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Explain what motivated the settlement and colonization of the New World and what challenges the explorers faced.
Article: “The English Colonies”
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Standards
RI.3.3
Describe the conditions on the Mayflower and why so many people decided to take the journey.
RI.3.3RI.3.6
Describe Lizzy's experiences on the Mayflower and the challenges she faced.
Describe what life was like on the Mayflower by writing a variety of compound sentences.
L.3.1L.3.1.hL.3.1.iRI.3.3
Explain why the Pilgrims were not satisfied with Cape Cod and why they were satisfied with Plymouth.
Explain what readers learn from Lizzy about what life was like in the "New World."
2 days
Write a few sentences describing the challenges and rewards of being in the New World.
L.3.1.fL.3.1.hL.3.1.iRI.3.3W.3.2
Describe who the Wampanoag were and what they valued.
Describe key aspects of Wampanoag culture.
Analyze how the Wampanoag viewed the Pilgrims and explain why.
Explain how the arrival of European explorers impacted the Wampanoag.
RI.3.3RI.3.9
Explain why Squanto chose to help the Pilgrims.
RI.3.3RI.3.6RI.3.9
Use subordinating conjunctions to write more interesting and complex sentences.
L.3.1.hL.3.1.i
Analyze what information is missing about the Wampanoag.
Describe the Wampanoag's relationship with the colonists.
Discuss unit essential question using information from multiple texts and sources.
RI.3.3SL.3.1SL.3.1.aSL.3.1.d
Draft a paragraph describing what it was like to be a Wampanoag in 1621.
RI.3.3W.3.2W.3.2.a
Analyze an account of the first Thanksgiving and explain what happened.
Discuss unit essential questions using information from multiple texts and sources.
RI.3.6RI.3.9SL.3.1SL.3.1.aSL.3.1.d
4 days
Students will research, draft, illustrate, and create books to teach younger students about the real story of the First Thanksgiving.
L.3.2.aRI.3.3RI.3.6RI.3.9W.3.2W.3.2.aW.3.7W.3.8
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