Social Studies The World Made New

Unifying Themes: (based on the National Council for the Social Studies)

Geography, Humans and the Environment
Development, Movement, and Interaction of Cultures
Time, Continuity, and Change
Global Connections and Exchange
Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems

Essential Question:

Was European exploration and colonization positive or negative for human beings?
Resources

Standards

Social Studies Practices:
Gathering, Using and Interpreting Evidence
Develop questions to help identify evidence about topics related to historical events occurring the Western Hemisphere that can be answered by gathering, using, and interpreting evidence.
Identify evidence and explain content, authorship, purpose and format, identify bias, explain the role of bias and potential audience with teacher support.
Chronological Reasoning
Explain how events are related chronologically to one another in time.
Identify and classify the relationship between multiple causes and multiple effects.
Economics and Economic Systems
Show examples of various types of resources (human capital, physical capital, and natural resources) required to provide goods and services.
Comparison and Contextualization
Categorize divergent perspectives of an individual historical event.
Identify how the relationship among geography, economics, and history helps to define a context for events in the study of the Western Hemisphere.

Common Core Learning Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies

RH.5-8.1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH.5-8.2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
RH.5-8.3: Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes a law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).
RH.5-8.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
RH.5-8.7: Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
W.5.11: Create and present an original poem, narrative, play, art work, or literary critique in response to a particular author or theme studied in class
W.5.11a: Recognize and illustrate social, historical, and cultural features in the presentation of literary texts
SL.5.1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.