Students will explore one of the three colonial regions that existed prior to the American War of Independence and identify how each colony in the region was similar and different. The series Making the Thirteen Colonies examines the events and the motivations surrounding the establishment of each of the England’s thirteen American colonies. The three colonial regions are the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.
5T-E1
- PO 1 Locate and identify information from electronic research resources
5T-E2
- PO 2 Gather research information from a variety of electronic sources and identify the most appropriate information for answering the research question.
ISS-E6
- PO 4 Explore key differences among the three colonial regions.
Students will investigate one colonial region and compare and contrast each colony within that specific region.
Students will compare and contrast economic, political, social and religious aspects of the colonial regions. Students will interpret maps to identify ethnic settlement patterns in their selected colonial region. Students will locate and summarize informational text, main ideas and supporting details.
Students will utilize United Streaming to locate, collect, and evaluate information relevant to the task.
Students should be able to demonstrate basic computer operational skills including identifying the components of a computer (e.g., mouse, keyboard, monitor, headphones), the use of basic technological vocabulary (e.g., URL, icon) and the ability to access informational sources (e.g., webpage, pre-book marked sites).
Clipboards, pencils, and headphones for each student
Internet Access and United Streaming access
The New England Colonies handouts
The Middle Colonies handouts
The Southern Colonies handouts
Lesson Differentiation
Strategies:
Tiered assignments, and creative
problem solving.
This Lesson Differentiates WHAT?
This lesson
differentiates the handouts for each colonial region. There are three
regions and three separate RIT groupings for a total of nine different
handout packets.
This Lesson Differentiates HOW?
All of the students
will be using the
http://www.unitedstreaming.com site. Each student will choose one
of three colonial regions from the site and the appropriate RIT grouping
handout for that region. The lowest grouping will be gathering data and
completing a video quiz and a cross-word puzzle. (Note: A script of the
video narration is available through the site for struggling students.) The
middle grouping will be gathering data and completing a video quiz, a
crossword puzzle, and a compare/contrast handout. The advanced grouping
will be gathering data and completing a video quiz, a crossword puzzle, and
a compare/contrast handout.
Day 1 (1 hour needed)
- Students will take The Thirteen Colonies Pre-Assessment and check their answers with the correct answers.
- The instructor will introduce the three colonial regions by having the students look at a colonial map of the thirteen original colonies that has been divided into the three regions.
Day 2 (1 hour needed)
- The students will be placed in small groups and investigate basic information (founding, people, climate, economics, religion, government) about each of the three colonial regions by rotating to stations. The students will record their data on the regions in a matrix.
- The instructor will explain that students will be doing a two day on-line activity in the computer lab in which they will be examining in-depth one colonial region of their choice and briefly comparing/contrasting the colonies within that region.
- Each student selects their colonial region for the computer lab activity the next day - New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies.
Day 3 (1 hour needed)
- Students will meet in the computer lab and check the color-coded seating chart to see in which RIT group they have been placed.
- This activity works most effectively when each student has their own computer and set of headphones. Each student will need a pencil, a clipboard, and the appropriate handout for the colonial region they have chosen.
- The instructor may want to place the different handouts at a table in the center of the computer lab and explain to the students which specific handouts they will need based on their RIT grouping and their colonial region selection.
- After the students have picked up their handout packet, they will put their headphones on and log onto www.unitedstreaming.com. Each student will select their colonial region from the series Making the Thirteen Colonies: New England Colonies or The Middle Colonies or The Southern Colonies. (Note: the instructor may want to download each video into a single file on each computer so that students can easily access each site. The file will need media player software to work.)
- Students will complete the video quiz section of their handout packet as they play and listen to a 30-minute video from www.unitedstreaming.com. Students can pause, fast-forward, or rewind if they miss an answer to a question on the video quiz and need to find it.
Day 4 (1 hour needed)
- Students will meet in the computer lab and complete their handout packets (video quiz, crossword puzzle, and their compare/contrast section).
Assessment
· Pre-Assessment: Students will take The Thirteen Colonies Pre-Assessment prior to the activity to help the instructor determine what the students know and do not know. The pre-assessment will be used to tailor the activity to the different learning needs of the students as addressed in the targeted learning continuum skills found on the ICC Differentiated Instruction Ladder.
· Assessment: Students will complete a video quiz, a crossword puzzle, and a compare/contrast handout that corresponds to the United Streaming site and addresses the targeted learning continuum skills located on the ICC Differentiated Instruction Ladder.
· Post-Assessment: Students will take The Colonial Regions Post-Assessment after the activity to help the instructor determine what the students have learned and to help the students determine what they have learned. The post-assessment will address the targeted learning continuum skills for each student RIT grouping.