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Understanding Colonial Life: Geography's Impact on Identity in American History

This discussion explores how the geographical origins of individuals influenced their lives in Colonial America, spanning the Lower, Middle, and Upper colonies. By examining primary documents, participants will analyze language, authorship, and historical context, allowing deeper insights into societal roles, motivations, and identity. The session encourages reflections on personal experiences and the significant historical artifacts that shape our understanding of identity and community. Join us in discovering how geography defines not only community structures but personal histories as well.

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Understanding Colonial Life: Geography's Impact on Identity in American History

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  1. ColonialAmerica Life in the Lower, Middle & Upper Colonies

  2. Discussion How does where you are from define you?

  3. Age of ExplorationPre-Colonial America

  4. America: The Story of US

  5. GOOGLE EARTH & the 13 Colonies

  6. So…what are we going to do? What does it look like?

  7. What we’re going to create Colonial Facebook

  8. Helpful tips for exploring primary documents • Helpful Hints When Investigating Primary Documents:  • 1. Who is the author? Based on what you find in the document can you determine their importance, place, or role in history? • 2. Examine the language the writer uses. What might this say about their age, sex, ethnicity, education, location? (e.g. grammar, vocabulary, type of information) • 3. See if there is a date on the document so you can put the article in a historical context (e.g. It might be surprising to find a letter written by a young female slave during the 18th century because many of them couldn't read or write)  • 4. Ask yourself how this document may compare to other primary sources, textbooks, movies, hearsay etc. that you have read, watched or heard. • 5. Try to determine what may have motivated the writer to create the piece they wrote. • 6. When examining artwork or photos place whether it is a photograph, statue, painting, re-creation of an event or an actual snapshot, etc.  • 7. With regard to art what might the dress/appearance of the individuals tells us about them? What about their placement in the medium (i.e. is the person or group of people in the foreground or the background? What about details of the environment or how the characters are portrayed?

  9. Exit Pass On a piece of paper write down how where you’re from has shaped your life.

  10. Homework Bring in an artifact you are willing to share that reflects where you’re from.

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