The concepts of democracy and freedom may be different or non-existent in the cultures of your students. This is an good occasion to develop an understanding of religious freedom and self-government with second language learners. Students do not have to know everything in the social studies curriculum on a particular topic. Try to pick high points which allow students to develop appreciation of values which characterize American culture. Highlight the importance of immigration in the history of the United States and to link this information to students' own experiences.
Graphic organizers are important to make information comprehensible to second language learners.
Standard 2, Goal 2. Vocabulary needed religious freedom, persecuted, Quaker, political freedom, fundamental, Frame of Government, Lenape Indians, settlement, colonists, climate, worship, carpenters, coopers, clock makers, weavers, planned, soil. Review what the colonists who settled Jamestown and Plymouth found. This discussion is limited, of course, by the students' language level. Students brainstorm the main characteristics of each of these colonies which are written on the chalkboard.