Warm Up:
Create a colonial person. Your person should be from one of the three regions.
Based on that region, create a life for your person. Include their religious life,
economic life, political life, and social life.
Religious Life: What religion does
your character practice? Is
his/her religion accepted in this
region?
Economic Life: How does your
character make money?
Political Life: How are decisions
made in your character’s colonial
region? Does your character
participate in government?
Social Life: What does your
character do for fun?
Today’s Question:
What is the culture of the New
England, Mid Atlantic, and
Southern Colonies?
Agenda:
1. 20 minutes to finish your project!
2. Present projects/fill in chart
3. Video: America the Story of Us
Colonial
Region
Environment
____________ Mountains
New
England
Religion
Political Life
________ and
Puritans
_____ meetings
Very ________
religion
___________
appointed by the
King of England
Specialization
--______________
_______ soil
Moderate __________ and
_______ winters
Interdependence
Depended on the
Mid Atlantic for
________________
--______________
--______________
Depended on the
South for
_________________
_______ towns
Mid Atlantic
____________
Mountains
Mild ________,
moderate
climate
Quakers
--______________
Many __________
faiths
--______________
___________
appointed by
the King of
England
--______________
Depended on
the New
England for
________________
Depended on
the South for
_________________
__________
Mountains
Southern
_______ soil
Church of
___________
_________
governments
enforced laws
--______________
--______________
Humid climate,
mild ________
and hot
summers
___________
appointed by
the King of
England
--______________
Depended on
the Mid Atlantic
for
________________
Depended on
the New
England for
_________________