Inquiry Unlimited - Unit 2: "Push" and "Pull" Factors Influencing 1600s Englishmen

UNIT TWO: Big Question: What might learn from the overall economy of England?

Unit 2 Focus of: Why Colonize In North America?

What was "pushing" some people to leave England and "pulling" other people to America?

How did a scarcity of land in England add to the "push" factor for the settlement of the New World?

How did the geographic environment in England affect the profits and losses of investors?

Content: Gathering investors to support colonization in coastal North America

Student Background Content Information Evident in fictionalized scripts using factual content

Student Activity 1 - Complete the chart using supporting evidence [Notetaking – Analysis]
1. Perspective 1 - West Country English investors
2. Perspective 2 - Upper Class government Englishmen
3. Perspective 3 - English common men
4. Perspective 4 - Fishing industry investors
5. Perspective 5 - Dorchester Company investors
6. Perspective 6 - Investors from Devonshire County, England
7. ** Perspective 7 - New investors from Devonshire County, England
Student Activity 2 - Written prompts
Student Activity 3 - Oral products
Dorchester Investors Rubric - Assessment to accompany "Perspectives 1-6"

Teacher bibliographic sources: Adams, James Truslow. The Founding of New England. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921.

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