1. Day 6: Colonial Characteristics
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
A Course US History
September 8, 2015
Mr. Green

2. Objective
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

3. Warm-Up
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)?

4. Cooperative Activity
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

5. Cooperative Activity
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:

6. Closing
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

7. Homework-APUSH
Continue to research which European nation had the greatest impact on the Native American societies in areas that it colonized between the late 15th century and 1754

8. Homework-A Course
Quiz on Wednesday covering Chapter 1 concepts that were presented in class.