SS10.5.6

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 5

SS10.5.6
Describe colonial economic life and labor systems in the Americas.

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

Aligned Learning Resources

Know Their Names: The Clotilda's Survivors

History of Enslavement

History of Enslavement Collaborative Timeline

The Triangular Trade: Thinking About the Places

Triangular Trade: Thinking About the People and the Process

Triangular Trade: Mapping and Explaining It

Domain-Specific Vocabulary Check - Western Hemisphere

Centers of Slave Trade in the Continental U.S.

Mobile: Arrival Site of Enslaved Africans

Mobile’s Cooper Riverside Park: UNESCO Site of Memory

Clotilda’s Story

The Discovery of Clotilda’s Wreckage

Memorializing the Discovery of Clotilda’s Wreckage

Clotilda and Africatown Today

What We Learned About Clotilda’s Survivors

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