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//America before “America”.// This is important because students need to know what was here before we were. Native Americans play a huge role throughout our history and it is important that we do not take away from what they did here. Some Natives were helpful, and others caused us only pain and troubles. Early settler relations with Natives is hugely important. The Queen of England and other royalties in Europe are also important to look at. Why did they want to come to America? (They didn’t know it was here. Eventually God, Gold, and Glory). Without crowns supporting explorers, it would have taken many, many more years to save the money and resources needed to travel across the ocean. Powhatan was a Native American leader in Virginia. He proved to English settlers that there could be good interrelations between the settlers and the natives. He maintained peace with the English for many years. His daughter Pocahontas, also played a big role in this. Pocahontas saved John Smith from an attack by tribal members. She later married John Rolfe (Disney got it incorrect). Her relations with Smith and Rolfe provided eight years of good relations. Queen Elizabeth I of England played a big role in American settlement. She sent out many explorers to discover new places and form new colonies for England. Virginia is named after her. She also took part in defeating the Spanish Armada and turned Enlands naval resources into a strong and dominant figure of power. [] This link has a good map of Native American Tribes before Europeans settled here. [] This is a very detailed account of Pocahontas that would need to be trimmed down for students. Maybe different groups could be assigned different sections of this reading, and then we could meet back together as a class to share our findings. [] This is all about Queen Elizabeth I. Without her efforts there would be fewer English colonies and our history has the potential to be very different.
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//Who really found North Carolina?// This theme is important so we can highlight that Raleigh did not just come here, settle and go on his merry way. There were others here before him, and everyone faced hardships. Giovanni da Verrazana- First person to explore coastal areas (for France). Herando de Soto of Spain- explored southwestern part for gold, Sir Walter Raleigh-Explorer/colonist for English settlement of Roanoke Island,didn’t last went back to England with Sir Frances Drake, without Raleigh knowing. John White-second colony-lost colony, [] This is about Sir Walter Raleigh not finding the settlers he left, due to leaving with sir Frances drake. He searched for them for some time before giving up. [] This is a recount of John White’s search for the lost colony. Not much is known about the lost colony, except that there is so little known. [] this is an image of NC and VA to help show where we are talking about.
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//What else in the US?// This is important because often times teachers will do only NC history and then later do a more broad look. I think that makes it harder for students to connect what was all happening at the same time. Sir George Yeardley created House of Burgesses- first meet in 1619. William Bradford- wrote the Mayflower Compact,
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[] The records from the first meeting(s) of the house of burgesses and what was discussed. [] The Mayflower Compact, a good visual aid.
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//Close up on our colonies.// This is important because now we zoom back in on North Carolina and take a look at what was happening. There were pirates, and unhappy women, and men who did not want to be there assigned by the king to make rules. All of these unsettling events helped make North Carolina what it is today. As well as it separating from what we now call South Carolina. King Charles-assigned 8 proprietors (1663), Blackbeard-pirate from bath NC who used the shallow coastlines to terrorizes ships coming/leaving NC as well as hold cities (even in SC) hostage. Mrs. Penelope Barker, organized the Edenton Tea Party in Edenton NC. It was a response to the Tea Act of 1773. It was one of the first organized women’s political action in United States history. Britain did not take it seriously, but the movement was praised in the colonies. [] This is a detailed account of Blackbeard’s life. He was killed in 1718. [] Background on Edenton Tea Party.
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//A fire being lit// This is important because it deal with people and events leading up to the American Revolution. What created unrest and what colonists did about it. All this leads up to America getting her freedom and the Declaration of Independence. Sam Adams was a protestor against the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765). He also played a prominent role in planning and executing the Boston Tea party in 1773. Paul Revere was an American Patriots who was waiting to hear word that the British were on their way. When he got his single her road back to Boston to warn the people. The minutemen were ready and waiting for the British when they arrived to the city. (1775) John Adams was Sam Adams cousin. He was the second president of the United States. But almost(?) more importantly, he was a founding father. He persuaded the Congress to allow Thomas Jefferson to write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. [] this website has a good deal of information on Sam Adams, as well as his efforts in protests. [] and [] The first link is a YouTube video of the poem written by Longfellow about Paul Revere’s midnight ride. I like both of these because the students can read and follow along with the poem as the listen to the YouTube video rap/reading of it. [] This is tons of information about the creating of the Declaration of independence. The reading level is adjustable for elementary, middle, and high school. I think that could be very convenient with scaffolding, to be able to have my students read text at their reading level. This could be read on your own and write important facts, then as a class we share what we find!
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//Rapid Changes// this is an important theme because things tended to happen very quickly in America. It may have seemed like a while to create the constitution and get all colonies on board, but other changes were happening as well in the economy and the social lives of the people. However this was not the case for NC who seemed to have stopped growing or moving forward, James Madison wrote the Constitution, and when there was trouble getting all the states to ratify it he wrote the Bill of Rights. He is one of our founding fathers, as well as one of our earlier presidents. 1788 and 1790. Eli Whitney created the cotton gin (1789) as well as interchangeable parts for different machines. These too inventions really lit a spark in America and helped to start the industrial revolution. The cotton gin made the processing of harvested cotton an easier process, leading to a higher demand, leading to more slaves in the southern states to meet the demand. Interchangeable parts started off with guns, so that if one part breaks, there are multiple ready pieces to repair it. Archibald Murphey was in the state senate of North Carolina for Orange County. He sought to “wake up” North Carolina and help bring the state out of its Rip Van Winkle phase. He advocated for public education, canal and turnpike road constructions as well as general public welfare. [] and [] The first link is to a video and a short written overview of the constitution. The second link is a breakdown of the first 10 amendments to the bill of rights, as well as background information on why a bill of rights was needed/ created. [|http://www.biography.com/people/eli-whitney-9530201#interchangeable-parts] this link has a video about Eli Whitney as well as a mini biography of his life and his struggles with his inventions. [] This is all about Archibald Murphey, it is way too long to have middle schoolers use, however it is a good resource for teachers to get background information on him.
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