Regions of British Colonies: SAQ

ESSENTIAL QUESTION (Aim):

How can I structure a Short Answer Question (SAQ) response to make a clear claim, support it with evidence, and explain my reasoning?

Domain Vocabulary:

SAQ (Short Answer Question), Claim, Evidence, Explanation, Dissent, Puritan, Theocracy, Chesapeake, New England

Content Objectives

I can identify the components of a model SAQ response (Claim, Evidence, Explanation) by deconstructing a sample answer and sorting sentences into a graphic organizer.

Writing/Speaking Objective

Speaking: I can justify my placement of a sample sentence into a C-E-E graphic organizer by explaining its function to a partner.

Listening: I can evaluate a partner's reasoning for their choices by listening to their justification and offering feedback.

Literacy Objective

Reading: I can analyze historical sentences to determine if they function as a claim, evidence, or an explanation.

Writing: I can construct a three-part SAQ response that compares and contrasts the British colonial regions using the Claim-Evidence-Explain (C-E-E) structure.

2.3 The Regions of British Colonies: SAQ Scaffolding

For this first part of this activity, I have written and addressed all parts of an SAQ for you. You need to decide which parts of my writing addresses which portion of the prompts.

Begin by reading this prompt:

(a) Explain one specific cause of the dissent in Puritan society.

(b) Explain another specific cause of the dissent in Puritan society.

(c) Explain one specific result of the dissent in Puritan society.

Now, match my written responses from down below into the appropriate places on the next page’s graphic organizer. Consider which part of the prompt these responses address. Beware of some distractors!!

Refer to the example on the graphic organizer.

• The Puritans’ disapproval of women in authority caused dissent in its society.

• Several dissenters left the Puritan society and created more religiously tolerant societies.

• One Puritan, Roger Williams advocated for the separation of religion and state and went on to found the colony of Rhode

• Island, which allowed colonists to practice any religion they liked and still allow them to vote.

• The Puritans’ developed a theocracy which caused some to question the separation of religion and state.

• The Puritans intended to prove that they were predestined to heaven and deserving of salvation. Everything they did revolved around God; therefore, they didn’t believe that religion and state needed to be separated.

• One Puritan, Roger Williams, was banished from Puritan society after he advocated for the separation of religion and state.

• The Puritans’ desire to be the ideal Christian society forced them to strictly adhere to the Bible and the Church’s rejection of

  women leaders.

• The value of separation of religion and state inspired other colonies to pursue religiously tolerant policies in order to encourage colonists to settle in specific colonies.

• Some followers, like Anne Hutchinson, questioned why the Puritans did not allow women to openly speak in the Church or hold positions of power.

• The Puritans required Church membership for voting and most of the Church leaders also served as leaders of the community. This forced members to have active roles in the Church in order to have political voices.