Oklahoma Social Studies 8.C.1.1.B
The Standard
- 8.C.1
- Analyze the foundations of the United States of America by examining the causes, events, and ideologies which led to the American Revolution.
- 8.C.1.1
- Analyze the political and economic climate in the British colonies on the eve of the French and Indian War.
Explain how the British policy of mercantilism sought to increase England’s prosperity through restrictive trade practices, such as the Navigation Acts.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 8.C.1.1
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace where colonial goods could go and which ships could carry them. They explain how trade limits brought business and customs duties to England.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a proposed tobacco shipment, a student can check its ship and destination against the trade rules. They can explain how the rules helped English merchants and the government.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think the laws stopped all colonial trade. Others think they were only taxes and miss the rules about ships and destinations.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A Virginia farmer plans to send tobacco directly to France on a Dutch ship. What two changes would route it through England under the trade rules, and how would England benefit?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups paper tobacco and ships labeled English, colonial, and Dutch. Have them move a shipment from Virginia to England using an allowed ship.
Ask students to write: Who benefits when Virginia tobacco must pass through England, and who might lose a choice?
Give pairs four tobacco shipping routes to sort as allowed or blocked under a posted Navigation Act rule. Have them explain one choice.
Have students check two clothing labels, then discuss how a rule requiring imports through one port might affect prices and sellers.
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