English Colonies 1607 to 1754 (Jamestown to the start of the French and Indian War)

Essential Question:

Adaptive Perseverance

Global Citizenship

Critical Thinking

Collaboration

In what context did Europeans set out to colonize the East Coast of the United States?

Were the original 13 Colonies founded primarily for religious or economic reasons?

What problems and challenges did the English Colonists face between 1607 and 1754?

Analyze the motives behind the colonization of the East Coast of the United States.

Evaluate the founding principles of the original 13 Colonies and their implications.

Investigate the primary challenges faced by English colonists and how they shaped colonial society.

Analyzing visual sources
Reading Maps
Explaining causation
Explaining Conand change over time
Making claims.
Supporting claims with evidence and reasoning.
Reading primary sources and examining them for author, place and time, prior knowledge, audience, reason for writing, tone and significance. (Model of Christian Charity, Account of an Indentured Servant)

History/Social Studies: Understand the development of and the changing roles of the American colonies.

Critical Thinking: Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources.

Cultural Awareness: Examine the impact of European colonization on indigenous populations and the cultural exchanges that occurred.

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