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Educational Interactivity: Pilgrim's Progress

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Educational Interactivity: Pilgrim's Progress

URL:

https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/colonialhouse/teachers/pilgrims/index.html

Content Source:

Other
Thirteen Media With Impact/PBS

Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

In this activity, you will become a historical detective, and progress through a variety of challenges and tasks. After a step-by-step investigation, you will discover how your community, the people in your area, and the land itself have changed over the course of history. You may even be able to describe what life was like where you live in 1628!

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 5
United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution

5 ) Explain the early colonization of North America and reasons for settlement in the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies, including geographic features, landforms, and differences in climate among the colonies.

• Recognizing how colonial development was influenced by the desire for religious freedom

Example: development in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Maryland colonies

• Identifying influential leaders in colonial society

• Describing emerging colonial government

Examples: Mayflower Compact, representative government, town meetings, rule of law

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Explain the reasons for settlement and early colonization of North America in the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies.
Describe the influence of prominent leaders in colonial society.
Describe the characteristics of the emerging colonial governments and the lasting effects.

Teacher Vocabulary:

colonization
representative government
geographic features
rule of law

Knowledge:

Students know:

The location of the various colonies was based upon many factors such as geographic location, landforms, and climate. Colonial development was often influenced by the desire for religious freedom.
Many distinguishing factors of colonial governments continue to influence the development of the United States.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Locate colonies on a physical and political map.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

That a variety of geographic, religious, and socio-political factors influenced the location of the various colonial settlements.
The emerging colonial governments had lasting effects still evident today.

Alabama Archives Resources:

Click below to access all Alabama Archives resources aligned to this standard.

Alabama Archive Records

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.5.5- Classify the American colonies into three regions, each with distinct climates and natural resources (South: farming, warm climate, Middle: farming, trading, moderate climate, New England: subsistence farming, trade, shipbuilding, cold climate); recognize characteristics of early colonial life in North America.

Tags:

colonies, pilgrims

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

ALEX Classroom Resource

Educational Interactivity: Pilgrim's Progress