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Classroom Resource

The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies/Crash Course US History #4

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

10

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, John Green teaches students about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachusetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Before the English got there though, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated women pretty fairly and allowed free black people to hold jobs. John also discusses Penn's Woods, also known as Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was (briefly) a haven of religious freedom, and William Penn dealt relatively fairly with the natives his colony displaced. We venture as far south as the Carolina colonies, where the slave labor economy was taking shape. John also takes on the idea of the classless society in America, and the beginning of the idea of the American dream.

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 10 - United States History I

    SS10.US1.2

    Compare regional differences among early New England, Middle, and Southern colonies regarding economics, geography, culture, government, and American Indian relations. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.d., A.1.g., A.1.i.]

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.US1.2

    Vocabulary

    • regional
    • Magna Carta
    • English Bill of Rights
    • Mayflower Compact
    • House of Burgesses
    • Great Awakening
    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Regional differences among early New England, Middle, and Southern colonies a regarding economics, geography, culture, government, and American Indian relations.
    • Impact and details of essential documents in the establishment of colonial governments, including the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Mayflower Compact.
    • The role of the House of Burgesses and New England town meetings in the development of early American colonies.
    • The impact of the Great Awakening on early American colonial society.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Compare and contrast regional differences among early New England, Middle, and Southern colonies
    • Locate the appropriate colonies in each region on a map.
    • Analyze the effect of geography and weather on the development of regional colonies.
    • Analyze primary documents.
    • Describe the impact of the Great Awakening on colonial society.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There were regional differences in the early American colonies and the roles of essential documents and events in the development of these colonies.
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