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Inclusion and exclusion in two historic Thanksgiving cartoons
Inclusion and exclusion in two historic Thanksgiving cartoons
Every history teacher should read this short article about different representations of the Thanksgiving Holiday. It describes how Thanksgiving is a reminder that questions of inclusion and exclusion are constantly asked and answered in American history, including (perhaps especially) during holidays. From the National Museum of American History
#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#Thanksgiving
·americanhistory.si.edu·
Inclusion and exclusion in two historic Thanksgiving cartoons
Edward Winslow, the Unsung Hero of Thanksgiving | History | Smithsonian
Edward Winslow, the Unsung Hero of Thanksgiving | History | Smithsonian
"Curt"
lmost everything we know about the first Thanksgiving in 1621 is based on a few lines from a letter.
Like most Pilgrims, Winslow suffered personal loss in the early years of the settlement. His first wife Elizabeth died in March, 1621. Barely six weeks later, Winslow married Susanna White, whose husband had died as well. It was the first marriage in the new colony and produced five children.
#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#Thanksgiving
·smithsonianmag.com·
Edward Winslow, the Unsung Hero of Thanksgiving | History | Smithsonian
New York Slavery Records Index – Records of Enslaved Persons and Slave Holders in New York from 1525 though the Civil War
New York Slavery Records Index – Records of Enslaved Persons and Slave Holders in New York from 1525 though the Civil War
Search more than 35,000 records of slavery within the State of New York from 1525 through the Civil War. The data come from census records, slave trade transactions, cemetery records, birth certifications, manumissions, ship inventories, newspaper accounts, private narratives, legal documents and many other sources
#slavery#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#US I Unit 3 Constitution and New Nation#digitization#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement
·nyslavery.commons.gc.cuny.edu·
New York Slavery Records Index – Records of Enslaved Persons and Slave Holders in New York from 1525 though the Civil War
An Explorer's View of Maryland: Can we Believe Him?
An Explorer's View of Maryland: Can we Believe Him?

In what at first looks like another overly-ambitious lesson, the resources provided with this lesson make it clear that it can absolutely be done. valuable critical thinking skills and historical analysis are exercised in this lesson. Be sure to look through the resources provided, there is enough material here to run the lesson right out of the box.

Students will practice using historical thinking skills including sourcing, close reading, contextualizing and corroborating to evaluate John Smith's Map of Virginia (1612) by comparing and contrasting Smith's map with Augustine Herrman's Map (1670) and a map of Maryland today. Students will draw conclusions about the reliability of the Smith map as a primary source and explore the changes in Maryland through an analysis of these maps.

#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#lesson plan#US I Unit 1 - Colonization
·unveilinghistory.org·
An Explorer's View of Maryland: Can we Believe Him?
Early American Government, Plymouth Style
Early American Government, Plymouth Style

The purpose of this lesson is for students to gain an understanding of the establishment of a democratic government in America by studying Jamestown, Plymouth, and St. Mary's City to identify how early settlements adapted and survived in America.

Either run the whole lesson, or just pick out the Mayflower Compact analysis materials

#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#lesson plan#US I Unit 1 - Colonization
·unveilinghistory.org·
Early American Government, Plymouth Style
The State of Rhode Island General Laws
The State of Rhode Island General Laws
Although there are many lessons that require students to read the PReamble to the United States, they may learn more about colonial America by reading the Preamble to the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Yes, that the legal name of the state.  It wouldn't hurt to skim the document for other surprises.  Look at how it described the freedom of religion.  Notice how slavery is prohibited.
#US History I#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#US I Unit 1 - Colonization
·webserver.rilin.state.ri.us·
The State of Rhode Island General Laws
Serving Time in Virginia
Serving Time in Virginia
Chapter from "After the Fact" posted by Faulkner University. Taken from a book about the craft of an historian this provides great insight into the problem of trying to figure out why the death rate in colonial was so high even after the original settlement. Spoiler alert - the reason has to do with colonists growing more tobacco for money than food for survival. This chapter has been used successfully in high school classes. 5th grade teachers would find it interesting and supply contextual information for other lessons
#US History I#secondary sources#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#US History Textbook
·isite.lps.org·
Serving Time in Virginia
A Puritan's Mind » Once Upon A Time, When Christmas Was Banned… - by C. Danko
A Puritan's Mind » Once Upon A Time, When Christmas Was Banned… - by C. Danko
Rather than overplay the Puritans quest for religious freedom, teachers should demonstrate a more authentic understanding of the tenants of the Puritan faith. This article explains the outlawing of Christmas celebrations in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Maybe this is one that can be thrown out there in December, right before break.
#US History I#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#US I Unit 1 - Colonization
·apuritansmind.com·
A Puritan's Mind » Once Upon A Time, When Christmas Was Banned… - by C. Danko
A New Life – Puritan and Indian Children
A New Life – Puritan and Indian Children
There were many instances of Indian children taken in by colonial families and raised in their lifestyle and vice versa. Yet, according to Ben Franklin, Indian children would often escape to go back live with their own people, yet colonial children would often stay with their new Indian families. More research would be needed to gauge the true extent of this phenomenon, but this is enough to share with students. Perhaps just the quote, would serve as a class intro activity.
#native americans#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement
·futilitycloset.com·
A New Life – Puritan and Indian Children
Early America’s Jewish Settlers
Early America’s Jewish Settlers
Proving there's no end to discovery in history, this Gilder Lehrman article explores the settlement of the first Jewish people in North America. When students and teachers think they have studied every perspective and aspect of a period and place in history, more information and more specific people are found to build the breadth of complexity necessary to truly understand an era/
#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement
·gilderlehrman.org·
Early America’s Jewish Settlers
Animated interactive of the history of the Atlantic slave trade.
Animated interactive of the history of the Atlantic slave trade.
20, 528 slave voyages are shown moving across this map, tracing each trip from Africa to North and South America. Notice when the volume of slaves is at its highest - notice also where more of them go. What's happening to all of the slaves going to Latin America? Why aren't more going to North America?
#slavery#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement
·slate.com·
Animated interactive of the history of the Atlantic slave trade.
Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641
Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641
In 1641 in the colony US students are taught was founded on the basis of freedom of religion, made the worship of any other God punishable by death. The law that sentences a man to death for worshiping another God is in a document entitled the "Massachusetts Body of Liberities"
If any man after legal conviction shall have or worship any other god, but the Lord God, he shall be put to death.
If any man shall blaspheme the name of God, the Father, Son, or Holy Ghost, with direct, express, presumptuous, or high-handed blasphemy, or shall curse God in the like manner, he shall be put to death.
#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#primary source
·constitution.org·
Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641
Native American slavery: Historians uncover a chilling chapter in U.S. history.
Native American slavery: Historians uncover a chilling chapter in U.S. history.
This article explains how recent scholarship has found a much closer connection between the history of Native Americans, African Americans and slavery than was ever thought before. Should the teaching of the Pequot War include mention of its unique role in evolution of slavery in North America? Students are often taught of the first recorded shipment first shipment of African slaves to Virginia. Why are they not taught about the first recorded law regarding slavery in Massachusetts in 1641?
#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#slavery#African Americans#native americans
·slate.com·
Native American slavery: Historians uncover a chilling chapter in U.S. history.
America's Founding Fictions
America's Founding Fictions
This Washington Post opinion piece is far more effective at introducing students to the discipline of history than one would find in any textbook - and still provide the adequate content knowledge to have a contextual understanding of colonization.
Our founding is not a storybook Pilgrim fable. It's something hardier and more complicated.
#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement
·washingtonpost.com·
America's Founding Fictions
Thanksgiving History | Plimoth Plantation
Thanksgiving History | Plimoth Plantation
Thanksgiving is a particularly American holiday. The word evokes images of football, family reunions, roasted turkey with stuffing, pumpkin pie and, of course, the Pilgrims and Wampanoag, the acknowledged founders of the feast. But was it always so? This article explores the development of our modern holiday.
#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#Thanksgiving
·plimoth.org·
Thanksgiving History | Plimoth Plantation
Old Bailey Central Criminal Court
Old Bailey Central Criminal Court
Teachers can show this transcript from a criminal court in Britain and have them locate the name "Elizabeth Armstrong" alias "little Bess". Then given students three minutes to research her name. They will find that she was a young girl convicted of stealing two silver spoons. Her sentence for this crime as listed in this transcript was "transportation" - which means that she was sent to the colonies. Not all colonists were motivated by religion or the search for gold, some came to the colonies as punishment for a crime.
#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#myth canon#primary source
·oldbaileyonline.org·
Old Bailey Central Criminal Court
Slavery by the Numbers (redux) | Encyclopedia Virginia, The Blog
Slavery by the Numbers (redux) | Encyclopedia Virginia, The Blog
This list of 15 or 20 different statistics could be used as a prompt for discussion or even a "Do now" introductory activity. Each includes a source. "Basic" statistics like the total number of Africans transported to the western hemisphere and % that did not survive the journey are included - but also the ratio of white indentured servants to slaves in colonial Virginia or chance that an African living in NY in 1776 was a slave ( 1 in 7).
#slavery#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#US I Unit 1 - Colonization
·blog.encyclopediavirginia.org·
Slavery by the Numbers (redux) | Encyclopedia Virginia, The Blog
Examining Passenger Lists | Stanford History Education Group
Examining Passenger Lists | Stanford History Education Group
What can passenger lists from ships arriving in North American colonies tell us about those who immigrated? And what can those characteristics tell us about life in the colonies themselves? In this lesson, students critically examine the passenger lists of ships headed to New England and Virginia to better understand English colonial life in the 1630s.
#lesson plan#US I Unit 1 - Colonization#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#primary source
·sheg.stanford.edu·
Examining Passenger Lists | Stanford History Education Group
Richard Frethorne to his father and mother, March 20, April 2 and 3, 1623 Richard Frethorne to his father and mother, March 20, April 2 and 3, 1623 The Records of the Virginia Company of London
Richard Frethorne to his father and mother, March 20, April 2 and 3, 1623 Richard Frethorne to his father and mother, March 20, April 2 and 3, 1623 The Records of the Virginia Company of London
This is how one indentured servant described his experiences at Jamestown in the 1620s
#5th Grade Unit 2 - Colonization and Settlement#primary source#US I Unit 1 - Colonization
·virtualjamestown.org·
Richard Frethorne to his father and mother, March 20, April 2 and 3, 1623 Richard Frethorne to his father and mother, March 20, April 2 and 3, 1623 The Records of the Virginia Company of London