Reading guide: A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina
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.
A lesson plan for grade 8 Social Studies
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- Primary source: A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina A pamphlet produced in 1660s London at the request of the Lords Proprietors described the economic opportunity and religious freedom available to settlers in Carolina. Includes historical commentary.
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- A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina: A pamphlet produced in 1660s London at the request of the Lords Proprietors described the economic opportunity and religious freedom available to settlers in Carolina. Includes historical commentary.
- Teaching suggestions: A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina: These teaching suggestions will help you discuss "A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina" with your class and will provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of the reading. The questions and activities will encourage students to think critically about the text and to develop historical empathy.
- John Lawson's assessment of the Tuscarora: Excerpt from John Lawson's 1709 A New Voyage to Carolina discussing the sources of conflict between the Tuscarora and English settlers in North Carolina and Lawson's hopes for integrating the Tuscarora into colonial society. Includes historical commentary.
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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.
