Reading guide: A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina
Reading guide designed to aid students' comprehension of a primary source document — a 17th-century pamphlet produced in London describing the economic opportunity and religious freedom available to settlers in Carolina.
A lesson plan for grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies
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These questions will help to guide students’ reading of “A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina” and encourage them to think critically about the text.
Worksheet — A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina
- Who is the intended audience for the pamphlet?
- What qualities were Englishmen looking for in a new land?
- Can you find in this pamphlet the idea of America as a land of opportunity? List the examples.
- What are the qualities that attracted people to Carolina in 1666 that still draw them here today?
- What methods did the Lords Proprietors use to attract people to Carolina? Do state and local governments still use any of these methods to attract people and businesses?
- What might people attracted to Carolina by this pamphlet have thought of the Fundamental Constitutions, with its call for landed nobility and serfs?
- How is this pamphlet like advertisements today? How is it different?
North Carolina curriculum alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 8
- Goal 1: The learner will analyze important geographic, political, economic, and social aspects of life in the region prior to the Revolutionary Period.
- Objective 1.01: Assess the impact of geography on the settlement and developing economy of the Carolina colony.
- Objective 1.05: Describe the factors that led to the founding and settlement of the American colonies including religious persecution, economic opportunity, adventure, and forced migration.
- Common Core State Standards
- English Language Arts (2010)
History/Social Studies
- Grades 6-8
- 6-8.LH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
- Grades 6-8
- English Language Arts (2010)
- North Carolina Essential Standards
- Social Studies (2010)
Grade 8
- 8.H.1 Apply historical thinking to understand the creation and development of North Carolina and the United States. 8.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues. 8.H.1.2 Summarize the literal meaning of...
- Social Studies (2010)
