Quiz over Sections 1 and 2 and 3- of Chapter 4
Learning Targets for Life in the Colonies:
Chapter 4:
I can discuss and explain how English ideas about government and trade influenced or affected the
colonies. This means I can explain how the early English traditions, Peter Zenger’s role, and the
Navigation Acts affected colonial society.
I can describe the characteristics of colonial society. This means I can describe the roles of men,
women, and children in colonial America. I can also list the class differences that existed.
I can explain how slavery started and affected colonial life. This means I can describe the conditions
of enslaved Africans, explain why slavery became part of the colonial economy, and the restrictions
placed on enslaved Africans in the colonies.
I can describe and provide examples on how religion and government influenced colonial life. This
means I can identify the type of education colonial children received, describe how the Great
Awakening affected the colonies and how the colonies were affected by the spread of new ideas.