13 Colonies Unit: 5 Lessons on Founding & Colonial Life, Grades 4-6

Five class periods on the 13 colonies, from why people came to what a colonial childhood was like. Each day is a complete 40-minute lesson with slides, a one-page reading written for grades 4-6, a worksheet and an answer key.

What's inside

• Day 1: Why People Came to the Colonies
• Day 2: Colony Founders & Their Reasons
• Day 3: House of Burgesses & Mayflower Compact
• Day 4: Slavery in the Colonies
• Day 5: Colonial Life Then & Now
• 78 slides across 5 PowerPoint decks, with speaker notes on all 78
• 5 lesson plans, 5 readings, 5 worksheets and 5 answer keys
• A Mayflower Compact primary source page

Answer key included

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