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The 13 American Colonies

Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: 13 colonies, New England, America
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will learn about the original 13 American colonies. This will include their locations, such as the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies, as well as the characteristics that differentiated them by region.

SS.5.A.4.1 Identify the economic, political and socio-cultural motivation for colonial settlement.
SS.5.A.4.2 Compare characteristics of New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
SS.5.A.4.4 Demonstrate an understanding of political, economic, and social aspects of daily colonial life in the thirteen colonies.

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Video : 13 American Colonies

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.

Description: A colony is a place where people from other countries have settled outside their home country and this place is governed by their home country. By the mid-1700s England had set up 13 colonies along the East Coast of America. There were three groups of colonies of the US-based on the way people lived in these colonies.

Quiz : 13 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

Why did many people from England move to the Northeast colonies?

A) To find gold

B) To make friends with Native Americans

C) For religious freedom

D) To become famous

Question #2

What was a big problem for farmers in the Northeast colonies?

A) Too much rain

B) Rocky soil and cold weather

C) Too many wild animals

D) Not enough trees

Question #3

Which group of colonies had the best weather for farming?

A) Northeast colonies

B) Middle colonies

C) Southern colonies

D) Western colonies

Question #4

What crop was grown in the middle colonies?

A) Bananas

B) Rice

C) Oranges

D) Wheat

Question #5

What was one thing all the colonies had in common?

A) They all had gold mines

B) They all had slavery

C) They all had cold weather

D) They all grew cotton

Question #6

True or False: The Southe colonies had good soil and warm weather for farming.

A) True

B) False

Question #7

True or false: The Middle colonies were home to people from only England.

A) True

B) False

Question #8

True or false: The Northeast colonies focused on farming because of their good soil.

A) True

B) False

Question #9

Yes or no: Did the 13 colonies eventually become 13 states?

A) Yes

B) No

Question #10

Yes or no: Did people in the Northeast colonies become sailors and fishers because farming was too hard?

A) Yes

B) No

Description: Let's review what you learned!

Resources : 13 American Colonies Resources

Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.

13 Colonies Map Game
Play this game to test your knowledge and review where all the 13 colonies are located!

Interactive Colonial Games
Play any of these games to understand what it was like to be a pilgrim in colonial times!

Brain Pop Regions of the Colonies Video
Watch this Brainpop for more information about the different colonial regions!

Description: Use any of these resources to test your knowledge on the 13 colonies!

Standards: SS.5.A.4.1, SS.5.A.4.2, SS.5.A.4.4

Video : 13 American Colonies

Quiz : 13 American Colonies Quiz

Resources : 13 American Colonies Resources