Module 2-Social Studies 5A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module students will learn about England's first attempts at starting a colony in the new world. Students will learn about Jamestown. Students will learn about John Smith and how he tried to keep the peace. Students will learn about the Pilgrims and how Jamestown began to prosper. Students will learn about what the wealthy men of Jamestown did with their money. Students will learn about the lives of the early colonists. Students will learn about of the important and influential early colonists. Students will learn about the way that geography affected the new colonies. Students will learn about what it was like to be a Puritan.

Module Materials:

Pencils
Crayons or colored pencils
Notebook
Scissors
Glue
Highlighter
Markers
Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	The New World and Hard Times	Describe the settlement at Jamestown.
2	New Adventurers and the First Settlers at Jamestown	Describe how the native people affected the early settlements. Find Jamestown on a map.
3	Captain John Smith, Keeping Peace, and Pocahontas	Describe the settlement at Jamestown. Explain how the native people affected the early settlements.
4	The Pilgrims and the Mayflower and More About Jamestown	Explain the importance of the Mayflower Compact. Explain how religious beliefs caused the Pilgrims and the Puritans to travel to faraway lands. Describe how the settlement at Jamestown began to prosper due to the growing popularity of tobacco.
5	Money in Jamestown and Indentured Servants	Compare and contrast an indentured servant and a slave. Explain how slavery came to be a part of the culture of early settlers.
6	Coming to the New World	Describe basic information about the Puritans. Describe important figures from the colonial period. Explain the role of the church during the colonial period.
7	Important Colonial Figures, Part 1	Describe some of the important figures from the Colonial period. Explain how Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the Carolinas were founded.
8	Important Colonists, Part 2	Describe important figures from France that came to the new world during the Colonial period. List some of the reasons that people traveled from Europe to settle the colonies.
9	Important Colonists, Part 3	List the important contributions of Henry Hudson and John Winthrop. Describe the role of the Anglican church in the time period.
10	Early Colonial Life	Locate each of the thirteen colonies on a given map. Describe each of the thirteen colonies, why people settled there and other important characteristics of each.
11	Children and More Colonies	Describe the clothing, work, homes, and education of early colonial life.
12	Rules for Children and Puritan Life	List some of the expectations of children in early colonial life. Describe the life and rules of Puritans during early colonial times.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
Roanoke Island Sir Walter Raleigh Croatan Indians Virginia Company Jamestown John Smith Pocahontas Croatan sparse harsh Chief Powhatan John Rolfe Mayflower Compact Plymouth Massachusetts tobacco African slaves master Puritans Anglicans religious freedom Pilgrims George Calvert Roger Williams William Penn Anne Hutchinson Mary Dyer James Oglethorpe La Salle Jacques Cartier William Bradford Henry Hudson John Winthrop Anglican 13 colonies plantations newcomers Virginia New Jersey New York New Hampshire Rhode Island Delaware Connecticut Pennsylvania Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Maryland homes furniture dress education recreation Puritan families

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
3	Captain John Smith, Keeping Peace, and Pocahontas	2	Division of Colonial Jobs Assignment
3	Captain John Smith, Keeping Peace, and Pocahontas	7	Story of Pocahontas Assignment
10	Early Colonial Life	8	Triangular Trade Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Notes
1	The New World and Hard Times	Each day in Social Studies, share a current news event with your student. Discuss the current event that you shared. The news can be from your community or from a place you are currently learning about. Your student will be using technology throughout their courses. Social Studies is a good place to address Digital Citizenship and responsible tech use. Do an online search for Elementary Digital Citizenship lessons. Explore some of the websites and find one that is free. Commit to complete at least one digital citizenship lesson a week with your student during Social Studies time. In this lesson, your student will learn about Roanoke Island it was considered a lost colony. Have your student research more about Roanoke's Lost Colony and write about what they learned in their Social Studies notebook.
2	New Adventurers and the First Settlers at Jamestown	Have your student describe the good and bad things that happened at Jamestown in their Social Studies notebook.
3	Captain John Smith, Keeping Peace, and Pocahontas	If possible, have your student watch the Disney Movie Pocahontas and compare what they have learned about Jamestown and Pocahontas in the lesson to the movie. Have them complete extra research if needed to make a thorough comparison. Can they differentiate between Fact and Fiction? In their Social Studies journal, have them summarize their thoughts on the movie and discuss how close to the real story it was.
4	The Pilgrims and the Mayflower and More About Jamestown	In their Social Studies notebook, have your student describe what life was like for the Pilgrims and Puritans in America. Discuss what they wrote when they are finished.
5	Money in Jamestown and Indentured Servants	In their Social Studies notebook, have your student write a summary of the lesson.
6	Coming to the New World	In their Social Studies notebook, have your student write a summary of the lesson.
7	Important Colonial Figures, Part 1	Have your student choose one person talked about in this lesson to do more research on and write about what they learned in their Social Studies journal.
8	Important Colonists, Part 2	Have your student choose one person talked about in this lesson to do more research on and write about what they learned in their Social Studies journal.
9	Important Colonists, Part 3	Have your student choose one person talked about in this lesson to do more research on and write about what they learned in their Social Studies journal.
10	Early Colonial Life	Have your student write a comparison of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies in their Social Studies notebook. What did they have in common? What was different?
11	Children and More Colonies	Have your student compare life in the colonies to life today in their Social Studies notebook.
12	Rules for Children and Puritan Life	Have your student write a comparison on rules for children in colonial times to rules for children today in their Social Studies notebook, discuss what they wrote.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
The New World and Hard Times	What was Roanoke Island? What happened there?
New Adventurers and the First Settlers at Jamestown	What type of men settled Jamestown? Where was Jamestown located? Who governed Jamestown? What were some of the challenges the environment posed for the colonists?
Captain John Smith, Keeping Peace, and Pocahontas	What was the relationship between the Native Americans and the settlers of Jamestown? What happened after John Smith left Jamestown? Who was Pocahontas, why was she important to Jamestown?
The Pilgrims and the Mayflower and More About Jamestown	What was The Mayflower Compact? Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans come to America? What was life like for the Pilgrims when they first came to America?
Money in Jamestown and Indentured Servants	How did Jamestown make their money? Who were indentured servants? What marked the beginning of what would become the African Slave Trade? Why did the colonists feel they needed slaves? What happened to Jamestown?
Coming to the New World	What contributions did the Puritans and Pilgrims make to American culture? Who colonized what is now Maryland?
Important Colonial Figures, Part 1	Who was Anne Hutchinson, and what were her contributions to colonial America? Who was William Penn, what were his contributions to colonial America?
Important Colonists, Part 2	Who was James Oglethorpe, what were his contributions to colonial America? What were the contributions of Cartier and La Salle to America? Who was William Bradford, what were his contributions to colonial America?
Important Colonists, Part 3	Who was John Winthrop, what were his contributions to colonial America? Who was Henry Hudson, what were his contributions to colonial America?
Early Colonial Life	What colonies became known as New England? What were the Middle Colonies? What were the Southern Colonies? How was life the same and different in the different colonial regions? What was the triangular trade?
Children and More Colonies	What was life like in the colonies?
Rules for Children and Puritan Life	What kinds of rules did children have to follow in colonial times?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
The New World and Hard Times	Jamestown	What did the archaeologists learn from the artifacts they found? What was the cause of most of the conflict at Jamestown? What were some of the challenges the colonist of Jamestown faced?
New Adventurers and the First Settlers at Jamestown	The First American Settlement	What was the first English settlement in the New World? Why did the settlers have a hard time setting up Jamestown? How did John Smith change the colony? What happened when John Smith left? Who was Pocahontas? What did the English do to Pocahontas? What happened to Pocahontas? What did John Wolf plant? How did tobacco help the colonists of Jamestown? How did Africans join the Jamestown settlement? What is an indentured servant?
Captain John Smith, Keeping Peace, and Pocahontas	John Smith	Why did Jamestown almost fail? What impact did Captain John Smith have on Jamestown? What are some things he did to turn the colony around? Who saved John Smith? What happened to Pocahontas? How did planting tobacco help Jamestown?
Captain John Smith, Keeping Peace, and Pocahontas	Pocahontas	What role did Pocahontas play in the success of Jamestown?
The Pilgrims and the Mayflower and More About Jamestown	New England Colonists: Puritans and Pilgrims	Why did the Pilgrims want to go to America? What did the Puritans want the Church of England to be like? How did the Puritans and Pilgrims help shape the development of the United States? Who were the protestants? What did they believe? Who was John Calvin, and how did he influence the beliefs of the Puritans and Pilgrims? Who were the separatists? What did King James do when he became King that affected the Pilgrims? What happened to the Pilgrims under King James Rule? What was the journey like on the Mayflower? What was the Mayflower Compact, why was it important? What were the challenges the pilgrims faced at first in America? How did they overcome the challenges? Where did the idea for Thanksgiving come from? Which President declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday? What was daily life like for the Pilgrims in America? Which colonies were created by the Puritans? What was the factory the Puritans started in America? Why was it significant?
Coming to the New World	Puritans and Pilgrims the Struggle for Religious Freedom	What were the new Puritan colonies called? What contributions did the Puritans and Pilgrims make to American culture? Who was Martin Luther? What did he do? How did the Church of England come about? Who was John Calvin, what were his beliefs? What happened to Protestants when Queen Mary reigned in England? What happened to protestants and Catholics when Queen Elizabeth reigned? What is the meaning behind the name of Puritans? What were the religious beliefs of the Puritans? What was the difference between the Puritans and Separatists? What happened when King James reigned? Why did the separatists go to Holland? How did the separatists make a deal to go to America? What was the Mayflower Compact? Why was the Mayflower Compact considered the cornerstone of American Democracy? What kind of crops did they have in New Plymouth? What happened during King Charles the First reign? Who was Oliver Cromwell? What was his impact on England and the Americas?
Important Colonial Figures, Part 1	Pennsylvania: The Spirit of Tolerance	What is the history of Philadelphia? Who was William Penn, what was his goal for the colony of Pennsylvania? What was the official policy of the Pennsylvania Colony?
Important Colonists, Part 2	French Explorers	What major exploration led the French Explorers to claim a major stake in colonial America? Who was King Louis the Fourteenth, and what was his impact on colonizing America? Who was Father Marquette? Where did he create missions? What was the primary item traded by the French in colonial America? What role did the Great Lakes play in the fur trade? Who was Louis Jolliet? What was his contribution to America? Who was La Salle, and what were his contributions to America?
Early Colonial Life	The New England Colonies	What were the New England Colonies? How were the Pilgrims and Puritans different? What did the Pilgrims do to pay off their debt to England? How were the churches supported in the Massachusetts Bay Colony? What was considered to be the first constitution for a government in America? What was the economy of the New England Colonies? What was the Protestant work ethic? What was the Triangular Shipping Trade? What were the Navigation Acts?
Early Colonial Life	The Middle Colonies	What were the Middle Colonies? What was life like in the Middle Colonies? What was the economy of the Middle Colonies? What was the government like in the Middle Colonies? Who were some important people from the Middle Colonies?
Early Colonial Life	The Southern Colonies	What were the Southern Colonies? What was life like in the Southern Colonies? What was the economy of the Southern Colonies? What was the government like of the Southern Colonies? Who were some important people from the Southern Colonies?
Children and More Colonies	Colonial Life	Have your student write about what they learned about colonial life in their Social Studies notebook.

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	Pilgrims of Plymouth	Susan E. Goodman	510L
2	Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House #27)	Mary Pope Osborne	590L
3	Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday	Mary Pope Osborne	550L
4	My Life in the American Colonies (My Place in History)	Lynda Arnez	NC870L
5	The New Americans: Colonial Times: 1620-1689	Betsy Maestro	1100L

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

#	Outing
1	Many local history museums have old schoolhouses and homes to tour. Take your student to the closest local history museum so that they can see what life was like long ago.