Florida SS.5.A.4.3

Social Studies5th GradeColonization of North America

The Standard

Identify significant individuals responsible for the development of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students match key colonial leaders to a colony and colonial region. They explain how each person influenced settlement, government, religion, or economic growth.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students can connect Roger Williams with Rhode Island, William Penn with Pennsylvania, and James Oglethorpe with Georgia. They support each match with a specific contribution.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse explorers with colonial founders or place a leader in the wrong region. They may also assume each colony had only one influential person.
How to Assess It: Give students three names: Roger Williams, William Penn, and James Oglethorpe. Ask them to write each person’s colony, region, and one contribution.

Lesson moves

Give groups a blank colonial map and leader cards to place by colony, region, and contribution.
Ask students to write which leader most changed colonial life and support the choice with two facts.
Play a clue game where teams identify a leader after hearing facts about beliefs, colony, and region.
Have students research a modern place named for Penn, Baltimore, or Oglethorpe and explain the colonial connection.

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