Norwalk Public Schools

Grade 8 Social Studies Standards

Concepts:                   Need to Know About Colonial America

                                    1. Early Colonies

                                                a. Jamestown and Roanoke

                                                b. John Smtih

                                                c. Bacon’s Rebellion

                                                d. Middle Passage

2. New England Colonies

            a. Pilgrims, Plymouth and Mayflower Compact

            b. Puritans and their Leaders

            c. Squanto

            d. New England Way

e. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

            f. King Phillips War

            g. Salem Witch Trials

            h. Subsistence Farming

            i. Triangular Trade

            j. Navigation Acts

            k. Major Industries

3. Middle Colonies

            a. Peter Stuyvesant and the Dutch

            b. William Penn and Quakers

            c. Proprietary vs. Royal Colony

            d. Diversity

            e. Cash Crops

4. Southern Colonies

            a. Lord Baltimore and Maryland

            b. James Ogelthorpe and Georgia

            c. Plantation system

            d. Slavery

5.  Early American Culture

            a. The Great Awakening

            b. Enlightenment

            c. John Locke

6.  Roots of Representative Government

            a. Magna Carta

            b. English Bill Of Rights

            c. Salutary Neglect
                        d. Glorious Revolution

7.  French and Indian War

            a. Fur Trade

b. Albany Plan of Union

            c. Braddocks’s  defeat

            d. Treaty of Paris

            e. Pontiac’s Rebellion

            f. Proclamation of 1763

Skills:                          Be Able to Do

Compare and Contrast

Analyze

Describe

Explain

Topics or Content:     Colonial America

Essential Questions

1. How and why did the three American colonial regions differ from one another?

2. Why did some colonies succeed and others fail?

Big Ideas

1.  People, religious beliefs, industries, climate and economy varied greatly amongst the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies.

2.  Leadership, resources and cooperation amongst members lead to the success or failure of a colony