13 Colonies Unit Lesson 3

Length of Lesson: 45 minutes

Standard:
Social Studies Standard 1
Students will understand how the exploration and colonization of North America
transformed human history.
Objective 1
Describe and explain the growth and development of the early American colonies.
c. Identify explorers who came to the Americas and the nations they represented.
d. Determine reasons for the exploration of North America (e.g., religious, economic,
political).
e. Compare the geographic and cultural differences between the New England,
Middle, Southern colonies (e.g., religious, economic, political).
Learning Objectives (Content & Language):
SWBAT explain how, when, and why a certain colony was established.
SWBAT take written notes from a written text.
SWBAT use multiple sources to locate an answer.
SWBAT explain the relationship between natural resources, geography, and climate
with the success of the colony.
SWBAT work together as partners/groups to decide which key points or ideas about
a colony to share with the class.
Vocabulary:
Colony, Mayflower, contract, North America, Europe, 13 colonies.
Materials:

13 Colonies PowerPoint

13 Colonies handout

Chrome Books

Copy of questions to answer

Additional resource:
http://mrnussbaum.com/13-colonies/
Lesson Procedure:
Introduction (5-10 min)
Explain that the class will now be divided into groups of 2-3 and given one of the
remaining 12 colonies to learn about. They will be expected to answer specific
questions about their colony. Then they will share what theyve learned with the
class.
Activity (30-35 min)
Students will have to answer questions about their colony on their 13 colonies
handout. The group will also have to decide how they want to present it (poster,
write their notes on the board and run through them, just read them to the class).
Students will be given their Chromebooks, and a way to access the PowerPoint, it
will be posted on our class website when it is time for this lesson (Madsen, 2016).
Students will also be given an additional website to explore for their colony
(Nussbaum, 2015).
Closure (5 min)

We will decide the order in which the groups will share their colony in the next
lesson, so that students are prepared for their turn. Students will also hand in their
packets for the teacher to review.
Assessment (formal, informal, formative)
The teacher will walk through the room checking on groups while they work and
review the notes taken by students on their colony when they hand in their packets.
(This is one lesson in a unit, the next lesson has the groups sharing what they
learned with the class, each group is meant to be an expert on one of the colonies
and then to teach the class about that colony, so the assessment of this lesson is
brief, because the main assessment for it will come from the presentation.)
ELL Adaptations
Performance Options:
Early/
Preproduction

Speech
Emergent

Fluent/Intermedi
ate

Student will be grouped with a higher level student that

shares the same L1.
Student can also use a translator app on the Chromebook
to translate what is on the powerpoint or website to L1
Student can fill out their notes in L1
Student can use English words as possible.
Student will participate in group activity using a
combination of L1 and L2.
Students can use a translator app on the Chromebook to
translate what is on the PowerPoint or Website to L1.
Students can be given specific questions to answer with
their group, so they know what to take notes on.
Students will be able to write simple sentences for their
notes.
Students will read the PowerPoint and website in L2.
Students will participate in group activity using L2.
Students will write notes in L2.

Rubric
Early/
Preproduction
Speech Emergent

Fluent/Intermediat
e

2
All the notes the
group took are
included, but in L1.
All the notes the
group took are
included in a mix of
L1 & L2.
All of the notes the
group took are
included in L2

1
Half of the notes
the group took are
included in L1.
Half of the notes
the group took are
included in a mix of
L1 & L2.
Half of the notes
the group took are
included in L2

0
Less than half of
the notes are
included.
Less than half of
the notes are
included.
Less than half of
the notes are
included.

According to the WIDA standards, ELL students will need to understand the
language associate with social studies in connection to explorers and the colonies.
According to the Language arts parts of the lesson, ELL students need to
understand what main ideas are and how to find them in the text and they also
need to understand how to pick out key details in a reading.
Web-based resources:
Chromebooks will be used to go onto the class website in order to gain access to the
PowerPoint created for this lesson. Students can also use the additional resource
site to learn about the 13 colonies using an interactive site. ELL students could also
use Google Translate to translate information into their L1 so they can also read
what their group members are reading.