FOURTH GRADE LITERARY ESSAY WRITING UNIT



5th Grade Social Studies

Unit 3: Explorers of the New York region | |

|SHORT TERM GOALS |LONG-TERM GOALS |

|The Vikings built settlements in Vinland. |Outline the achievements of the European explorers of North and South America. |

|In 1492, Spanish ships led by Christopher Columbus were the first to reach our shores |Explain why European explorers came to North America. |

|Western explorers used various ways to find direction to reach the Americas (Marco Polo, Magellan, |Explain European exploration affected Native Americans. |

|Giovanni da Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain) |Understand how the slave trade impacted the colonies |

|Netherlands, England, France and Spain established colonies for religious, political and economic reasons.| |

|DRIVING QUESTION W/REAL-WORLD RELEVANCE: |WEEKLY BENCHMARKS |

|What are the contributions of the European culture to the American heritage? |Understand the ways by which early explorers have influenced our lives. |

|What is the significance of the European Explorers contributions to American History? |Understand how slavery is responsible for New York becoming a prospering state. |

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|LANGUAGE: VOCABULARY and STRUCTURES |REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES |

|Colonization, slavery, explorers, navigation, expedition, exploitation, indentured servants, vikings |Museum of the City of New York |

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|CULMINATING PROJECTS AND PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF LEARNING |INFORMAL ASSESSMENTS: |

|Bulletin board: research report, map of explorations |Oral quizzes, class discussions, |

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|RESOURCES: |

|Internet websites: national geographic for kids, |

|Transparencies |

|Trade books, anthology: The United States and its Neighbors |

|Primary documents and DBQs |

|5th Grade Social Studies |

|Unit 3: Explorers of the New York Region |

|Date | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |

|WEEK 1: |T.P. The Vikings used their boats to |T.P. In 1492, Columbus (Conquistador)|T.P. Dutch, Italian, French and English|T. P. The Atlantic Slave trade | |

| |fish, trade and explore the Northern |sailed the Ocean blue |Explorers followed Columbus across the |allowed Europeans to prosper in the | |

| |Atlantic | |Atlantic. |colonies and exploit African slaves. | |

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