Alabama Social Studies SS24.6.5b
The Standard
- SS24.6.5
- Explain how the desire for religious freedom served as a motivation for establishing colonies.
Describe the contributions of colonists in bringing about religious change in colonial society.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students name colonists who challenged or changed religious rules. They explain what each person did and how it affected worship or religious choice in a colony.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how Roger Williams supported religious freedom in Rhode Island and how William Penn welcomed different religious groups in Pennsylvania. They can name the change each action brought without claiming every colony offered the same freedom.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think all colonies had the same religious rules. They may also think religious freedom meant everyone could worship freely everywhere, or that a colonist's beliefs alone changed society without any action.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Choose Roger Williams or William Penn. Name one action he took and explain one change it brought to religious life in a colony.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards naming Williams, Penn, their actions, and the effects; have them match each person to an action and effect.
Ask students to write: How did religious choices differ for a newcomer to Puritan Massachusetts and a newcomer to Pennsylvania?
Play a three-card match game with a colonist, a colony, and a change in religious practice.
Compare a school policy allowing religious head coverings with Roger Williams's support for religious choice in Rhode Island.
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Related Standards
- SS24.6.5c
Explain the influence of the Great Awakening on colonial society, including how it shaped the political beliefs of colonists.
- SS24.6.5
Explain how the desire for religious freedom served as a motivation for establishing colonies.
- SS24.4.4a
Describe the contributions of key individuals who established and developed early American colonies.
- SS24.6.4c
Identify individuals in colonial America who sought change for their communities, and describe how their efforts led to shifts in society.
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