Honors: Comparing

Colonial Regions
Ms. Walsh
Early US History
Wednesday 9/30/15

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Honors Activator

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Page heading: Comparing Colonial

Regions
What kinds of things UNITE Americans

today?
What kinds of things DIVIDE

Americans today?

Announcements
After-School Hours This Week:
Today: 2:15-3:00
Tomorrow: 2:15-3:00

Todays Objective
IWBAT compare and contrast
geographic & demographic features of
the 3 Colonial Regions by creating a
complex, written/illustrated Venn
Diagram.

Notes: Colonial Regions

Regional Factors
States = the specific states that are considered part

of that region
Climate & Geography = land features & weather
Natural Resources = land-provided benefits

Demographics = types of people

Industry = how people make $

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STATES New England

Rhode Island

Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire

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Climate & Geography

NEW ENGLAND
Rocky soil
Short growing season

Subsistence
Farming

Natural Resources NEW

ENGLAND
Timber/trees
Whaling &

fishing
Shipbuilding

Industry NEW
ENGLAND
Fishing &

Shipbuilding
Trade
With colonies
With Europe

With Africa

Demographics NEW
ENGLAND
Mostly lived near towns
Many Puritans & religious groups
Very few slaves

Free Blacks

STATES Southern
Colonies
Maryland

Virginia
North Carolina

South Carolina
Georgia

Climate & Geography

The Southern Colonies
Rich, fertile soil
Long growing season

Cash
Crops!!

Natural Resources The

Southern colonies
Water in swamps & rivers
Rice, Tobacco, Indigo
**Needed lots of labor to produce!

Industry Southern
Colonies
Farming on huge Plantations

Buying and selling slaves

Demographics Southern
Colonies
Very few cities

Worker class of people

Indentured White Servants

Native American slaves

African Slaves

Elite, Rich, White

Planter class

STATES Middle
Colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

Climate & Geography

The Middle Colonies
Longer growing season than New England
Rich, fertile soil Cash Crops!

Rolling hills & fields

Natural Resources The

Middle colonies
Harbors along the coast
Productive Farming land

Industry Middle
Colonies
Farming for Cash crops
Grain & bread
Atlantic Trading

Demographics Middle
Colonies
DIVERSITY:
Immigrants from Europe: German,

Dutch, English, Irish, etc.

Society of Tolerance
Middle Class of artisans
SOME slavery

Triple Venn Diagram

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SUMMARIZER
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1) COPY the following quote:
What unites us is stronger than what divides us.

JFK, 1961

2) Do you agree or disagree with this quote?

3) SUPPORT your opinion with (2) examples

from the colonial regions we studied the past

two days.

Homework
Complete Venn Diagram and
summarizer, if necessary

CP: Southern Colonies

Ms. Walsh
Early US History
Wednesday 9/30/15

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CP Activator

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Page heading: Southern Colonies

Describe a relationship that has

changed in your life for the

BETTER. What brought you
together?

Announcements
After-School Hours This Week:
Today: 2:15-3:00
Tomorrow: 2:15-3:00

Todays Objective
IWBAT create a diagram that describes
the major characteristics of the
Southern colonies through text and
illustrations (options: an advertisement,
annotated illustration, or sensory
figure).

STATES Southern
Colonies
Maryland

Virginia
North Carolina

South Carolina
Georgia

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Climate & Geography

The Southern Colonies
Rich, fertile soil
Long growing season

Cash
Crops!!

Natural Resources The Southern colonies

Water in swamps & rivers
Rice, Tobacco, Indigo
**Needed lots of labor to produce!

Industry Southern
Colonies
Farming on huge Plantations

Buying and selling slaves

Demographics Southern
Colonies

Very few cities

Worker class of people

Indentured White Servants
Native American slaves
African Slaves
Elite, Rich, White

Planter class

Processing Options: The Southern Colonies

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In your GROUP:

Choose ONE of the Processing options

**You must complete a different option each day

for processing (cant pick the same one twice)

Work WITH each other to complete it it will be faster &

easier!
Everyone needs to have a copy of the processing product in

their own ISN

Whatever is not finished should be completed for HW

Before You Leave

Leave the Processing Assignment sheets on the front

table
Clean up and return any supplies you may have

borrowed
Reminder:

Finish your processing assignment for HW

If necessary, go back and finish the NE colonies

processing assignment from yesterday