Social+Studies

Unit--Early Life, East and West Key Concepts: Documents:
 * Explain how and why early people migrated from Asia to the Americas
 * Know the key components of the Mound Builders, Anasazi, and Inuit civilizations
 * Know the key components of the Aztec, Incan, and Mayan Empires
 * Know the key components of the Eastern Woodland, Great Plains, Southwest Desert, and Northwest Coast Indians
 * Explain the causes and effects of Marco Polo's journey
 * Explain how trading led to an increase in exploration
 * Identify the effects of the Portuguese in early exploration

Test Review Helpful Websites: Kachina Dolls Helpful Videos: Mayan Empire media type="youtube" key="jP8XUVj04Kk" width="560" height="315" Inca Video media type="file" key="Inca_Empire.mp4" width="300" height="300" Aztec Ballgame (Tlachti) Video media type="custom" key="23846576" width="230" height="230" Marco Polo Video media type="custom" key="23746644" width="180" height="180" Eastern Woodland Indians media type="youtube" key="cggp5r1q7qI" width="560" height="315" Northwest Coast Indians media type="youtube" key="NYk5syyz0a4" width="560" height="315" Leif Erickson Video media type="youtube" key="61MBhvISXvw" width="420" height="315"

Unit 2--Connections Across Continents

Key Concepts: Documents:
 * Explain how the Columbian exchange affected life between the East and West
 * Explain how Spanish conquistadors established new colonies
 * Describe and investigate what happened to the English settlers at Roanoke
 * Explain how Jamestown survived and flourished
 * Identify the main explorers of the New World

Helpful Websites: media type="youtube" key="o99Y4Brq-GY" width="560" height="315" >
 * Mrs. Quirk's Explorer Page
 * Roanoke Theories
 * The Latest Information on Roanoke
 * [|Biography.com]
 * Roanoke Video
 * Aztec Video media type="custom" key="23740118" width="190" height="190"

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 * What happened to the Aztecs?
 * Voki Explorer Project (Christopher Columbus)

Moyer's Marvelous Voyages media type="custom" key="24379034" width="230" height="230" Unit 3--Colonial Life in North America Key Concepts:
 * Explain the main differences and similarities between the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 * People in the 13 colonies produced a wide variety of goods and developed thriving trade routes
 * The 13 colonies had big cities, small towns, and farms of all sizes
 * Going to school, attending religious services, and reading for news and entertainment were important parts of everyday life in the colonies
 * Slavery expanded rapidly in the English colonies during the 1700's, especially in the Southern Colonies
 * During the 1500's and 1600's, New Spain expanded by establishing colonies in Florida and New Mexico
 * French exploration of the Mississippi River led to new French colonies in North America
 * In the French and Indian War, the British, French, and Native Americans fought for control of a large part of North America
 * The French and Indian War ended with the Proclamation of 1763, the first cause of the American Revolution

Documents: Helpful Websites:
 * Kahoot Review Game

Colonies Information for Brochures
 * Spreadsheet for main information--Thirteen Colonies Facts
 * PBS Colonial Times
 * SS for Kids Colonial States
 * Williamsburg Information and Games

Unit 4--The American Revolution Key Concepts: Documents: Helpful Websites: Boston Massacre Facts Paul Revere Fact vs. Fiction media type="youtube" key="QeQGWTBl2x8" width="560" height="315" Francis Marion "The Swamp Fox" Voki Example media type="custom" key="23798044" width="110" height="110" align="center"
 * British Taxes led to greater cooperation among colonies
 * Events in Boston brought Britain and the colonies closer to war
 * The American Revolution began with the battles at Lexington and Concord
 * The American Colonies declared independence from Britain in July 1776 with the Declaration of Independence
 * The contributions of a wide variety of people helped the Continental Army win important battles
 * With help from France and Spain, the Continental Army won the American Revolution by defeating Cornwallis at Yorktown
 * Causes of the Revolution
 * Proclamation of 1763
 * Stamp Act
 * No Taxation Without Representation
 * Townshend Acts
 * Intolerable Acts
 * Boston Massacre
 * Boston Tea Party
 * Thomas Paine's //Common Sense//
 * Declaration of Independence

Schoolhouse Rock--Causes of the Revolution media type="custom" key="24904626" width="200" height="200"

Schoolhouse Rock--Shot Heard Round' the World

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The American Revolution "In a Nutshell" media type="youtube" key="NNt1l2IgLmc" width="560" height="315" Unit 5--Life in a New Nation Key Concepts:
 * The new nation struggled to govern itself under the Articles of Confederation
 * At the Constitutional Convention, a group of leaders wrote the Constitution, a new plan for a stronger national government
 * After a long debate, the states ratified the United States Constitution
 * George Washington became the nation's first President and organized the new government
 * The new nation doubled its size and expanded settlement westward
 * The United States fought Britain in the War of 1812 to gain freedom of the seas and to end British interference with the westward expansion of the United States

Documents: Helpful Websites: