Chapter 3-Learning Contract -The American Colonies Take Shape
Chapter Theme: The sudden demand for labor in North America led to the use of foreigners and
Africans as a permanent form of labor. Competition over trade will lead to internal and
international disputes between Native American tribes, colonies, and the British Crown.
Key Understandings:
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The use of indentured servants and slaves as a source of labor in the New World.
How trade and networking between the Native Americans, colonists and the English
developed over time.
The American Revolution and the French role in the colonial fight for freedom.
The events that led to the fight for colonial independence from the British crown.
The creation and use of the Trans-Atlantic Trade Network and the Middle Passage.
Resistance to slavery was evident in the existence of Maroon Communities in Florida, where
escaped slaves blended with the Seminoles.
The American colonies were dependent on African slave labor.
Essential Questions:
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Which major groups of immigrants came to Britain’s American colonies in the 1700s?
How did English ideas about government and the economy influence life in the 13 colonies?
How did life differ in each of the three main regions of the colonies?
How did Great Britain’s wars with France affect the American colonies?
What is the benefit of reading slave narratives and what do the stories indicate about
slavery in the Americas?
What was the difference between slavery in the North and slavery in the South?
Key Vocabulary:
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indentured servant
triangular trade
Middle Passage
Phillis Wheatley
Magna Carta
Parliament
English Bill of Rights
habeas corpus
salutary neglect
mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Enlightenment
Benjamin Franklin
Great Awakening
staple crop
cash crop
dame school
French and Indian War
Pontiac’s Rebellion
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Proclamation of 1763
Albany Plan of Union
Skills:
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Write an essay with an argument and sufficient historical evidence.
Analyze primary source documents and use them to understand a historical topic.
Read and create charts that use data to understand a historical topic.
Make an oral presentation to explain a historical topic.
Use Power Point and other visual aids to enhance presentations.
Make a reasoned decision and support an argument.
Cumulative Progress Indicators:
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6.1.8.A.2.c : Explain how race, gender, and status affected social, economic, and political
opportunities during Colonial times.
6.1.8.C.1.b : Explain why individuals and societies trade, how trade functions, and the role of
trade during this period.
6.1.8.C.2.b : Explain the system of mercantilism and its impact on the economies of the
colonies and European countries
6.1.8.D.1.b : Explain how interactions among African, European, and Native American
groups began a cultural transformation.
6.1.8.D.1.c : Evaluate the impact of the Colombian Exchange on ecology, agriculture, and
culture from different perspectives.
6.1.8.D..3.e : Examine the roles and perspectives of various socioeconomic groups (e.g., rural
farmers, urban craftsmen, northern merchants, and southern planters), African Americans,
Native Americans, and women during the American Revolution, and determine how these
groups were impacted by the war.
6.1.12.A.2.b : Evaluate the importance of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution,
and the Bill of Rights to the spread of democracy around the world.
Performance Project Indicators:
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Bi-weekly summative assessment
Expository essay on a historical topic
Authentic writing assignment / project
Sample task: Create a power point presentation on the products and routes utilized by
Native American tribes, English colonists and Europeans used to trade goods throughout
North American and Europe.
Sample task: Research and create a poem from the point of view of an African Indentured
Servant, an African slave and a European Indentured Servant depicting what life was like for
them in the New World under their new work status.
Sample task: Analyze primary source documents to create pamphlets in support of the
Loyalists and/or Patriot cause during the prelude to the American Revolution.
Document Based Assessment
Sample Topic: “Colonial Labor” (United States History, p. 93)
Resources:
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ ( slave narratives)
http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/topic.cfm?migration=2&topic=6 (Florida
Maroon Communities)
“Slavery and the Making of America,” Documentary
Incidents In The Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself by Jacobs, Harriet Ann, 1813-1897
The Shot Heard Round the World: The Beginnings of the American Revolution, by Jeanne
Bracken
Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves Who Sided with the Brutish
During the American Revolution, by Margaret Blair
Yankee Doodle and the Redcoats: Soldiering in the Revolutionary War, by Susan Beller and
Larry Day
The First Continental Congress by Roger Sanders
Chapter 3-Learning Contract -The American Colonies Take Shape
Chapter Theme: The sudden demand for labor in North America led to the use of foreigners and
Africans as a permanent form of labor. Competition over trade will lead to internal and
international disputes between Native American tribes, colonies, and the British Crown.
Key Understandings:
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The use of indentured servants and slaves as a source of labor in the New World.
How trade and networking between the Native Americans, colonists and the English
developed over time.
The American Revolution and the French role in the colonial fight for freedom.
The events that led to the fight for colonial independence from the British crown.
The creation and use of the Trans-Atlantic Trade Network and the Middle Passage.
Resistance to slavery was evident in the existence of Maroon Communities in Florida, where
escaped slaves blended with the Seminoles.
The American colonies were dependent on African slave labor.
Essential Questions:
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Which major groups of immigrants came to Britain’s American colonies in the 1700s?
How did English ideas about government and the economy influence life in the 13 colonies?
How did life differ in each of the three main regions of the colonies?
How did Great Britain’s wars with France affect the American colonies?
What is the benefit of reading slave narratives and what do the stories indicate about
slavery in the Americas?
What was the difference between slavery in the North and slavery in the South?
Key Vocabulary:
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indentured servant
triangular trade
Middle Passage
Magna Carta
Parliament
English Bill of Rights
habeas corpus
salutary neglect
mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Enlightenment
Benjamin Franklin
Great Awakening
cash crop
dame school
French and Indian War
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Proclamation of 1763
Albany Plan of Union