Materials

• To be determined once one of the activities listed below has been selected

Instructional Activities

1. Briefly review previous session’s activity, as needed.
   
   
2. Select one of the following activities, or assign a teacher-designed activity.
   • Show a video related to the settlement of the colonies.
   • Conduct a class debate on the positive and negative outcomes of exploration of the New World. Specify the groups affected by the positive and negative outcomes. Include a discussion from the American Indian (First American) point of view.
   • Hold a research session in the media center or computer lab. Examples of research topics are 1) the number of people who settled in the New World and 2) descriptions of the passage from Europe/Africa to the New World. Students should develop a poster, graph, journal, or position paper reflecting the data identified through research. The teacher should provide specific instruction on the information students are to locate. One alternative is to assign different regions and different topics within each region to groups of students for them to research and develop a collaborative report or product.
   • Instruct students to develop a newscast about the exploration of the New World. Divide the class into groups of “reporters,” and assign each group an area or topic about which to develop a two-minute news report. Allow time at the end of the class for the groups to present their reports, or allow groups a day or two to perfect their report and present it during session 7 or 8. Maps and other props may be used. Students may consider conducting an interview of an individual and having that individual dressed in period attire.Arrange a field trip to Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement,
   • Jamestown Island, or other relevant site.
   • Arrange for an actor portraying a historical character of the period and place to speak to the class about his/her circumstances.
   • Develop flash cards on this organizing topic to use throughout the year for review. Students can be divided into groups, and each group can prepare five flash cards on a specific topic.
   
   
3. Instruct students to complete the session’s assignment as homework, or assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available teacher resources.