Who gets to define what an “American” is — and whose stories get told?
- What makes up a person’s — or a nation’s — identity, and who gets to decide?
- How did geography shape three very different ways of life in the colonial regions?
- What did contact mean for the peoples on each side of the Atlantic?
- The Triangle Trade built enormous wealth — who paid for it?
Signature project: “Whose America?” identity map — students map their own story, then widen the lens to the colonial regions and the perspectives of Indigenous and enslaved people.
Readings
Middle School