SOCIAL STUDIES LIFEWORK 6 th Grade The 13 Colonies! Packet due Monday, November 15 th!
Use the map below to answer questions 1-7. Monday 1. What information does this map show? 2. When was slavery legalized in Delaware? 3. Which colony was the first to legalize slavery? _ 4. How many slaves were there in New Hampshire in 1740? 5. Which colony had the most African Americans in 1740? 6. Which colony had the fewest African Americans in 1740? 7. Look at the graph. About how many African Americans were there total in the colonies around 1780?
Monday Read the passage. Identify facts and opinions in the passage. Explain how you could prove the facts. Tell how you knew the opinions were opinions. Plants need water to live. There are two ways plants absorb water. Some plants have roots that move water from the ground into their stems and leaves. These are called vascular plants. Nonvascular plants absorb water through their surfaces. They have no roots. Mosses are examples of nonvascular plants. Fact: Opinion: Explain: Fact: Opinion: Explain: Fact: Opinion: Explain: BIAS: POSITIVE NEGATIVE NUETRAL Explain:
Tuesday Examine the timeline below. Use RAD to answer questions 1-7 about Early Colonial America using the timeline. (MUST USE RAD FOR CREDIT!!) 1. What is the time period of this timeline? 2. When was the first English colony settled in North America? 3. What happened in England in 1649? 4. Who founded (started) the Massachusetts Bay Colony? 5. When did the pilgrims land in Plymouth? 6. Which colony did James Oglethorpe found (start)?
Tuesday Read the passage. Identify facts and opinions in the passage. Explain how you could prove the facts. Tell how you knew the opinions were opinions. Have you ever seen the Statue of Liberty? It stands proudly on an island in New York Harbor. The statue was a gift to our country from France. Frederic Bartholdi was the French sculptor who designed the statue. Named Liberty Enlightening the World, the statue holds a torch and a tablet dated July 4, 1776. Fact: Opinion: Explain: Fact: Opinion: Explain: Fact: Opinion: Explain: BIAS: POSITIVE NEGATIVE NUETRAL Explain:
Wednesday Read the passage. Find two facts. Write and explain them at the bottom of this page. Answer questions 1-6 on the next page using RAD. Find two facts in the passage. Explain how you could prove the facts. Fact 1: Fact 2:
Wednesday Use the passage Around the World to answer questions 1-6 using RAD. 1. How did Britain gain land in Canada? 2. What did the Canada Act of 1982 say? 3. What is a penal colony? 4. How are Australia and Canada similar? 5. What are three other examples of countries that used to be British colonies? 6. What do you think life would be like if the United States still recognized Queen Elizabeth as our queen?
Thursday Read the passage. Find two facts. Write and explain them at the bottom of this page. Answer questions 1-4 on the next page using RAD and RADAR. Find two facts in the passage. Explain how you could prove the facts. Fact 1: Fact 2:
Thursday Use the passage Unsolved Mysteries to answer questions 1-4 using RAD and RADAR. 1. Where was Roanoke located? 2. Why is Jamestown considered the first permanent English settlement? 3. Why was John White sent back to England? 4. Write a RADAR paragraph responding to the question below (5 sentences): What do historians think happened to the people of Roanoke?
Friday CURRENT EVENTS ARTICLE: 1. Find a non-fiction article in the newspaper or a magazine. 2. Cut it out and attach it to this packet. 3. Write a RADAR summary of the article on the lines below. Article Title:
Extra Credit! Compare and contrast the Middle Colonies to the Southern Colonies. Write one paragraph about how they were the same. Write a second paragraph about how they were different. Use the sentences starters from class. Write the paragraphs on the lines below.