Lesson Plan
Making a New Home: Colonial America
Settlers began arriving to build homes for themselves in America in the early bits of the 17th century. In this lesson, your students will learn a little about what it took to leave home and become a settler.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to read and comprehend the text excerpts. Students will be able to imagine the colonization efforts.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Tell students that today they are going to be looking at what it might have been like to be one of the earliest settlers in America.
- Activate prior knowledge by asking students questions about early American settlers. Potential questions include: What towns did the earliest settlers establish? Where did they come from? What did they have to do when they got to America?