Jamestown: Britain's First Colony - British America

Lesson objective: For students to understand that Britain formed the first colony in what would become the USA, understand what life was like in the colony and reasons for colonisation.

It is useful as a stand-alone lesson on early America, or as part of a greater scheme of work on America, slavery, civil rights or the British Empire. The lesson was designed to act as a KS3 primer for the Edexcel GCSE Early Elizabethan England and British America, 1713 - 1783 modules.

The lesson gives an overview of the 13 colonies, includes problems solving and mystery around the Roanoke colony, deep thinking on Jamestown and includes a creative activity where students create their own American colony.

This is a fully resourced lesson including a PowerPoint and embedded videos.