Social+Studies

UNIT 1 - Introduction to Reading a Non-Fiction Text
Objectives:
 * Read the Social Studies textbook
 * Create a personal timeline
 * Interview a senior citizen
 * Compare and contrast student lives with lives of senior citizens

Core Competencies:
 * Communication (oral and written)
 * Information Technology
 * Critical Thinking

Time Rime Time Toast

Unit 2 - Exploration of the New World
Chapter 6, Lesson 1 Chapter 7, Lessons 1-4

Learning Targets:
 * The students will identify the explorers of the North Atlantic coast, their purposes and their impact for exploration.
 * The students will explain why and how the first Americans may have arrived in teh western hemisphere.
 * The students will identify the important features and characteristics of early North American civilizations.
 * The students will describe the rivalry between Spain and England in North America.
 * The students will investigage the establishment of the colonies along the northeastern coast.
 * The students will analyze the roles played by important people of the Jamestown Colony and the Powhatan.
 * The students will explain who the Pilgrims were and how they survived their first winter in Plymouth Colony.
 * The students will explore the reasons why the Pilgrims left England.
 * The students will explain why and how the first Americans may have arrived in the western hemisphere.

Core Competencies:
 * Critical thinking and doing
 * Creativity
 * Communication

THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE Watch a brief video about the lost colony of Roanoke. Read more about the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Watch this brief video from the History Channel about John White's expedition and the Lost Colony Read about popular theories about what happened to the colonists Read National Geographic's account of a new dig to find proof of the Lost Colonists (scroll down to find "Recent Clues") Looking for more information, check out this site for kids

JAMESTOWN On the Trail of Captain John Smith Try your hand at Settling Jamestown

Jamestown Videos and Podcasts

**Unit 3 - Early 13 Colonies**
Chapter 8, Lessons 1-3

LEARNING TARGETS:
The students will understand that: The students will compare the geographic features of the New Englad, Middle and Southern colonies. The students will explore how different crops need different kinds of soil and growing seasons. The students will describe the Puritans' plan for Massachusetts Bay Colony. The students will analyze how relighous conflict caused the Puritans to branch off into new colonies. The students will compare the Middle Colonies with the New England Colonies in terms of diversity and religious tolerance. The students will analyze William Penn's influence on the Middle Colonies. The students will explain the reasons for establishment of the Southern Colonies. The students will compare and contrast the cultures, skills, trades and diversity of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies.
 * the Colonies were settled by people from different parts of Europe who brought twith them a great variety of cultures, skills, and trades.
 * the Colonies offered relighious refuge and a place for debtors to start over.
 * the role of religion was important to esrly settlements.
 * as the colonies grew and became established, more and more Europeans came to make a better life.

Core Competencies:
 * Critical Thinking
 * Creativity
 * Computing
 * Communication

Early 13 Colonies Webquest Click here! Hotlist of 13 Colony Websites - please note, some sites on the list do not work! Links for 13 Colony information (some links do not work) Life in the 13 Colonies Compared to Today Congress for Kids - The Original Thirteen Colonies Yahoo Kids! Directory - Colonial Life Cyber Sleuth Kids - The Thirteen Colonies Thirteen Colonies - Founding History Thirteen Colonies - Informational Power Points Early America 13 Originals - Founding the American Colonies

//**Games and Activites about the 13 Colonies**// Mr. Nussbaum's 13 Colonies 13 Colonies Games and Activities 13 Colonies Trivia (scroll down to find the questions)

Rubric for Mrs. Setter's Class Wiki Project

Group Evaluation

Colonial Advertisement Directions

Chapter 8 Study Guide

UNIT 4 - Life in the Colonies
Chapter 9 The student will understand that: The students will analyze why Europeans came to the English colonies. The students will distinguish between indentured servants and enslaved captives. The students will discuss the triangular trade in the 1700s. The students will anaylze the English control of colonial trade. The students will explain the growth of the colonial economy in each region. The students will evaulate the achievements of Benjamin Franklin. The students will describe the growth of Philadelphia. The students will analyze the reasons that settlers began to move into the backcountry.
 * Learning Targets:**
 * many peoples played an important role in the development of hte English colonies.
 * the economy in each of the colonies' three regions was different

Critical Thinking Creativity Communication Computing
 * Core Competencies:**


 * //Colonial Trades Wax Museum Instructions//**

Colonial Williamsburg Trades Passport to Colonial Times - Trades and Occupations Colonial Life (scroll down to Colonial Trades) Site for tools and dress of Colonial Trades Colonial Trades Colonial America - Colonial Trades

Don't forget to use: World Book Kids (username: pewaukee, password: pirates1) Destiny Web Path Express Fact Monster Encyclopedia Britannica Searchasaurus

UNIT 5 - The Struggle for North America
Chapter 10


 * LEARNING TARGETS:**

The students will understand that:
 * the French settlements in New France surrounded English lands in North America
 * the fur trade became a source of wealth for the French
 * the French developed good relations with their Native American trading partners
 * the Proclomation of 1763 gave the colonists all land east of the Appalachians
 * land west of the mounts was set aside for the Native Americans for hunting grounds
 * the colonists were beginning to dislike British rule

Core Competencies:
 * Critical Thinking
 * Communication
 * Computing
 * Creativity

Extra Credit (10 points/per square - maximum 40 points)
 * Chapter 11 and 12 - Colonies Rebel/American Revolution**