Warm Up:On your small square of paper, write the early settlement and the letter that describes

how it was established.

Today’s Question:

What are the different social classes in the colonies?

Agenda:

1. In groups: Social classes in the colonies

2. Finish study guides/answer questions

3. Grungeball!

With your table group:

1. Look at the pictures and read the descriptions of people from each social class.

2. Arrange the pictures in order from highest to lowest social class.

3. On the left side of your notebook, draw a line and place the groups in order from highest social class to lowest social class.

Highest Social Class

Lowest Social Class

Grungeball 2.0 Add 2 X’s to your team

Delete 1 X from all other teams

Lose a turn (a number from your team will be taken out of the hat)

2 X’s deleted from your team

Name the 3 colonial regions.

What colonies make up New England?

Which colonial region is known as the breadbasket?

What colonies make up the Mid Atlantic?

Name 3 crops grown in the Southern Colonies.

What colonies make up the Southern region?

What does specialization mean?

What did the Mid Atlantic colonies specialize in producing?

Which region of the colonies had hot, humid summers and moderate winters?

Which region has cold winters and mild summers?

Which region had a climate that was not as cold as New England and not as hot as the South?

Which colony did the Quakers settle in?

What does the word “debtor” mean?

What is the name of the first English baby born in the New World?

What colony was founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company?

Which early settlement is known as the “Lost Colony?”

Which colony was founded as a place for debtors to start a new life?

Which early colony was founded by the Pilgrims?

What does “interdependence” mean?

What was the religion of most colonists living in the southern region?

Which region had large plantations and grew cash crops?

Which region accepted people of different religions and backgrounds?

In the colonial government, who owned all the land and made all the decisions?

Explain how the 3 colonial regions depended on one another.

Which historical figure was banned from the Massachusetts Bay colony for holding meetings in her home?

Which colonial region had county governments? Why?

Which colonial region had local governments centered around market towns? Why?

Map Game: Colonies!

Map Game!