Supporting Questions:

1. How did the push and pull factors of migration influence the settlement of different colonial regions in North America?

2. How did the geography of North America affect settlement patterns and the economic, political, and cultural development of different colonial regions?

3. How did cultural differences and similarities between Europeans and Native Americans influence their interactions?

Lesson 1: From Exploration to Colonization

Lesson 2: English Settlement

Lesson 3: The Development of the Southern Colonies

Lesson 4: Religious Freedom and Early New England Settlements

Lesson 5: The Development of the New England Colonies

Lesson 6: Settlements in the Middle: New Amsterdam and Quaker Settlements

Lesson 7: The Development of the Middle Colonies

Lesson 8: Comparing Regional Settlement Patterns

Lesson 9: European Settlement and Native Americans

Students will create a skit described in Lesson 8. They will be placed in groups and assigned a settlement. They must each take on the role of an early settler in that colony. In the presentation, they must answer the following questions: What was your settlement? What push and pull factors influenced the development of your settlement? What was your settlement like?