Jamestown Settlement: Tobacco Economy and House of Burgesses

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Analyze early hardships, the growth of tobacco agriculture, and the 1619 creation of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

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Early Settlements and the Three Colonial Regions

4th Grade · Social-studies · US-WI-SS

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Explore early English settlements and compare the geography, economies, and self-governance of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial regions.

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SS.Inq1.b.eWisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th Grade

When provided with a question, determine what other questions are needed to support the research (i.e., “What more do we need to know?”).

SS.Inq2Wisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th Grade

Wisconsin students will gather and evaluate sources.