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Grade 5 1-3

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Oklahoma Academic Standard 1. The student will examine and compare the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements as the foundations of American culture and society.  

Objective 5.1.3 Explain the economic and political motivations of immigrants and indentured servants who came to Virginia.

In a Nutshell

This objective requires students to examine the motivations for voluntary immigration to the British colonies in Virginia. Students should understand that it was possible for immigrants, even indentured servants, to elevate their social class and improve their standard if living by taking such a risk. Many would become merchants, tradesmen, and landowners. These settlements also allowed for the British government to stake claim over territories desired by France and Spain, increasing the British empire's economic and political power globally.

Teacher Action 

Student Action 

  • Assist students to explain multiple causes that motivated immigrants and indentured servants who came to Virginia.

  • Assist students to explain how immigrants or indentured servants coming to Virginia could influence their political, social, and economic status by gathering and comparing information from primary and secondary sources.

  • Describe the differences and similarities between indentured servants and free immigrants by exploring essential questions such as “Why do people move?”

  • Identify positive and negative incentives that influence economic decisions such as the decision to place one’s self into indentured servitude. 

Key Concepts 

Misconceptions 

  • John Smith, John Rolfe

  • rumors of gold and quick wealth,  economic prosperity, lack of employment opportunities in England 

  • indenture system, servitude, voluntary migration, social class, gentlemen class, craftsmen, military soldiers

  • introduction of enslaved labor force

  • Some students may confuse the status and opportunities of indentured students versus African immigrants forcibly brought to North America.

  • Many students will have limited understanding of investment practices which sponsored early settlements of North America.  

Instructional Resources

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