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Loc: Teachers: Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life Lesson PlanLoc: Teachers: Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life Lesson Plan
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Library of Congress
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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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Loc: Teachers: Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life

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Beginning with a discussion on how people adapt to or relocate to environments, this instructional activity encourages students to explore why the Colonists settled in specific regions. In groups, students examine primary documents, analyzing Colonists' experiences in the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.

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Concepts

colonies, commerce, cotton, farming, natural resources, primary sources, sailors, colonial america

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Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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