Nevada

DS Disciplinary Skills

• Constructing compelling questions

  • SS.5.1 Generate compelling questions to explore the creation of the United States.

    • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (5-G.1)
    • The American Revolution: New British taxes (5-G.2)
    • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (5-G.3)
    • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (5-G.4)
    • The American Revolution: preparing for war (5-G.5)
    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (5-G.6)
    • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (5-G.7)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (5-G.8)

• Creating supporting questions

  • SS.5.2 Generate and answer supporting questions that help address compelling questions.

    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (5-H.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (5-H.8)
    • Reconstruction (5-I.5)
    • World War I: the road to war (5-J.1)
    • World War I: the war begins (5-J.2)
    • The Great Depression: part I (5-J.5)
    • The Great Depression: part II (5-J.6)
    • What is economics? (5-N.1)

• Gathering and evaluating sources

  • SS.5.3 Determine the credibility of multiple sources by using corroboration and close reading.

    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (6-JJ.4)

  • SS.5.4 Gather primary and secondary sources and use them to construct responses to support compelling questions.

    • Identify primary and secondary sources (6-JJ.1)

• Developing claims and using evidence

  • SS.5.5 Cite evidence from multiple sources in response to supporting and compelling questions.

    • Identify facts and opinions (5-Q.1)

  • SS.5.6 Construct an argument to answer a compelling question, using evidence and reasoning skills.

    • Identify facts and opinions (5-Q.1)

• Communicating and critiquing conclusions

  • SS.5.7 Construct organized explanations for various audiences and purposes using evidence and reasoning.

  • SS.5.8 Participate in a structured academic discussion using evidence and reasoning to share and critique ideas.

• Taking informed action

  • SS.5.9 List and discuss group or individual action to help address local, regional, and/or national problems.

    • Local government (5-K.1)
    • State government (5-K.2)
    • Federal government (5-K.3)

  • SS.5.10 Use deliberative and democratic procedures to take action about an issue.

H History

• Power and politics

  • SS.5.11 Examine the development of political parties in American history.

• Identity

  • SS.5.12 Investigate what it meant to be an American for different groups of people in early American history.

    • New England colonies: religion and government (5-F.4)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (5-F.6)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-F.7)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (5-F.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)
    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (5-G.6)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (5-G.8)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (6-JJ.5)

  • SS.5.13 Explore the development of colonial America and compare differences among the colonies.

    • Jamestown: the early years (5-F.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (5-F.2)
    • Plymouth (5-F.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (5-F.4)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (5-F.6)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-F.7)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (5-F.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)

  • SS.5.14 Analyze the way in which Native, European, and African cultures were impacted by conflict and compromise in our nation's early history.

    • Jamestown: the early years (5-F.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (5-F.2)
    • Plymouth (5-F.3)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)

• People and ideas

  • SS.5.15 Analyze how various political, religious, and intellectual ideas have influenced the development of early American society and government.

    • Jamestown: the early years (5-F.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (5-F.2)
    • Plymouth (5-F.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (5-F.4)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (5-F.6)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-F.7)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (5-F.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)

• International relations

  • SS.5.16 Evaluate the causes and effects of the American Revolution.

    • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (5-G.1)
    • The American Revolution: New British taxes (5-G.2)
    • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (5-G.3)
    • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (5-G.4)
    • The American Revolution: preparing for war (5-G.5)
    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (5-G.6)
    • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (5-G.7)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (5-G.8)

MC Multicultural

• Social justice, consciousness, and action

  • SS.5.17 Analyze how and why racial, ethnic, and other groups were oppressed in early American history.

    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)

• Respectful engagement with diverse people

  • SS.5.18 Evaluate how individuals and groups used ideas from foundational documents to create communities of respect, equity, and diversity throughout American history.

    • Plymouth (5-F.3)
    • The Constitution (5-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (5-K.5)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (6-JJ.5)

• Diverse contributions made by men and women from various racial and ethnic backgrounds, including, without limitation, information relating to contributions and impact

  • SS.5.19 Discuss the contributions of culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse people to the advancement of the nation.

C Civics

• Civic and political institutions

  • SS.5.20 Analyze how individuals, groups, and institutions have influenced the interpretation of foundational documents over time.

    • The Constitution (5-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (5-K.5)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (6-JJ.5)

  • SS.5.21 Describe representative government and explore debates that formed of the U.S. Constitution.

    • The Constitution (5-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (5-K.5)
    • Checks and balances (5-K.6)

• Civic dispositions and democratic principles

  • SS.5.22 Analyze core civic dispositions and democratic principles and their influence on early American history.

    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (6-JJ.5)

  • SS.5.23 Investigate how individuals exercise rights and responsibilities.

    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (6-FF.2)

• Processes, rules, and laws

  • SS.5.24 Investigate methods by which individuals can influence rules and laws in the classroom, school, government, and/or society.

    • Local government (5-K.1)
    • State government (5-K.2)
    • Federal government (5-K.3)
    • Presidential elections (5-K.7)

  • SS.5.25 Analyze how the Bill of Rights shaped the rights of Americans.

    • The Bill of Rights (5-K.5)

  • SS.5.26 Explain the structures of constitutional government and the role of checks and balances.

    • The Constitution (5-K.4)
    • Checks and balances (5-K.6)

  • SS.5.27 Describe how the nation has changed in the past and continues to change in order to limit and/or protect individual rights.

    • Reconstruction (5-I.5)

G Geography

• Geographic representations

  • SS.5.28 Analyze various maps to connect environmental, political, and cultural characteristics of a region and their influence on historical events in early American history.

    • New England colonies: religion and government (5-F.4)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (5-F.6)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-F.7)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (5-F.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)

• Human environment interaction

  • SS.5.29 Evaluate the relationship between humans and the environment in early American history.

    • Jamestown: the early years (5-F.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (5-F.2)
    • Plymouth (5-F.3)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-F.7)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)

• Human population, movements, and patterns

  • SS.5.30 Analyze rules and laws that encouraged or restricted migration and immigration within regions of the early U.S.

  • SS.5.31 Analyze how physical geography and natural resources affected exploration within the settlement of people, and the development of culture in early U.S. history.

    • Jamestown: the early years (5-F.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (5-F.2)
    • Plymouth (5-F.3)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-F.7)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (5-H.1)
    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (5-H.2)

E Economics

• Exchange and markets

  • SS.5.32 Compare and contrast the similarities and differences of the economies in the colonial regions.

    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-F.7)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)

• National economy

  • SS.5.33 Investigate the development of the early U.S. economy.

    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-F.5)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-F.7)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)
    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (5-H.5)

  • SS.5.34 Evaluate the role of slavery in the early U.S. economy.

    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-F.9)
    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (5-H.5)

• Global economy

  • SS.5.35 Explain how trade was an important issue during the colonial period, the American Revolution, and the formation of the U.S.

    • The American Revolution: New British taxes (5-G.2)
    • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (5-G.3)

FL Financial Literacy

• Financial decision-making

  • SS.5.36 Describe the importance of setting financial goals.

• Credit and debt

  • SS.5.37 Compare interest rates in regard to credit and savings.

    • Banks (5-O.1)

• Insurance, investing, and risk

  • SS.5.38 Identify methods of how to protect one's identity from common threats.

• College and career preparedness

  • SS.5.39 Explain the standard of living in relationship to quality of life.