The American Colonies
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Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Colonies, New England, Southern Colonies, Middle Colonies
Lesson Description: After this lesson, students will be able to compare and contrast, as well as describe, what life was like in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.

  • SS.5.A.4.2 Compare characteristics of New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
Video : 13 Colonies: Comparing Regions New England, Middle, and Southern
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Quiz : American Colonies Quiz
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

What is a colony? 

Question #2
The land in the New England colonies was easier to farm than the land in the Middle and Southe colonies. 
Question #3

What were the main economic resources used in the New England colonies? 

Question #4
In short answer form, describe the Triangular Trade.
Question #5
Was farming a bigger part of the Middle colonies economy than the New England colonies? 
Question #6

What were the two largest cities in the colonies? 

Question #7
The Middle colonies had the most diverse economy
Question #8

What was the most religiously diverse region of colonies? 

Question #9
Life in the Southe colonies was centered around plantations and farming that focused on cash crops
Question #10

What was the first cash crop produced in the colonies? 

Resources : Extra Resources
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Map Game of US Colonies
This game will allow you to test your knowledge on the location of the colonies?
The 13 Colonies
This is a website with a bunch of information on the 13 colonies
Slavery in the colonies
This is an additional resource that will provide you with a look at slavery in the 13 colonies.