Curriculum Map

Teacher: BlantonDepartment: 5th gradeCourse: Social Studies

Month/ Year / Essential Question(s) / Content /

Skills

/ Activities & Assessments / Standards / Resources
2013
AUG
SEPT.
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SEPT.
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SEPT. / How does using maps impact our understanding of the world?
How did the physical environment affect humans and how did humans acclimate to their environment?
Why leave home? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? Why were the Europeans interested in exploration? How did European exploration effect
other civilizations?
What was the impact of the encounter between Native Americans and Europeans?
What were the reasons people came to America and describe the early European settlements
What were the important aspects of the colonization of Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth?
What did John Smith and John Rolfe contribute to Jamestown?
Where were the 13 colonies located and what were their names?
What effect did geography have on the development and character of the three separate colonial regions?
What natural resources were available to colonists? / Geography
Geography
Life in the Western Hemisphere
History
Geography,
Early exploration of America
History
Geography,
Early exploration of America
History
Geography,
Early exploration of America
Early exploration of America
History / Coordinate points on a map.
Identify location by latitude and longitude. Draw conclusionsfrom a map using symbols and a Map key. Determine direction.
Locate, gather, and apply
Interpret Timelines of events
Historical analysis and evaluation
Identify the impact of the encounter between the Native Americans and Europeans
Make observations and connections, interpret, raise questions, Geography skills
Compare and contrast the first colonial governments. (Mayflower Compact and House of Burgesses)
Discover and record the cultural, political, economic, and historical attributes of these colonies.
Identify the role of the leaders, and their accomplishments.
Identify the 13 colonies on a map and the three colonial regions
Describe and explain the growth and development of the early American
Identify the resources of a region that determined the types of food, clothing, shelter and tools the colonists had. / Drawing maps, Foldables
Interactive notebooks
Teacher created quizzes and handouts. Lexicons
Interactive notebooks
Group work, Foldables,
Interactive notebooks,
Teacher created quizzes and handouts.
Writing prompts
Construct Timelines
Venn Diagrams, foldables,
Workbook, Interactive notebooks, writing prompts, class discussions
Teacher created quizzes and handouts.
Construct Travel Brochures
Make a facebook for each of them in Interactive notebook, or Sensory Figure.
Create an accurate map of the 13 colonies and their three colonial regions.
Construct Timelines
Read textbook, make foldables, teacher observation, discussion,
Interactive notebooks / 7.1- Review and strengthen geographic skills
3.1- Examine the growth and development of Colonial America
2.1-Describe the early exploration of America.
2.2-The student will describe the early exploration of America
7.2-Review and strengthen geographic skills
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.3 Relate the contribution of important individuals and groups.
7: / Hand-outs
Smartboard
Textbook
Websites
Historical Fiction picture books, Hand-outs, websites
Picture books, Hand-outs, text, websites
Picture books, Hand-outs, text, websites
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Textbook, Internet, Library
SEPT. –OCT.
OCT. 10-END OF 1ST NINE WEEKS / What were the similarities and differences in the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies? / . / Locate, gather and analyze. Apply information from primary and secondary sources. Research information on the three colonial regions. / Create a postcard to a family member describing the important aspects of your region and your daily life. Whole group discussion. Group activities, Teacher observation / 3.1-