Colonial America Enrichment Unit Study (Teacher’s Guide)

35 Lessons | 7 Weeks | Grades K–6

Step into the world of Colonial America with this engaging seven-week Charlotte Mason-inspired unit study. Designed for homeschool co-ops, microschools, classrooms, and families, this comprehensive Teacher’s Guide includes 35 complete lessons that explore why people left Europe, how the American colonies were founded, what daily life was like, and how the ideas of liberty and self-government eventually gave birth to a new nation.

Students will journey from the religious conflicts and economic hardships of Europe to the settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth, discover how the thirteen colonies developed, experience everyday colonial life, and examine the principles of representative government that helped shape the United States. Along the way, they’ll meet explorers, settlers, Native Americans, political leaders, and ordinary families whose choices changed history. Each week includes materials for 5 “in class” lessons.

What You’ll Study

Week 1 — Why People Immigrated to Colonial America

Discover the religious conflicts, poverty, political upheaval, and search for opportunity that convinced thousands of families to risk everything by crossing the Atlantic.

Week 2 — Jamestown: Survival, Leadership & Colonial Growth

Learn how England’s first permanent colony struggled to survive while exploring John Smith, Pocahontas, the Powhatan people, tobacco, and the challenges of early settlement.

Week 3 — Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims’ Journey

Follow the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower as they established Plymouth Colony, built relationships with the Wampanoag, and celebrated the first Thanksgiving.

Week 4 — Daily Life in Colonial America

Explore colonial homes, family life, education, farming, apprenticeships, trades, clothing, food, and the everyday work required to build thriving communities.

Week 5 — The Thirteen Colonies

Travel through each of the thirteen colonies while discovering how geography, climate, religion, and economics created three distinct colonial regions.

Week 6 — Democracy, Freedom & Self-Government

Learn how representative government developed in Colonial America through the Mayflower Compact, the House of Burgesses, town meetings, colonial assemblies, and the growing belief that people should have a voice in their own government.

Week 7 — From Conflict to Revolution

Examine the growing tensions between Great Britain and the colonies while exploring taxation, protest, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord, and the Declaration of Independence.

Teacher’s Guide Includes

• 35 complete daily lessons
• Teacher lesson plans
• Vocabulary cards
• Reproducible classroom copywork pages
• Book and resource guide
• Timeline
• Full-color photographs and illustrations throughout
• Narration and discussion opportunities

Teacher License

Your purchase includes a single-teacher license.

You may:

• Teach the curriculum to your own class or homeschool group.
• Print or maintain one personal working copy.
• Display pages digitally during instruction.
• Copy only pages specifically marked “Reproducible” for classroom use.

This license is for one teacher only. Additional teachers should purchase their own licensed copy. Student editions are available upon request. Please contact customers@pallascenter.com for information about student books, bulk purchases, or additional licenses. This follows the licensing terms included with the curriculum.

Whether you’re teaching in a homeschool co-op, microschool, private school, or at home, this open-and-go Teacher’s Guide provides everything you need for 35 engaging, discussion-rich lessons that help students understand not only how Colonial America was settled, but how the people, ideas, challenges, and decisions of the colonial period laid the foundation for the United States and continue to shape American history today.