Amari Moves Out is an introduction story to exploration, colonization, and the dissatisfaction that led to the Revolutionary War. It is intended for an audience of elementary to middle school age U.S. History students. It covers a few Va SOLs, including USI.4a, USI.5b, USI.5d, and USI.6a. Check them out at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/frameworks/history_socialscience_framewks/2008/2008_final/framewks_ushist1865.pdf The performance outcomes of this presentation include interpreting verbal information and identifying basic concepts.

1. Amari Moves
Out
By Josh McPherson

2. Meet Amari
Hi
friend!

3. Today is the big day
I’m going to
find a place of
my own and
make some
money!
This will be
interesting
…

4. Amari finds a place to live…

5. Amari learns how to make money…

6. Amari gets some visitors…
We have a
message
from your
parents.

7. Amari follows the rules…
I’m doing
just fine!

8. Amari starts to wonder why…
5 years later…
What the
heck!

9. What will Amari do?

10. Let’s Review
• Why did Amari move out?
• Describe his journey to his new house.
• How did he earn money?
• What did his parents’ friends tell him?

11. Let’s Review
• Why did Amari move out?
He wanted to make money.
• Describe his journey to his new house.
Amari didn’t pack enough supplies, so he almost
starved. He also got really sick and got lost in the
forest.
• How did he earn money?
Fishing, farming, making things from wood, trading.
• What did his parents’ friends tell him?
Amari still had to follow their rules and send them
money.

12. Amari was a representation
Hi
friend!
Hey
there, bu
ddy!

13. English explorers had many motives
England
Explorer

14. Explorer Problems

15. Colonial Economies
New England
Mid Atlantic
Southern
Colonist: A person who lives in an area that is governed by another country

16. Colonists follow English law and pay
taxes …
We have a
message
from the
king.
Governors

17. What do you think the colonists will
do?

18. Quiz
1. Name the motives for English exploration.
2. What were some of the problems explorers
faced?
3. What were the key economies in New
England, the Mid Atlantic, and the South?
4. What was a main factor leading to ideas of
revolution?

19. Performance Outcomes
(SOLs)
• Describe the motivations and obstacles of English
Explorers
• Describe the dependence on resources and
specialization for the different regions of the
colonies
• Identify the political and economic relationship
between Great Britain and the colonies
• Identify the issues of dissatisfaction that led to
the American Revolution