Baltimore Polytechnic Institute A/A.P. U.S. History September 3, 2014 Mr. Green

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to compare and contrast the geographic/economic characteristics of the New England, Middle, Chesapeake, and Southern Colonies

What factors impacted the political, social, and economic development of the colonial regions(the New England colonies, the middle colonies, and the Southern colonies(Chesapeake)?

Students will be placed into 6 groups and given a map of a different colonial region. Each group then creates a list of the characteristics of the region

Colonial geography activity Address the following: Region:______________ 1. General location of towns: 2. Climate: 3. Geography: 4. Length of growing season: short, moderate, long? 5. Major Crops: 6. Major Occupations: 7. Natural Resources: 8. Major Industries:

Identify Regions A, B, C Which region would have been most geographically and economically similar to England and most likely to have competed with her? Which region would have been favored by England because of the resources it could provide? Compare and contrast the economic and geographical features of the different regions of England’s North American colonies

Continue to research which European nation had the greatest impact on the Native American societies in areas that it colonized between the late 15 th century and 1754 The Socratic Seminar is Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!