COLONIAL HISTORY, 1492-1763
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Lesson List: Colonies,Decision Making in History
INTRODUCTION – Guide to Critical Thinking
LESSON 1 – Columbus: Will you, as Queen Isabella, give financial and/or official support to Columbus?
LESSON 2 – Jamestown: Will you invest in the Virginia Company?
LESSON 3 – Mayflower Compact: How will rules be made when the colonists land at Plymouth?
LESSON 4 – Slavery in the New World: Will you use free labor, indentured servants, or slaves on your sugar plantation in Barbados?
LESSON 5 – Native Americans: Would you, as the Iroquois, keep fighting or negotiate in 1677?
LESSON 6 – Salem Witch Trials: So, now you must decide: is there sufficient evidence to send Rebecca Nurse to trial for witchcraft?
LESSON 7 – Zenger Trial: Will you print the articles of the anti-governor group?
LESSON 8 – Causes of the French and Indian War: Will you, as the French, negotiate or fight for land in the Ohio Valley?
Published Materials
Sample Lesson: Colonies, Decision Making in History . Students decide whether to invest in the Jamestown settlement.
Free Lesson! Conspiracy Theories (1692-1789)
Annotated Bibliography: Colonies
(order from socialstudies.com)
Should Columbus Statues Be Taken Down? (Click the bottom of the image.)
Sample Critical Thinking Lesson Supplement: Salem Witch Trials
Why did democracy develop in British colonial America? Evaluating causes by analyzing Spanish, French and British island colonies.
The Anasazi Abandon Chaco Canyon. Analyzing Cause and Effect
Evaluate historical sources on colonial history according to PROP
Evaluate online sources on colonial history according to the APPS criteria
Analyze our own biases on colonial history, including visuals of colonial life.
Why did population in colonial New England grow faster than in colonial Virginia? Evaluating cause and effect.
How many of the colonists in Plymouth will survive the first year? The skill of forecasting.
What were the main causes of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692? Evaluating interpretations (many skills).
Was ergot poisoning from rye bread an important cause of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692? Evaluating cause and effect.
Create an interpretation of the main causes of the Salem Witch Trials from information on the hysteria. Analyze cause & effect and evidence.
Causes of the French and Indian War. Which argument makes the best connection between the cause and the effect?