Compelling Question:What Caused Groups of People to Move To and Within the

Americas?Supporting Question I

What were the push and pull factors that caused

Europeans to colonize America?

Supporting Question II

What events led to the relocation of people from Africa

to America?

Supporting Question III

Why did the Native Americans relocate within the United States?

Historical Sources

A. Mercantilism and the 3 colonies.

B. Passage:Pilgrams and Puritans

C. Reasons why colonists came to America (excerpt)

Historical Sources

A. African Immigration to Colonial America (readworks.org excerpt)

B. African Immigration to Colonial America (excerpt)

C. Map of African Population

Historical Sources

A. Location of colonists and Native American territoriesB. Trail of Tears Excerpt (digitalhistory)C.Cherokee Nation of the 1820’s (Learnnc.org)

Formative Performance Task I

Decide which region/colony would you choose to live? write a letter to send back home to England about your life. Explain why you left your place of origin and why you chose your new region.

Formative Performance Task II

Using evidence from the resources, explain how the immigration of Africans to colonies changed their way of life.

Formative Performance Task III

Back in History: You are meeting with Indian tribes and Americans, your job is to create a treaty that will serve both parties fairly.

Summative Performance Task:Using RAFT take on the role of one of the groups you have read about. If you believe any of researched groups above deserve apologies from the government or ruling bodies, create a speech to the government explaining why. If you believe each immigration was justified, create a speech to present to the group. Be sure to site resources to justify your position.

NC Essential Standards:5.G.1.4 Exemplify migration within or immigration to the US in order to identify push and pull factors (why people left/why people came). RI 5.3Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more concepts in a historical text based on specific information in the text. (simplified for history context)

Grade Level 5th-Elementary

Summative Performance Task Compare and Contrast the different migrations of colonists, Africans and Native Americans

SUPPORTING QUESTION 1 SOURCE A

Activity: Use the table to list the advantages and disadvantages of living in each colony.

SUPPORTING QUESTION 1 SOURCE B

Source http://classroom.synonym.com/four-reasons-people-came-englands-american-colonies-20869.html

SUPPORTING QUESTION 1 SOURCE C

Activity: Based on what you read, list some push and pull factors that caused people to migrate to the Americas.

SUPPORTING QUESTION 2 SOURCE A

Push Factors Push Factors

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now/essays/african-immigration-colonial-america

SUPPORTING QUESTION 2 SOURCE B

SUPPORTING QUESTION 2 SOURCE C

Locate any patterns or trends among the states and the population of African-Americans. Explain possible reasons for the pattern.

http://www.inmotionaame.org/gallery/detail.cfm?migration=1&topic=10&id=1_005M&type=map

SUPPORTING QUESTION 3 SOURCE A

Xroads.virginia.edu

Activity: Rewrite the proclamation in today’s language.

SUPPORTING QUESTION 3 SOURCE B

The Cherokee Nation in the 1820s

This reading is based on the following sources: James F. Corn, “Red Clay Council Ground” (Bradley County, Tennessee), National Register of Historic Places Registration

Form (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1972).

John Ehle, Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation (New York: Doubleday, 1988).

Benjamin Levy, “John Ross House” (Walker County, Georgia), National Historic Landmark documentation (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1973).

Benjamin Levy,”Major Ridge House” (Floyd County, Georgia), National Historic Landmark documentation (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1973).

SUPPORTING QUESTION 3 SOURCE C

Based on the Sources, locate the different viewpoints of the Native American resettlement.

How are the following terms used in the Cherokee Nation Article? (Source C) Assimilation Removal Resettle Abolish

Native Americans Americans