Why Settle Here?

Details

Author
Karin Nelson
Topic/Subject Area
Land, Environment, Geography
Historical Era
Colonial settlement, 1620–1762
Grade Level
Elementary (K–5)
Creation Date
2016
Last Revision Date
2024

About This Lesson

Summary and Objective

Students will be able to identify that European colonists and Native tribes had different views about how to use the resources of New England. The way in which the landscape was changed by the colonists was different from those brought about by the different tribes living in New England.