Thirteen Colonies PDF

Thirteen Colonies is the first unit in the American History course. In this unit learn about Native American tribes, settlements at Jamestown and Plymouth, and the colonial era wars.

This book is for adult mentors to use as a resource when planning lessons, not a textbook for students.

This unit has sections on:

• North American Indians
• North American Settlers
• Colonial Life
• Colonial Wars

Layers of Learning is activity-based and this unit guide includes many hands-on ways to learn about Human Rights. Here are a few things you will find to do inside this unit:

• Color a map of North American tribes circa 1500
• Make American Indian style aprons and breechclouts as you learn about the Powhatan people
• Color and label a pirate map of St. Augustine
• Make a paper model of the Mayflower
• Design and sew a Plymouth Rock quilt square
• Make hasty pudding and play pilgrim games as you learn about the first Thanksgiving
• Map the 13 Colonies
• Make a corn husk doll
• Create an accordion style timeline of the Salem Witch Trials
• Make a Beaver shape book about the colonial Beaver Wars
• Plus much more!

Layers of Learning History units include Library Lists of books on the topic, a family read-aloud suggestion, hands-on activities, printables and paper crafts, sidebars for extra learning, and tools to help you assess your student’s progress and mastery. Learn more about how Layers of Learning works.

See Inside

This is a view of a two page spread from Thirteen Colonies:

 

This unit, like all of Layers of Learning is pick-and-choose so the mentor can decide which books to read and which Explorations to choose from among many options.

Flexibility

This unit was written to be used for a month but contains plenty of content for many more weeks of learning if you choose. This is a pick-and-choose curriculum, meant to be cycled back to in the future when your child is older. As such, it intentionally includes far more material than you can possibly cover in a month.

Thirteen Colonies is also part of the overall American History course.

Printable Pack

This unit comes with a downloadable Printable Pack that includes all the student worksheets. The printables can be copied as many times as needed for your family or class.

 

You can download the Printable Pack from your receipt or from your account at Layers of Learning.

Extra Resources

This unit comes with extra weblinks and a YouTube video playlist on the American History Resources page.