Essential Questions 

1. What caused European and African arrival in the Americas?

2. What political, religious, economic and social institutions arose in the English Colonies?

3. What impact did colonization have on European settlers, African slaves and Native Americans?

Content 

• Exploration

• Disease

• Slavery

• Technology

• Christianity

• Wealth

Skills 

Bloom's Taxonomy

Webb's Depth of Knowledge

1. Reading for comprehension

2. Maps, globes and graphs

3. Arranging information (timelines,  notes, summaries)

4. Writing to summarize

Sample Outline

• Textbooks

• "Hero" Program

• Settlement Maps

• Outline Maps

• DVD's

• "America: The Story of Us" Video

Colonization and Settlement DSPA

SS.8.1.1

SS.8.2

CCSS: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects 6-12

CCSS: Grades 6-8

Reading: History/Social Studies

Key Ideas and Details 

1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

RH.6-8.2. 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.

Craft and Structure

4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

RH.6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

RH.6-8.5. Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).

6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

RH.6-8.6. Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

Writing

Text Types and Purposes

1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

WHST.6-8.1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

WHST.6-8.1a. Introduce claim(s) about a topic or issue, acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.

WHST.6-8.1b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.

WHST.6-8.1c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

WHST.6-8.1d. Establish and maintain a formal style.

WHST.6-8.1e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

WHST.6-8.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.

WHST.6-8.2a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

WHST.6-8.5. With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.

WY: Social Studies

WY: Grades 5-8

Culture / Cultural Diversity

2. Citizenship/ Government/ Democracy

Students demonstrate an understanding of different cultures and how these cultures have contributed and continue to contribute to the world in which they live.

SS8.2.1 Students explain how family systems, religion, language, literature, and the arts contribute to the development of cultures.

SS8.2.2 Students describe cultural diversity and the interdependence of cultures.

Production, Distribution, & Consumption

3. Production, Distribution, and Consumption

Students demonstrate an understanding of economic principles and concepts and describe the influence of economic factors on societies.

SS8.3.1 Students communicate how economic considerations influence personal, local, state, national, and international decision-making.

SS8.3.2 Students describe the systems of exchange of past and present.

SS8.3.3 Students recognize basic concepts of economic systems.

Time, Continuity & Change

4. Time, Continuity and Change

Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas, and cultures that were significant in the history of our community, state, nation and world.

SS8.4.1 Students identify people, events, problems, conflicts, and ideas and explain their historical significance.

SS8.4.3 Students analyze the impact of historical events and people on present conditions, situations, or circumstances.

People, Places & Environments

5. People, Places, and Environments

Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, and environments.

SS8.5.1 Students use charts, maps, and graphs to answer questions dealing with people, places, events, or environments.

SS8.5.2 Students apply the themes of geography to topics being studied.

SS8.5.3 Students demonstrate an ability to organize and process spatial information; i.e., You Are Here maps of various areas.