| GLE 1 |
Describe the characteristics, functions, and applications of various types of maps
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RESOURCE:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm#geo |
| GLE 2 |
Compare the uses of different types of maps, including two different types of maps of the same area |
RESOURCE:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm#geo |
| GLE 3 |
Interpret a map, using a map key/legend and symbols, distance scale, compass rose, cardinal or intermediate directions, and latitude and longitude |
RESOURCE:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm#geo
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm |
| GLE 4 |
| Locate major landforms and geographic features, places, and bodies of water/waterways on a map of the United States |
RESOURCE:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm#geo |
| GLE 5 |
Translate a mental map into sketch form to illustrate relative location, size, and distances between places |
RESOURCE:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm |
| GLE 6 |
Describe types of settlements and patterns of land use in Colonial America and suggest reasons for locations of cities and settlements |
RESOURCE:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm |
| GLE 7 |
Identify ways in which location and physical features influence the development or life in a region of the United States (e.g., effects of natural barriers) |
RESOURCE:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm |
| GLE 8 |
Identify physical or other criteria used to define regions and apply criteria to distinguish one region from another in the United States |
RESOURCE:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm |
| GLE 9 |
Explain ways in which goals, cultures, interests, inventions, and technological advances affected perceptions and uses of places or regions in Colonial America |
RESOURCE:
http://www.eduplace.com/activity/meet.html |
| GLE 10 |
Describe the influence of location and physical setting on the founding of the original thirteen colonies |
RESOURCE:
http://www.eduplace.com/activity/meet.html |
| GLE 11 |
Explain the reasons why Europeans chose to explore and colonize the world |
RESOURCE:
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/wtp/level5/unit3/org.html |
| GLE 12 |
Describe the economic interdependence among the thirteen American colonies |
RESOURCE:
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/wtp/level5/unit3/org.html |
| GLE 13 |
Explain how geographic differences and similarities among the thirteen American colonies contributed to political cooperation and conflict |
RESOURCE:
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/wtp/level5/unit3/org.html |
| GLE 14 |
Describe the impact of human action on the physical environment of early America |
RESOURCE:
http://community.rice.edu/focusresources/lessons/8-2/ |
| GLE 15 |
Explain and give examples of how Native Americans and Europeans adapted to living in a particular North American physical environment |
RESOURCE:
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/prairie/prairie.rtf |
| GLE 16 |
Identify the natural resources used by people in the United States |
RESOURCE:
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/natres.html |
| GLE 17 |
Compare aspects of American colonial government (e.g., local, colonial governors, role of the British parliament and Crown) to present-day U.S. local, state, and national government |
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| GLE 18 |
Describe economic activities within and among American Indian cultures prior to contact with Europeans |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 19 |
Use economic concepts (e.g., supply and demand, scarcity, interdependence) to identify the economic motivations for European exploration and settlement in the Americas |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 20 |
| Construct a timeline of key events in American history (beginnings to 1763) |
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| GLE 21 |
Demonstrate an understanding of relative and absolute chronology by interpreting data presented in a timeline
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RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=33391&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=plantations&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 22 |
Identify different points of view about key events in early American history
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RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=2315&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=ancient%20world&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 23 |
Identify the causes, effects, or impact of a given event in early American history |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=2826&group=A&
alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=Explorers&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 24 |
Use both a primary and secondary source to describe key events or issues in early American history |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=2826&group=A&
alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=Explorers&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 25 |
Identify historical issues or problems in early America and explain how they were addressed
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| GLE 26 |
Conduct historical research using a variety of resources to answer historical questions related to early American history |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=2826&group=A&
alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=Explorers&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group=A&
alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 27 |
Identify and describe indigenous cultures and groups that existed in the Americas at the beginning of European exploration |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 28 |
Describe the trade that connected the Americas, Western Europe, and Western Africa prior to 1620, including the origins of the West Africa-European trade connection
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RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 29 |
Compare and contrast Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans converging in the Western Hemisphere after 1492 |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 30 |
Explain that cultures change through cultural diffusion, invention, and innovation |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 31 |
Describe major early explorations and explorers and their reasons for exploration |
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| GLE 32 |
Describe the Spanish conquests in the Americas including the impact on the Aztecs, Incas, and other indigenous peoples |
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| GLE 33 |
Explain the course and consequences of the Columbian Exchange, including its cultural, ecological, and economic impact on Europe, the Americas, and West Africa |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 34 |
Describe the arrival of Africans in the European colonies in the seventeenth century and the increase in the importation of slaves in the eighteenth century |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1
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| GLE 35 |
Explain the societal impact of the immersion of Africans in the Americas |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 36 |
Identify instances of both cooperation and conflict between Indians and European settlers |
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| GLE 37 |
Describe and compare the various religious groups in colonial America and the role of religion in colonial communities |
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| GLE 38 |
Describe the political, social, and economic organization and structure of the thirteen British colonies that became the United States |
RESOURCE:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/search.php?task=LP_view&lesson_id=140&group
=A&alttask=search&parent=LP&keyword=christopher%20columbus&subject=A&grade=A&dispPage=1 |
| GLE 39 |
Describe reflections of European culture, politics, and institutions in American life |
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| GLE 40 |
Explain why some colonists felt loyal to England due to their cultural, political, and economic ties to their homeland
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| GLE 41 |
Describe the origins, characteristics, and expansion of ancient American empires (e.g., Inca, Maya) and complex societies in the Americas (e.g., Aztec) |
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