Southaven Middle School Distant Learning - 2020

Coach Taylor’s US History Class

Assignment #1

Alright, hoping that last week went pretty smooth for everyone and that the assignment was simple to

navigate and understand. Again, never hesitate to ask any questions you have about any of these

assignments. As a History team, we are going to try and keep everything in a similar format, as we move

forward, to keep things as simple as possible for you all. Hopefully, this will not be a rest of the year thing,

but we want to make this the best transition we can, in case this does become the way of learning for the

remainder of the school year. Again, thank you for all being patient with us, because this is something we

are all new to.

Assignment #2 – The 13 Colonies

Directions: Read each part of the assignment and complete in the order shown below.

Part 1: 13 Colonies ABC Chart

Without looking at your notes or the PowerPoint, write down a word or phrase that relates to the “13

Colonies” unit in the boxes below.

Part 2: 13 Colonies PowerPoint

Access the “13 Colonies” PowerPoint on my website: https://sms.desotocountyschools.org/charliekahl

Go to “Class Documents”- “13 Colonies” – “13 Colonies.pdf”

Look through the PowerPoint and take notes on things that you believe are important.

o REMEMBER: You do not need to write down every single word of the PowerPoint. Just write

down information that you believe is important.

Part 3: ReadWorks.org 13 Colonies Article

Read the article “The 13 Colonies.”

Answer the questions that follow.

Part 4: 13 Colonies Power Point Project

Part 5: Wrap-Up Prompt

Answer the prompt in Part 4 by showing your knowledge of early exploration. You need to provide at

least 5 complete sentences.

PART 1:

Name: _______________________________ Period: _____

Directions: Without looking at your notes or the PowerPoint, write down a word or phrase that relates to the

“13 Colonies” unit in the boxes below.

A B C D E

F G H I J

K L M N O

P Q R S T

U V W X Y

Z #

PART 2:

13 Colonies PDF

Go to “Class Documents”- “13 Colonies” – “13 Colonies.pdf”

Look through the PowerPoint and take notes on things that you believe are

important.

o REMEMBER: You do not need to write down every single word of the

PowerPoint. Just write down information that you believe is important.

PART 3:

Directions: Read the article below or click on the link to access the article online and

answer the following questions.

https://www.readworks.org/article/Colonization-and-Revolutionary-War-Background-to-the-Colonies/cbdb861e-9383-

49fe-905b-536b5b25fa4e#!questionsetsSection:1457/articleTab:content/

Before the Revolutionary War, there were thirteen colonies under British rule in North America. People came from all over Europe seeking freedom or fortune in the colonies. Many people brought their culture with them, and people of similar backgrounds often came together or settled in the same place. Soon, each colony began to take on its own character.

There were three main groups of colonies: The New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies. Each group began to share characteristics based on its location and people. For example, the Southern Colonies had fertile soil and sunshine necessary for farms. The Northern Colonies had some important ports.

New England

Soil in New England was rocky and the winters were harsh, which made farming difficult. There were small farms in New England, but no big farms like the southern plantations. Instead, the North became the center of the shipbuilding industry. Trees were everywhere.

Before long, Boston, which began as the Massachusetts Bay Colony, became the most important port city in the colonies.

Religion was very important to the people in New England. You may have heard of the Pilgrims who came to the New World to find religious freedom. They wanted to be free to practice their own religion, but they did not always allow other people the same freedom. Town life was centered on the church. If you did not belong to the church, you were an outcast.

The Middle Colonies

The Middle Colonies tolerated more types of religions than the Pilgrims and Puritans of New England. William Penn began the colony Pennsylvania. He wanted people of every faith and every nationality to come to his colony. Philadelphia, “The City on the Hill,” was the biggest city in all the colonies. When the Revolutionary War broke out, representatives from all the colonies met in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress. Philadelphia became the first capital of the new continental government. Many of our nation’s symbols, like the Liberty Bell, are still in Philadelphia.

New York was also a Middle Colony and an important shipping and trading center. The population in New York was the most diverse of anywhere in the young colonies. If you listened in on dinner table conversations along the Hudson River, you would hear more than 12 languages! Most of the immigrants from other countries who came to the middle colonies were skilled at a craft. They came and built shops where they could practice their trade — from cabinet making to weaving to candle making.

The Southern Colonies

Rich land and a mild climate determined the future of the Southern Colonies: agriculture. The Southern Colonies were based on farming, especially tobacco farming. Tobacco was grown on large plantations. The most important people in the Southern Colonies lived on these big farms and not in towns. As a result, the Southern Colonies were more spread out. Towns were smaller. Houses were more spread out from each other. Instead of going to schools in town like children in New England, southern children might have studied at home. Many were also sent to England to be educated.

Comprehension Questions

1. Why did people come from Europe to the 13 colonies?

1. They wanted religious freedom and a better way of life.

2. They wanted to live near relatives.

3. They wanted to go for a vacation.

4. They wanted to see if the trees were better for shipbuilding than back home.

2. The Southern Colonies had rich land and a mild climate, and the effect of this was that

1. those colonies focused on agriculture.

2. British colonists did not want to live there.

3. the people who lived there needed food.

4. those colonies chose to build factories.

3. Based on the passage, it can be concluded that

1. the colonies did not need to trade with each other.

2. every colony tried to focus mostly on shipping.

3. life at home for the colonists was the same in each colony.

4. each colony’s location affected its businesses.

4. Read the following sentences: “Town life was centered on the church. If you did not belong to the church, you were

an outcast.”

The word outcast means

1. someone forced to work outside

2. someone praised as a hero

3. someone who is not remembered

4. someone kicked out of a social group

5. The passage “Background to the Colonies” is mostly about

1. the differences in weather between the colonies

2. the biggest city in each colony and why it was so big

3. the ground that was shared by all of the colonies

4. the three groups of colonies and how they were different

6. What was the biggest city among the colonies, and what colony was it in?

(written answer)

7. Based on the passage, explain how the New England Colonies would have been different if they did not have many trees. (written answer) 8. The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.

New York didn’t have a lot of farms; _________ it was a shipping and trading center.

1. instead

2. for example

3. soon

4. first

PART 4:

The 13 Colonies PowerPoint Project

Objective: Create a PowerPoint that explains the development of one of the original 13 colonies by distinguishing

who settled there and why.

Directions:

1. You will choose one of the following colonies:

Massachusetts

New Jersey

Connecticut

Georgia

Rhode Island

Pennsylvania

North & South Carolina

Virginia

Maryland

New York

New Hampshire

Delaware

Slide #1: Title Slide

a) Name of colony

b) Your name

c) Picture of your colony or arrow pointing to your colony

d) Pictures that relate to the topic

Slide #2: Founding of the Colony (1)

a) Year founded

b) What type of colony? (charter, proprietary, or royal – pg. 101)

c) Who/what the colony was named after?

d) Pictures that relates to the topic

Slide #3: Founding of the Colony (2)

a) Name of the founder

b) Reason for founding (religious freedom, profit, trade, etc.)

c) Short description or biography on the person

d) Pictures that relates to the topic

Slide #4: Regional Group

a) Region the colony is found (New England, Middle, Southern)

b) Include a map of 13 colonies with the region highlighted

Slide #5: Colonial Cities

a) Major cities/settlements during colonial times

b) Include larger map of colony with these cities highlighted

Slide #6: Major Industries

a) What did people do to make money in the colony?

b) Pictures that relates to the topic

Slide #7: Famous Colonial People

a) What other famous colonial people are from the colony?

b) What did they do to make them famous?

c) Pictures that relates to the topic

Slide #8: State Facts Today

a) Choose at least 5 facts about the state (state tree, state bird, state motto, etc.)

b) What is the state known for today? (industries, tourist attractions, landmarks, etc.)

c) Pictures that relates to the topic

13 Colonies PowerPoint Research Page

Founding (1)

Founding (2)

Regional Group

Cities

Industries

Key People

State Facts

PART 5:

Directions: Answer the following prompt about the “13 Colonies” while using at

least 5 complete sentences.

PROMPT: Based on your current knowledge of the 13 Colonies, describe what

made each section of colonies (New England, Middle, and Southern) different

from one another and then add details, which made each section of colonies

important to the “New World”.

(Write your answer below or on a separate sheet of paper

Answer: