8.31.2015

Monday August 31, 2015


Settlement of New England Colonies

Tasks: 

  • Returned VA Colony quiz.
  • Began class with question: What economic and social conditions typical in Southern colonies were generally absent in New England?
  • Analyze the pattern of settlement in the New England colonies by using selected documents to determine "Was New England a City on the Hill?"
    • Defined "City on a Hill"
      • settlement that values order, community, unity, religion
    • Created a t-chart note taker and added evidence from Winthrop and Bradford documents to show how the leaders influenced the development of a "city on the hill."

    • Sourced New England town map; made observations and inferences about the settlement patterns.

Reminders: 
  • Test corrections due 9/9.