Fifth Grade Colonization and Settlement Unit

Lesson 1

Title: Roanoke

Grade Level: 5th

Unit of Study: Colonization and Settlements

GLCE:

U2.1.1 Describe significant developments in the Southern colonies, including

• patterns of settlement and control including the impact of geography (landforms and

climate) on settlement (National Geography Standard 12, p. 167)

• establishment of Jamestown (National Geography Standard 4, p. 150)

• development of one-crop economies (plantation land use and growing season for rice in

Carolinas and tobacco in Virginia) (National Geography Standard 11, p. 164)

• relationships with American Indians (e.g., Powhatan) (National Geography Standard 10, p. 162)

• development of colonial representative assemblies (House of Burgesses)

(National Geography Standard 5, p. 152)

• development of slavery

Abstract: Students will be able to identify the first attempts of settlement into the Southern Colonies.

Key Concepts: People are coming to the new world for different reasons (land, wealth, power, religious freedom).

Sequence of Activities:

Introduction: Show students The New World Colonized, a Discovery Education video, or another overview of colonization

1. Show images (see below) of Roanoke to the class.

2. Ask the class to describe (either verbally or write) what is going on in the scenes.

3. Read a trade book or sample from district resources aloud to class (example: Roanoke, Mystery of the Lost Colony by Lee Miller – student version).

4. Formative Assessment: Have students write a journal entry from a Roanoke settlers’ point of view revealing what might have happened to the settlers.

Connections:

English Language Arts

Have students pretend they are historians solving the mystery of Roanoke and write their findings.

Mathematics

Instructional Resources:


Equipment/Manipulative

Student Resources

Teacher Resources

Images of Roanoke

from http://ushistoryimages.com/images/roanoke-colony/fullsize/roanoke-colony-2.jpg

from http://www.masshistoria.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/001_001_0010_1335.jpg

from http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/roanoke.jpg


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