Center for Technology and Teacher Education - Social Studies Module: Economic Perspectives in Colonial America

Economic Perspectives in Colonial America
Assessment

Students should access the Excel spreadsheet entitled Population Changes in North America broken down by race - 1610-1780. Have students graph (raw data or percent change) how the population grew according to race. Students should write a paragraph comparing and contrasting their conclusions about the black and white populations based on their chart. In the paragraph, students should also address the following question: based on what you know about American history, what economic consequences did these changes in population have in terms of race?

This module was created by Brooke Graham of the University of Virginia.