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Social Studies CDB - 1

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The student understands the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to the United States.

Brainpop Thirteen Colonies

New England Colonies

Regions of the 13 Colonies

Why come to America

William Bradford

Anne Hutchinson

Student understands the reasons for exploration and colonization.

identify the economic motivations for European exploration and settlement in the United States;

gold and silver	religious freedom	adventure	slavery	land

Jamestown - the first permanent English settlement:

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The student understands the concept of regions.

The student understands the location and patterns of settlement and the geographic factors that influence where people live.

*Note the mountains on the above map. Why do you think the original 13 colonies were all located east of the mountain range?

Brainpop Immigration

The student understands the relationship between the arts and the times during which they were created.

The student can identify significant examples of art, music, and literature from various periods in U.S. history.

The student understands the impact of science and technology on life in the United States.

The student can identify how scientific discoveries and technological innovations have advanced the economic development of the United States.

The student can explain how scientific discoveries and technological innovations in the field of communication has benefited individuals and society in the United States.

The student predicts how future scientific discoveries and technological innovations could affect life in the United States.

Identify examples of representative government in the American colonies, including the Mayflower Compact.

The Mayflower Compact

The Mayflower Compact, thought to be one of the forerunners of the Constitution, was signed on November 11, 1620, by 41 men aboard the Mayflower, the ship that had brought the Pilgrims to America.

The ship had set sail from England with Virginia as its destination, but weather conditions forced the ship to land farther north. Because of this, some aboard voiced their intention to abandon the group and set out on their own. Hearing such "mutinous speeches," as he called them, William Brewster organized the drafting of a document to describe a sort of self-government, under which the settlers would agree to live and work together for mutual survival.The result was a framework for self-government.

Students must understand understand why many major cities were located near good harbors.

Key Vocabulary:

import

export

Students must identify major industries of colonial America.

Students must understand the meaning of cash crop:

cash crop - a crop grown by a farmer primarily for sale to others rather than for his or her own use

They must know the three major cash crops in the southern colonies: tobacco, indigo, rice

tobacco	indigo	rice

Identify examples of representative government in the American colonies, including Virginia House of Burgesses.

The House of Burgesses

The first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia. This was the House of Burgesses, and it first met on July 30, 1619, at a church in Jamestown. Its first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco.

Although the first session was cut short because of an outbreak of malaria, the House of Burgesses soon became a symbol of representative government.

The student understands the impact of supply and demand on consumers and producers in a free enterprise system.

Brainpop Supply and Demand

Boston Tea Party

*Listen for "boycott." What does it mean when people boycott tea? What did it mean when citizens boycotted the buses during the Civil Rights movement?

The student understands the fundamental rights of American citizens guaranteed in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Charters of Freedom

Brainpop Bill of Rights

The student understands important ideas in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

Brainpop U.S. Constitution

Identify the purposes and explain the importance of the Declaration of Independence;