2015+Unit+2+Social+Studies+U.S.+History

= Unit 2: U.S. History - The Age of Exploration in America = //What relevant goals (e.g. content standards, course or program objectives, learning outcomes) will this design address?// ===**[|California History-Social Studies Standards]**=== 1. Describe the entrepreneurial characteristics of early explorers (e.g., Christopher Columbus, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado) and the technological developments that made sea exploration by latitude and longitude possible (e.g., compass, sextant, astrolabe, seaworthy ships, chronometers, gunpowder). 2. Explain the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments of the explorers, sponsors, and leaders of key European expeditions and the reasons Europeans chose to explore and colonize the world (e.g., the Spanish Reconquista, the Protestant Reformation, the Counter Reformation). 3. Trace the routes of the major land explorers of the United States, the distances traveled by explorers, and the Atlantic trade routes that linked Africa, the West Indies, the British colonies, and Europe. 4. Locate on maps of North and South America land claimed by Spain, France, England, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia. 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text 5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. 5.3 Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. 5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area. 5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts. 5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
 * ==Stage 1 - Desired Results== ||
 * ===Establish Goals:===
 * 5.2 Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas**.
 * [|CCSS ELA Standards for California]**
 * Reading Information**

Writing
5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly 5.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. || //Students will understand that. . .// • There were economic and other pressures that led to European exploration and the resolution of conflicts that freed up resources to do so • Europe wanted goods from Asia and did not want to pay Ottoman Turks to get them • European nations consolidated into nations and finished conquering and expelling the Moors in Spain. This gave them the resources to invest in exploration. • Europeans came to America because they wanted to travel or were just exploring || ===Essential Questions:=== //Provocative Questions// //Background knowledge// • Reading maps, reading time lines || • How to answer a short response question using information from lessons and other materials, including vocabulary, etc. • How to write a summary of videos or supplemental texts • Answering weekly short response assessment • Writing notes for text lessons • Writing video or book reports || ====//Students will be able to know. . .//==== • Weekly Assessments • Choice of assessment - Students will be able to choose a format (comic/graphic, infographic, play, podcast, etc.) to convey an idea from the unit || ===Other Evidence:=== • Unit packet with notes and other work related to the topic • Question and concept board, bi-weekly class discussions, survey at unit end (Google Docs). || rss url="https://www.diigo.com/rss/user/mizmercer/ageofexploration?key=c271c4f68155bff6ccab0c6e1d13d7b3" link="true" number="20" ||
 * ===Understandings:===
 * Idea**
 * Misunderstandings**
 * •** What events in Eurasia led Europeans to go explore and locate America?
 * •** What kept them here? ||
 * ^  || ===Essential Background:===
 * ====//Students will know . . .//====
 * Skills and knowledge**
 * •** Read maps to show about how the Europeans came to and spread through the Americas
 * •** Read timelines to understand the different period cultures flourished ||
 * ===Performance Tasks:===
 * Authentic task**
 * Reflection**
 * ==Stage 3 - Learning Plan== ||
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Learning Activities:
What learning experiences and instruction will enable students to achieve the desired results?

10/5 || Unit 2 Chapter 3 The Growth of Trade Lesson 1 Europe Faces Change p128-133 Think/Ideas: What changes happened in Europe in the 1400s and 1500s? || Review __Mankind, The Story of All of Us__ episode 5 and 6 to show the push to explore || Re-introduce video reports and have them fill them out Introduction to Macbooks: Using them to do activities || 10/12 || Unit 2 Chapter 3 The Growth of Trade Lesson 2 Trade in Asia and Africa p136-138 Think/Ideas: What kinds of goods were traded from Asia and Africa in the 1400s? Lesson 3 Europeans Seek New Trade Routes p142-145 Think/Ideas: How did Portugal become a European leader in exploration in the 1400s? ||  || Re-introduce unit activity sheets || 10/19 || Unit 2 Chapter 4 Two Worlds Meet Lesson 1 Spaniards Reach the Americas p150-155 Think/Ideas: What happened when Europeans and Native Americans met for the first time? Lesson 2 Spanish Exploration and Conquest p156-161 Think/Ideas: How did the arrival of Spanish explorers change life in the Americas? || Readers' Theater "The Spanish Reach Mexico" p162-165 || Introduce the class wiki and doing the weekly assessment online || 10/26 || Unit 2 Chapter 4 Two Worlds Meet Lesson 3 Spain's Overseas Empire p166-171 Think/Ideas: What was life like in New Spain? Lesson 4 The Spanish Frontier p174-179 Think/Ideas: How did exploration help to expand Spain's empire? || __Mankind, The Story of All of Us__ Episode 8 //Treasure// ||  || 11/2 || Unit 2 Chapter 5 Europeans in North America Lesson 1 Searching for the Northwest Passage p186-190 Think/Ideas: Why did Europeans want to find a shorter water route to Asia? Lesson 2 The First French Colonies p192-197 Think/Ideas: What did French explorers find in North America? ||  ||   || 11/9 Veterans Day Holiday || Unit 2 Chapter 5 Europeans in North America Lesson 3 The First English Colonies p198-203 Think/Ideas: How were the first English colonies founded in North America? ||  ||   ||
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