Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Each colony's economic life and labor system was unique and based on the geographic location of the colony.
- Most slaves came from a variety of countries in Africa and were brought to the Americas by slave traders using the Triangular Trade Route.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Locate each colony on a physical and political map.
- Describe and explain the types of labor used in each colony (indentured servitude, slaves, free blacks, merchants, farmers, shipping, fishing/whaling, among others).
- Trace, examine and evaluate the Triangular Trade Route and its impact on colonial economy and labor systems.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Different labor systems were used to build and grow each of the 13 colonies.
- Slave labor was brought to the Americas by the Northern colonial shipping industry and purchased and used in the Caribbean islands and Southern colonies.
Vocabulary
- economic
- labor system
- establishment
- Triangular Trade Route
- Hemisphere
- Americas
- Latin America
- North America
- South America
- island
