Standard(s):
[DLIT] (5) 5 : R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
[ELA2015] (5) 19 : 19 ) By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the Grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RI.5.10]
[ELA2015] (5) 24 : 24 ) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. [W.5.3]
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator, characters, or both; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. [W.5.3a]
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. [W.5.3b]
c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. [W.5.3c]
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. [W.5.3d]
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. [W.5.3e]
[ELA2015] (5) 26 : 26 ) With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of the first three Language standards in Grades K-5.) [W.5.5]
[ELA2015] (5) 27 : 27 ) With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting. [W.5.6]
[ELA2015] (5) 35 : 35 ) Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. [SL.5.4]
[ELA2015] (5) 36 : 36 ) Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes. [SL.5.5]
[SS2010] USS5 (5) 4 : 4 ) Determine the economic and cultural impact of European exploration during the Age of Discovery upon European society and American Indians.
Identifying significant early European patrons, explorers, and their countries of origin, including early settlements in the New World
Examples: patrons—King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
explorers—Christopher Columbus
early settlements—St. Augustine, Quebec, Jamestown
Tracing the development and impact of the Columbian Exchange