Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
UNIT PLAN Grade Level: Unit #: Unit Name: 4 2 Social Studies Big Idea/Theme: A few brave men explored the New World to acquire land, religious converts, and resources for their home countries. Culminating Assessment: Create a booklet with diary entries from the point of view of one of the Explorers (Leif Eriksson, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando de Soto, Henry Hudson, Robert LaSalle) and attach a map with the explorer’s route. The booklet needs to have a front cover and a diary entry that explains the important facts from his travels, the reason for exploration, and the lands that were explored. Unit Understanding(s) Unit Essential Question(s): The students will understand that… There are three reasons for What are the reasons for exploration in the New World: exploration in the New World? economic factors, political What motivated explorers (Leif factors, & technological reasons. Eriksson, Christopher Columbus, The motivations of most Hernando De Soto, Ferdinand explorers were “God, gold, and Magellan, Henry Hudson, John glory” for themselves and for their Cabot, and Robert LaSalle) to countries (Leif Eriksson, search for new lands? Christopher Columbus, John What were the accomplishments Cabot, Ferdinand Magellan, of these explorers? Hernando de Soto, Henry What were the various routes Hudson, Robert LaSalle) explored in the New World? Explorers took different routes for What crops and animals did the various sea and land expeditions. Europeans bring to the Americas European settlers introduced for the first time? different crops and animals to their lands in the Americas. Students will know… / Students will be able to… Explain the political, economic, and technological factors that led to the exploration of the New World by Spain, Portugal, and England. Summarize the motivation and accomplishments of the Vikings and the Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers. Use a map to identify the routes of various sea and land expeditions to the New World and match these to the territories claimed by different nations . Summarize the discoveries associated with the above expeditions. Explain the exchange of plant life, animal life, and disease that resulted from exploration of the New World. South Carolina Academic Standards: 4-1.1 Explain the political, economic, and technological factors that led to the exploration of the New World by Spain, Portugal, and England, including the competition between nation-states, the expansion of international trade, and the technological advances in shipbuilding and navigation. (E, G, H, P) 4-1.2 Summarize the motivation and accomplishments of the Vikings and the Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers, including Leif Eriksson, Christopher Columbus, Hernando de Soto, Ferdinand Magellan, Henry Hudson, John Cabot, and Robert LaSalle. (H, E, G) 4-1.3 Use a map to identify the routes of various sea and land expeditions to the New World and match these to the territories claimed by different nations—including the Spanish dominance in South America and the French, Dutch, and English exploration in North America—and summarize the discoveries associated with these expeditions. (G, H) 4-1.4 Explain the exchange of plant life, animal life, and disease that resulted from exploration of the New World, including the introduction of wheat, rice, coffee, horses, pigs, cows, and chickens to the Americas; the introduction of corn, potatoes, peanuts, and squash to Europe; and the effects of such diseases as diphtheria, measles, smallpox, and malaria on Native Americans. (G, H, E) Vocabulary/Word Wall Explorers Routes Chronological Leif Eriksson Expeditions Motivations Christopher Columbus John Cabot Ferdinand Magellan Hernando de Soto Henry Hudson Robert LaSalle Interim Assessment (formative) Checklist Teacher observation Teacher questioning Key Criteria (to meet the standard/rubric) See Extended Rubric Response Diary Entry Rubric Front Cover of Diary Booklet Diary Entry 3 The front cover is neat and attractive. The entry is written from the point of view of the explorer and contains the reasons for exploration and the lands explored. 2 The front cover is somewhat neat. The entry contains the reasons for exploration of the lands explored, but is not written from the point of view of the explorer. 1 The front cover is messy. The entry is written from the point of view of the explorer, but does not contain accurate information about exploration. Comments