Grade 5 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 8, Lesson 2

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
America Will Be

Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 8, Lesson 2: Life in New England (pp. 186-190)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Culture The Puritan family worked and lived closely together, and strong religious convictions guided their daily lives.

Create a concept chart with the headings School, Home, Jobs, and Children. Have students make entries on the chart based on what they already know about how the Puritans lived. Then assign small expert groups a page to read from pages 186-190. Have groups add to the chart as they gather information from their pages. Have volunteers summarize what life in New England was like.

Lesson Outline
Use the Lesson Outline to preview the content of the lesson. You may wish to print it for your students as a guide during reading.

Check for Understanding

Have students write a diary entry for a Puritan child that describes a typical day.
Ask students to draw a picture of a Puritan home and include the family members inside it doing different things they might do in a typical day (such as cooking, reading, and writing).

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