S1+Joiner,+Rachel

=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= Standard Label: E. History Standard: E1 Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes and Patterns Grade Level Span: 6-8 "The Colonial Era 1500-1754" Students understand major eras, major enduring themes and historic influnces in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)** ||
 * Content Area: Social Studies

//What understandings are desired?//
•Our democratic ideals played a role in the founding of the country, and a model for others. •There are connections and comparisons to the first settlers and more recent immigrant groups. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * •The founding of America was shapped by many different people, cultures, and industries.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•How were our democratic ideals shapped by previous ideas of others, and are they still seen in todays society? •Why are the first settlers of America similar to recent immigrants in various countries today? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How was the founding of America influnced by the clash of cultures, and how is that similar to modern day society?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Key Factual Information: Geography of the thirteen colonies, tobacco industry, Sir Walter Raliegh, the failed colony of Roanoke, Idea and use of indentured servitude, what the Mayflower Compact consisted of, The ideas of the Enlightenment, the realtions between colonists and native americans, role of religion in society, why the Spanish came to America, and why the Dutch and French came to America. •Sequence and Timelines: Events that led to the colonists leaving Britian, the Mayflower Compact and Plymouth, the founding of Virginia, Spanish explorers in the new world, rise of the tobacco industry and why this ulitmatly led to slavery, movement from indenturted servitude to slavery, Anne Hutchinson's impact, conflict with the Iroquois Confederacy. || •1. Demonstrate that the geography and the Native Americans of America shaped the lives of the colonists. •3. Tell a story of an experience students had where they had to "migrate. Compare and contrast this to the colonists and a more recent group of migrants.
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * •Important Events and People: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jamestown, Native Americans, Olive Branch Petition, Magna Carter, Constitution, New England, Mid-Atlantic Colonies, Southern Colonies, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Pilgrims, Mayflower, Indentured Servitude, Puritian, Sir Walter Raliegh, Roanoke, Mayflower Compact, Bacon's Rebellion, Anne Hutchinson, Navagation Acts, The Enlightenment, Iroquois Confedercy, Pocahontas, Quakers

•2. John Locke's ideas and works influnced the Constitution and how they helped shape our democratic ideals. •3. Compare the colonists' reason for leaving Britian to more recent immigrant groups reasons. •2. Assume the role of an influential colonial figure and play them at a colonial party. Students will conduct research and act as that person, as well as dress like them. •1. Reflect on how the culture of Maine was shapped by the co-existance of the colonists and the Native Americans. ||


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**