Unit Themes

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?


Scale

4 - The student can answer four or more of the themes with specific examples and explanation of how these examples answer the question.
3 - The student can answer three of the themes with specific examples and explanation of how these examples answer the question.
2 - With some help form the teacher the student can answer three of the themes with specific examples and explanation of how these examples answer the question.
1 - Even with help from the teacher the student is unable to answer at least three themes with specific examples and explanations of the example.