Class: American History                 Grade:  11
Unit: The English Colonies in North America
Topic: Settlement of the English Colonies
Unit Objectives: The student will understand the impact of the
settlement of the English colonies.

Specific Objectives:
Studentswill list the reasons for English colonization
    with 100% accuracy.
Studentswill explain, name, and identify the English
    colonies that were established in North America
    with 100% accuracy.
Studentswill identify 5 effects that mercantilism had
    on English society and its need for colonies, with
    90% accuracy.
Studentswill define the English colonial policy and
    how it led to a growth of colonial self-government,
    with 90% accuracy.

Content:
Textbooksection on settlement of the English
    colonies of North America.
The use of maps of the English colonies in order to
    denote location of these colonies.
DiscussionQuestions:
Whatare the reasons for English settlement
    in North America?
Whatadvantage was a coastal location for
    the settlers?
Whatwas the first permanent English
    settlement?

Key Point:  How did the quest for religious freedom push some
English settlers to America in the 1600's.

Procedure:
Introduction:
Createa chapter overview for the class.
Developa map of the English colonies,
    showing geographic location.
Divideinto groups and discuss religious
    freedom both then and now.

Conclusion:
Drawparallels for the need for happiness in
    the 1600's with the want for happiness
    today.
Questionsover the material covered.

Materials:
        Textbook
        Transparencies