Rediscovering Thanksgiving: Fact vs. Fiction

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ELA

Unit 2

3rd Grade

Lesson 1 of 24

Objective


Explain what motivated the settlement and colonization of the New World and what challenges the explorers faced. 

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

What motivated the settlement and colonization of the New World? What challenges did explorers and settlers face? Why?

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Key Questions


  • In the late 1500s, why did England decide to "take action"?

  • Describe the challenges settlers faced when they arrived at Roanoke. Why?

  • In 1587, John White made a second attempt at settling. Was he more successful? Explain why or why not.

  • Read the quote from page 2. "It took several attempts before they figured out how to survive in a place where the climate, soil, landscape, plants, animals, and people were quite different from everything they had known before." Explain the significance of this quotation.

Vocabulary


colony

n.

a group of people who are similar and live in a certain area; often controlled by a country far away

colonization

n.

the act of taking control of an area to live on or use

establish

v.

to begin or create something

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.3.3 — Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

Supporting Standards

L.3.4
L.3.4.b
RF.3.3
RF.3.4
RI.3.1
RI.3.4
RI.3.10
SL.3.1
W.3.10
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