Day 7: Life in Jamestown and Maryland

Baltimore Polytechnic InstituteA Course U.S. History

September 9, 2015Mr. Green

Outcomes: At the end of this lesson, students will be able to compare and contrast colonial Virginia to colonial Maryland by hypothesizing about why people came/did not come

Life in Jamestown and Maryland

Identify reasons people left Europe/England to travel to the New World.

Who is Baltimore and Maryland named after and why was the colony founded?

Motivation/Warm-up

Where were early Marylanders from?What socio-economic class did most early

Marylanders come from?How much education did early Marylanders

have? How do researchers/historians know

this?What was the life expectancy of an early

Marylander? Why was alcohol in such demand?

Discussion - “What Early Marylanders Were Like”

Distribute “Position of the first 3 groups of settlers in Virginia”

Examine the list of settlers who came to Virginia and hypothesize/infer about why certain individuals came/did not come

Guided Practice

Serving Time in VirginiaCompare/contrast colonial Virginia to colonial Maryland

Reasons for foundingDifferences in religionChesapeake region-quasi separate but

a part of the Southern region

Discussion

Turn to your neighbor and identify the similarities and differences between the early Marylanders and early Virginians. You may use a Venn Diagram to organize your thoughts

Cooperative Work

Compare and contrast the experiences, reasons for founding, and the way of life of the settlers of Jamestown and Maryland

Exit Ticket

Quiz on Chapter 1 for Thursday.

Homework