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Why did they go to America?
L/O – To understand that there are a number of different causes for the same event
Starter – Brainstorm all the reasons why people go to America todaySlide2Slide3Slide4Slide5
Why did they go to America?
Thousands of people emigrated from Britain to America in the 1600s. Nowadays that journey only takes a few hours by plane – but it wasn’t so easy then. It took many weeks by ship
and it was very dangerous. On one trip,
100 out of 450 people died of disease. One way or another, the travellers knew they had probably said goodbye to family and friends
for ever…
What do you think it was like to cross the Atlantic 400 years ago
?Slide6
Why is ‘Why?’ important in History?
Can you think of a time when you had more than one reason for doing something?Have you ever done something without being quite
sure why?Is it important to know why things happen? Why?
Part of history is being able to work out
the reasons or causes
of
why things happened. There is never just one reason for why events
happen.
In history, to answer ‘why?’ questions you need to try and discover
all
the reasons and causes for why events happen. Just like in Buckaroo, it is never just one thing that makes the horse go crazy!Slide7
Why did they go to America?
Look at the following illustrations and work out why people decided to risk such dangers to go to America. For each picture summarise the reason in a full sentence.
I dare not stay in England now that there is a king again
England should be ruled by a king. I am not staying to be ruled by Parliament
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1649-1660Slide8
Why did they go to America?
Look at the following illustrations and work out
why people decided to risk such dangers to go to America. For each picture summarise the reason in a full sentence.
Goodbye England. I would rather have been whipped than sent to America!
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1741Slide9
Why did they go to America?
Look at the following illustrations and work out
why people decided to risk such dangers to go to America. For each picture summarise the reason in a full sentence.31760s
We don’t know what America is like but it cannot be worse than starving at homeSlide10
Why did they go to America?
Look at the following illustrations and work out
why
people decided to risk such dangers to go to America.
For each picture summarise the reason in a full sentence.
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1762
Captured, sold, then sold again! One day I will be free to choose where I liveSlide11
Why did they go to America?
Look at the following illustrations and work out
why
people decided to risk such dangers to go to America.
For each picture summarise the reason in a full sentence.
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1606
America! Is there anything more exciting than exploring a new country? I wonder what other adventures I’ll have?Slide12
Why did they go to America?
Look at the following illustrations and work out
why people decided to risk such dangers to go to America. For each picture summarise the reason in a full sentence.61630-1641
God is helping us to escape the King’s religious laws. Soon we shall be able to pray as God wants us to
THINK!
Which
helped you
the most in this task?
The Pictures?
The Descriptions?
The Word Bubbles?
Why?
Captured, sold, then sold again! One day I will be free to choose where I liveSlide13
Here is the list of REASONS why people crossed the Atlantic:
Why did they go to America?
Religion: to worship how they wantedPolitics: because they were against the way the country was governedA better life: to escape povertyAdventure: to explore exciting places and perhaps make a fortune
1649-1660
William Goffe & John Washington
1762
Olaudah Equiano
1760s
James
MacMichael
1741
Elizabeth
Hardy
1630-1641
Anne
Bradstreet
& John
Winthrop
1606
Captain
John
Smith
Try and match the reasons to the people!
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1630-1641
God is helping us to escape the King’s religious laws. Soon we shall be able to pray as God wants us to
Did everyone have the same reasons for going to America?
Just as in this classroom, people have different ideas and reasons for doing things. In fact, even a
single
person or group might
combine
more than one reason.
We must help the Indians to become Christians
We will live a simple religious life in America. This will be a good example for other English people to copy
I want to get away from the King’s religion. It is wrong
Life is so difficult because the harvests are so poor. We have to work so hard just to have enough to eat. Life will surely be a little easier in America
What can you learn from this picture about
explaining
reasons in History? What should we
remember
to do?Slide15
Remember!
This lesson your started with a question – why did people leave Britain to go to America? And you should have found that there wasn’t just one reason, or
cause, there were lots! So…when you have a ‘Why?’ question don’t just look for one reason, or one result. There’s usually more than one.Slide16
Plenary
Why did people go to America?
Do people in the same group all have the same reasons for doing something?What do you need to explain when you see a ‘Why?’ question in History?Did we meet our learning objective?
L/O – To
understand that there are a number of different causes for the same eventSlide17
What happened after they went to America?
In History we don’t just look at the causes of an event or the motives of people. We also look at the
consequences of what happened.Which of these do you think were consequences of people migrating to America?Can you find any links between them? Can you think of any other consequences
of Europeans migrating to America?Which of these consequences do you think was the most important?
More and more people migrated to America from Europe
The first settlers suffered lots of hardships and hunger but often they were helped by the Native Americans
By the late 1800s the Native Americans had lost nearly all their land and were forced to live on reservations
The settlers gradually grew richer so they took over more land and began to build towns
The Native Americans moved or were pushed further west, losing their land
Wars flared up between the new arrivals from Europe & the Native Americans
The new arrivals from Europe brought new illnesses to America, which spread quickly among the native Americans. Many died because they were not immune to these illnesses