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Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring About Work and Play in Colonial America Lesson Plan
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Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring About Work and Play in Colonial America

4th
CCSS: Designed
What was life like in colonial America? Follow this lesson and your pupils will find out what people in colonial times did for work and for fun. Ask learners to compare and contrast the two texts and explain what the reading helped them...
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End of Unit 1 Assessment: Inferring and Synthesizing (From Two Texts) About Life in Colonial America Lesson Plan
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End of Unit 1 Assessment: Inferring and Synthesizing (From Two Texts) About Life in Colonial America

4th
CCSS: Designed
Close your colonial America unit with a performance-based assessment. Class members will show their proficiency in several skills including using details to back up inferences, determining the meaning of words in context,...
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Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring About the Importance of Religion in Colonial America Lesson Plan
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Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring About the Importance of Religion in Colonial America

4th
CCSS: Designed
Improve class understanding of colonial times by reading an informational text and filling out the accompanying graphic organizer. Class members work with a partner to read, take notes, make inferences, and synthesize information.The...
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Learning About Farms in Colonial America: Explicit vs. Inferred Information Assessment
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Learning About Farms in Colonial America: Explicit vs. Inferred Information

4th
CCSS: Designed
Aid your pupils in understanding the terms explicit and inferred while teaching them about colonial farmers. The third lesson plan in the module, this plan builds off the previous lesson plan and focuses heavily on inference. Learners...
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History Review: Colonial America Presentation
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History Review: Colonial America

7th - 12th
Explore key moments in American history with the click of a mouse! Learners read 50 questions from different eras in early America, and watch the rest of the presentation to find more questions to answer.
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Choosing a Trade in Colonial America Lesson Plan

Choosing a Trade in Colonial America

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewHow did workers pick a trade in colonial America? Using a WebQuest approach, scholars explore life in the colonial era by looking at professions available to men like Benjamin Franklin. Individuals then apply their knowledge to create...
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Life in Colonial America Lesson Plan

Life in Colonial America

3rd - 4th
Students use both print and electronic resources to locate information about colonial America. They imagine that they are teleported back in time to Colonial America in one of the 13 colonies; while waiting to return to their own time,...
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Paragraph Writing: The Role of Religion in Colonial America Lesson Plan
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Paragraph Writing: The Role of Religion in Colonial America

4th
CCSS: Designed
Informative writing is emphasized in the standards. Help your learners reach that goal with the plan for paragraph writing outlined here. After reviewing the work from the day before and adding to their vocabulary notebooks, class...
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Colonial America Homeschool Lesson Plan Lesson Plan

Colonial America Homeschool Lesson Plan

8th - 12th
Students examine the history and influential people of the  Colonial American period. In this Colonial America lesson plan, students discover what daily life was like during Colonial times, and discuss the 13 original colonies. Students...
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America: Past and Present Lesson Plan

America: Past and Present

3rd - 4th
Students explore, analyze and discuss Colonial America via a variety of different resources. They utilize their inference skills to compare/contrast the past to the present. A short lesson on note-taking is also included within this...
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Colonial America Introduction Lesson Plan

Colonial America Introduction

4th
  Students watch a teacher presented Readers Theater about Colonial America to introduce the students to the topic.  In this Colonial America lesson, 4th graders recreate a timeline of early American history, using unconventional...
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The Beginning of a Nation: The Colonial Era Lesson Plan

The Beginning of a Nation: The Colonial Era

3rd
Here is a wonderful series of ten lessons that will inform third graders about what life was like for people during the Colonial era in America. Activities in math, science, language arts, social studies, art, and writing are all present...
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Tribes and Colonists Lesson Plan

Tribes and Colonists

5th - 7th
Native American culture and lifestyle in colonial America are the backdrop for these tasks aimed at improving writing and research skills. Young researchers use graphic organizers, journals, creative writing through story telling,...
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Colonial America: Causes of the American Revolution Lesson Plan

Colonial America: Causes of the American Revolution

4th
Fourth graders analyze colonial rule and policies with regard to the causes of the American Revolution. In this Colonial America simulation lesson, 4th graders role play in an Independence Game, reacting to a variety of "events" that...
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Colonial Chores Lesson Plan

Colonial Chores

3rd - 6th
Students examine contribution of colonial children to the economic livelihood of their families, and write short essays on one of several given topics.
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Colonial Camouflage Lesson Plan

Colonial Camouflage

5th - 9th
Students study Colonial America. Using web given web sites, students research the culture, economics, religious beliefs and political thoughts of Colonial America. They answer questions and discuss their views with the class.
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Colonial America: Causes Of The American Revolution Lesson Plan

Colonial America: Causes Of The American Revolution

7th - 10th
Pupils examine the causes of the American Revolution. In this colonial America instructional activity, students read handouts regarding the sequence of events that led to the commencement of the war. Pupils complete the provided...
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Crossword: Introduction to Colonial America Worksheet

Crossword: Introduction to Colonial America

3rd - 4th
In this crossword worksheet, students read 14 clues pertaining to colonial America. Students place their answers in this puzzle which does not have a word bank.
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Colonial America Acrostic Poem Worksheet

Colonial America Acrostic Poem

3rd - 4th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students explore colonial America. Students write an acrostic poem about colonial America using the six letters in the word colony.
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Quiz on Colonial America Interactive

Quiz on Colonial America

5th - 12th
In this Colonial America learning exercise, students complete an on-line quiz, choosing questions and matching answers. Students score 1 point for each correct answer; a printed version is available.
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Colonial America and Roots of Government Lesson Plan

Colonial America and Roots of Government

5th - 9th
Students identify 50 States and the major geographic features, regions, and political representation of each. In connection, they investigate the causes and effects of European colonization on North America. They identify the formation...
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A Ticket to Philly—In 1769: Thinking about Cities, Then and Now Lesson Plan
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A Ticket to Philly—In 1769: Thinking about Cities, Then and Now

4th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
While cities had only a small fraction of the population in colonial America, they played a significant role in pre-revolutionary years, and this was certainly true for the largest city in the North American colonies: Philadelphia. Your...
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Interdependence: A Colonial Example Lesson Plan

Interdependence: A Colonial Example

3rd - 5th
Students complete a variety of activities related to Colonial America and how people lived at that time. They conduct research on a selected colonial trade and present an oral report as role-playing that craftsman, and participate in a...
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From Colonists to Revolutionaries
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From Colonists to Revolutionaries

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
What was America like before it became the United States? Set the stage for the American Revolution with a collection of resources focused on Colonial America, including the cultural, political, and religious conflicts of the time.
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