Colonization and Settlement
Early Jamestown
This unit explores the founding and early development of Jamestown and the relationship between the colonists and the indigenous peoples through five lessons. The unit includes excerpts from the writings of John Smith's description of the first residents of Jamestown; the ships' manifest recording the first English settlers and their occupation; short accounts by contemporary observers of the colony; and letters written in 1619 and 1623 to England describing life in the colony. Each text document is accompanied by a modern version of the account making the primary sources more accessible to younger students. The unit concludes with short readings on the 1622 uprising of the Powhatan Confederacy and the ultimate English conquest and destruction of the Powhatans and the confiscation of their lands. 50 p. Grades 5–8
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A Society Knit as One:
The Puritans, Algonkians, and Roger Williams
Students will explore the Puritans' attempt to create a utopian community in New England. Focusing on Winthrop's secular sermon, "A Model of Christian Charity," the first lesson considers the religious values, goals, and political beliefs which animated the Puritan experiment with particular attention to the concept of the covenant as an organizing principle for Puritan society. The second lesson, showing how religious beliefs affected daily life, examines the way children were raised. The third lesson studies the region's original inhabitants, the Narragansetts, and their interactions with the Puritans. The final lesson introduces students to the Massachusetts Bay Colony's local government, town meetings, and the duties of citizenship- important antecedents for the representative government our nation would eventually achieve. 80 p. Grades 5–8
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Bacon's Rebellion
By examining primary source documents, students will explore Virginian society between 1640 and 1676 and study the causes of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. They will learn about the fortune hunters who, when gold was not discovered, settled on tobacco as the quickest and surest way to riches. The unit will also show how the thirst for land led to encroachment on lands belonging to Indian tribes, both friendly and hostile. Finally, the unit gives insight into why the Southern colonies shifted from white-indentured labor to black slave labor. 44 p. Grades 5–8
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William Penn's Peaceable Kingdom
Students explore the founding of Pennsylvania by examining a wide variety of documents, including Penn's letter to the Delaware Chiefs, land deeds, theological writings, laws, paintings, and other sources. Students examine the conditions which fostered mutual respect, religious tolerance, and individual responsibility in the colony, and peaceable relations with the indigenous peoples. 45 p. Grades 5–8
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