Monday, 21 September 2015

Northern Colonies

Today - we are going to discuss PQR3 (Preview, Question, Read, Recite, Review.

Review should be when you take notes.

We are going to begin Chapter 3 in groups.

HW: You need to read and take notes from pages 42-48.

Note - We will return to "Slave Codes" tomorrow when XC runners return.

Unit Goal: Students will be able to answer three of the following themes by backing up their answer with specific examples and explanations of their examples.

Identity – What were the chief similarities and differences among the develop of English, Spanish, Dutch, and French colonies in America?

Work, Exchange, and Technology – How did distinct economic systems, most notably a slavery system based on African labor, develop in British North America?  What was their effect on emerging cultural and regional differences?

Peopling – Why did various colonists go to the New World?  How did the increasing integration of the Atlantic world affect the movement of peoples between its different regions?

Politics and Power – In what ways did the British government seek to exert control over its American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries?

America in the World – How did competition between European empires around the world affect relations among the various peoples in North America?

Environment and Geography – How and why did the English American colonies develop into distinct regions?

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