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Teaching the Thirteen Colonies - The Stamp Act and More

Do you ever find yourself taking on the role of story teller? Certainly stories are great teaching tools, but they may not be enough.

I always struggle with the power of teaching with stories. Though research says that stories alone are not going to prompt students to think in critical ways, my favorite high school teacher told stories all year long.   I definitely learned to think critically. But, perhaps this tangent is for a different article.

If you choose to teach beyond stories there are so many effective ways to do so while considering the original thirteen colonies and the Stamp Act. Here's an example. The stamp act is typically seen as an oppressive British action against the colonists, but was it really? Before the British began to enforce the stamp act, they had spent a great deal of money fighting the French and Indian War. In part, they fought this war to protect the colonists. Weren't the British entitled to earn back some of these funds, from the colonists? Consider holding a debate in your class to discuss this question. Of course, you should also prepare students by discussing colonial grievances.

Another way to teach the thirteen colonies is by asking students to take on the role of an individual who lived during the colonial era. So, for example, I recently developed a unit in which the students play the advisor to a British family that has three sons. Each son has slightly different occupational goals and personal interests. The advisor, that is the student, must help the sons determine the most appropriate colonial region to which they should move. Students use a set of prompts on Google Earth that I have developed to prepare their presentations.

Story telling is great. But, not every student will learn from it in the same way that I learned from my high school teacher. The most effective teachers will engage a multitude of different strategies to reach different students.

Andrew Pass has developed a student centered curriculum unit entitled, "Colonial Economic Regions," which sits atop Google Earth. You can find it here: http://www.pass-ed.com/ColonialEconomicRegions.html

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