Inquiry Center New England Colonies

Syreeta Dixon Social Studies 7th Grade Fall 2014
Unit:1 Chapter: 3
Essential Question:
How do issues of power, wealth and morality influence exploration and colonization?

Learning Objective: SWBAT use inquiry centers to identify traits of religious groups in New England colonies.
Materials: laptops, social studies notebooks, inquiry center questions
Video Mini-Lesson: How religion shaped the states of New England?
Small Group/Independent Activity: Inquiry Centers
Student Grouping:
Keyowna, Tyheir
Inquiry Center 2: Analyzing Primary Source
Website- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/mayflowercompact.htm
Dianie,Jaleen
Inquiry Center 1: Analyzing A Photograph
Website- http://flmayflower.com/images/signers.jpg
http://ushistoryimages.com/images/puritans/fullsize/puritans-2.jpg
Stephanie, Alexander
Inquiry Center 3: Visual/Auditory Exploration
Website- http://www.schooltube.com/video/40aee45a1ec349a89eed/The%20New%20England%20Colonies
Exit Slip/Assessment:
• In one sentence, who were the Pilgrims?
• In one sentence, who were the Puritans?



Name____________________________ Date_______________________

InquiryCenter Support Material-Video Exploration
Title of Video:
Observations: What is the central idea of the video? Jot down 3 important facts from the video.
Key People or Key Events mentioned in video:
What important years were mentioned:
Inference: Choose one of the sentence starters below to write about the video
This video reveals _______ about _______
This video makes me realize____________
Inference: Choose one of the sentence starters below to write about the document or photo
This _______ reveals _______ about _______
This ______ makes me realize____________









Name____________________________ Date_______________________
r>InquiryCenter Support Material-Visual Exploration
Title of Document or Photo:
Creator (if known):
Observation:
Record in detail what you see.
Background
Object
Facial expressions
Geographical features
What year or period was object made or written?
Who does it belong to or where was it found?