1. Topic-
Colonial America
 
2. Content-
Maryland

Founded: 1633 by Lord Baltimore and others, at Baltimore

Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (corn, wheat, rice, indigo)

Major Cities: Baltimore, Annapolis

Colony Named for: Queen Henrietta Maria of England

Became a State: April 28, 1788

Massachusetts

Founded: 1630 by John Winthrop and others, at Massachusetts Bay

Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding)

Major Cities: Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, Concord

Colony Named for: Massachusetts tribe

Became a State: February 6, 1788

New Hampshire

Founded: 1638 by John Wheelwright and others

Major Industry: Agriculture (potatoes, fishing), Manufacturing (textiles, shipbuilding)

Major Cities: Concord

Colony Named for: county of Hampshire in England

Became a State: June 21, 1788

Rhode Island

Founded: 1636 by Roger Williams and others, at Providence

Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering)

Major Cities: Providence

Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island"

Became a State: May 29, 1790

Connecticut

Founded: 1636 by Thomas Hooker and others, at Hartford

Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, fishing)

Major Cities: Hartford, New Haven

Colony Named for: from an Algonquin word, quinnehtukqut, "beside the long tidal river"

Became a State: February 6, 1788

New York

Founded: 1626 by Peter Minuit and others, on Manhattan Island

Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat)

Major Cities: New York City, Albany

Colony Named for: Duke of York

Became a State: July 26, 1788

New Jersey

Founded: 1664 by English colonists

Major Industry: Manufacturing (ironworking, lumbering)

Major Cities: Trenton, Princeton

Colony Named for: Isle of Jersey in England

Became a State: December 18, 1787

Founded: 1682 by William Penn and others, at Philadelphia

Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, cattle, dairy), Manufacturing (textiles, papermaking, shipbuilding)

Major Cities: Philadelphia, Lancaster, York

Colony Named for: William Penn's father and sylvania, Latin for "forest"

Became a State: December 12, 1787

Founded: 1638 by Peter Minuit and others

Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering)

Major Cities: Wilmington

Colony Named for: named for the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr

Became a State: December 7, 17Virginia

Founded: 1607 by John Smith and others, at Jamestown

Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (tobacco, wheat, corn)

Major Cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond

Colony Named for: England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I

Became a State: June 25, 1788

Founded: 1653 by Virginia colonists

Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco)

Major Cities: Raleigh

Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England


Became a State: November 21, 1789

South Carolina

Founded: 1663 by English colonists

Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton, cattle)

Major Cities: Charleston

Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England

Became a State: May 23, 1788

Georgia

Founded: 1732 by James Oglethorpe and others

Major Industry: Agriculture (indigo, rice, sugar)

Major Cities: Savannah

Colony Named for: England's King George II

Became a State: January 2, 1788

 
3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
1. Everyone will know who individually founded each of the 13 colonies.
2. Everyone will know the 13 colonies of Colonial America
3. Everyone will know the date that each colony was founded
 
4. Objectives-
1. Learn about the 13 colonies of colonial America
2. Take notes on the Colonies
3. Answer a short quiz on the Colonies.
 
5. Materials and Aids-
Smart Board
 
6. Procedures/Methods-

A. Introduction-

1. Explain the Colonies of America
2. Explain the importance of the colonies and the knowledge of them.
 

B. Development-

1. Lecture on American Colonies
2. Give names of who founded the colonies
3. Give the primary source of economy of each Colony
 

C. Practice-

Lecture on Colonial America
 

D. Independent Practice-

1. Notes
2. Quiz after notes
 

E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-

Using the Smartboard, Have students teach about their colony that will be assigned to them before this lesson.
 

F. Checking for understanding-

Quiz on Notes
 

G. Closure-

Reiterate the importance of the Colonies and the knowledge that needs to be relayed to the students.
 

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