Unit 1: Review of Beginnings and Colonization
USHG ERA 1 – Beginnings to 1620 (Grade 5)
5 – U1.1 American Indian Life in the Americas
5 – U1.2 European Exploration and Conquest
5 – U1.4 Three World Interactions
USHG ERA 2 – Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)5 – U2.1 European Struggle for Control of North America
5 – U2.2 European Slave Trade in Colonial America
5 – U2.3 Life in Colonial America
F1 Political and Intellectual Transformations
F1.1 Describe the ideas, experiences, and interactions that influenced the colonists’ decisions to declare independence by analyzing
F1.2 Using the Declaration of Independence, including the grievances at the end of the document, describe the role this document played in expressing
5 – U1.1 American Indian Life in the Americas
5 – U1.2 European Exploration and Conquest
5 – U1.4 Three World Interactions
USHG ERA 2 – Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)5 – U2.1 European Struggle for Control of North America
5 – U2.2 European Slave Trade in Colonial America
5 – U2.3 Life in Colonial America
F1 Political and Intellectual Transformations
F1.1 Describe the ideas, experiences, and interactions that influenced the colonists’ decisions to declare independence by analyzing
- colonial ideas about government (e.g., limited government, republicanism, protecting individual rights and promoting the common good, representative government, natural rights) (C2)
- experiences with self-government (e.g., House of Burgesses and town meetings) (C2)
- changing interactions with the royal government of Great Britain after the French and Indian War (C2)
F1.2 Using the Declaration of Independence, including the grievances at the end of the document, describe the role this document played in expressing
- colonists’ views of government
- their reasons for separating from Great Britain. (C2)
Essential Questions for Unit 1:
How did the "three world" interactions impact life in colonial America?
How did European exploration and conquest of Native Americans impact the lives of indigenous peoples?
How did the struggle for control of North America create slave trade and origins of Africans to the Americas?
What were the main events that led to the colonists declaring their independence from Britain?
How did European exploration and conquest of Native Americans impact the lives of indigenous peoples?
How did the struggle for control of North America create slave trade and origins of Africans to the Americas?
What were the main events that led to the colonists declaring their independence from Britain?