THIS DOWNLOAD INCLUDES ALL 4 PARTS OF THE UNIT DESCRIBED BELOW...enjoy!
PART 1 (20 slides) EXPLORATION AND JAMESTOWN, including: background on Spanish, French and English claims in North America, maps and timelines of events, details about Roanoke and possible explanations for the disappearance, details about Jamestown, Pocahontas and much more...
PART 2 (25 slides) PILGRIMS & PURITANS, including: reasons for leaving, details of the Mayflower voyage, information on the Mayflower Compact and a copy of the text, timeline of Puritan arrival, similarities and differences between Pilgrims and Puritans and much more...
PART 3 (15 slides) THE GREAT AWAKENING, including: background on preaching styles, information on George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards, samples of sermons from both Whitefield and Edwards, including parts of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", and much more...
PART 4 (15 slides) COLONY LIFE & REASONS FOR REVOLUTION, including: Jefferson's Agrarian Vision, a dozen different causes and influences on the American Revolution, e.g. Enlightenment, taxes, wars, and much more...
Colonies Unit (ALL 4 PARTS) visual, textual, engaging 75-slide PPT
Grade Level:
5th-8th
Pages:
75 slides and 4 printable handouts
Subject(s):
History, U.S. History, Colonies
Format(s):
Zip with PowerPoint, Word, PDF