Social Studies 2 ) Relate reasons for European exploration and settlement in Alabama to the impact of European explorers on trade, health, and land expansion in Alabama.
• Locating on maps European settlements in early Alabama, including Fort Condé, Fort Toulouse, and Fort Mims
• Tracing on maps and globes, the routes of early explorers of the New World, including Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa
• Explaining reasons for conflicts between Europeans and American Indians in Alabama from 1519 to 1840, including differing beliefs regarding land ownership, religion, and culture
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: Alabama Studies (Alabama)
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Locate on maps European settlements in early Alabama, including Fort Condé, Fort Toulouse, and Fort Mims.
Trace on maps and globes, the routes of early explorers of the New World, including Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
Explain reasons for conflicts between Europeans and American Indians in Alabama from 1519 to 1840, including differing beliefs regarding land ownership, religion, and culture. Teacher Vocabulary:
settlement
European exploration
culture
expansion
trade (barter) Knowledge:
Students know:
The location, purpose, and importance of European settlements including Fort Conde, Fort Toulouse, and Fort Mims in early Alabama.
The routes taken by early explorers including Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
Reasons for conflicts between Europeans and American Indians in Alabama from 1519 to 1840, including differing beliefs regarding land ownership, religion, and culture. Skills:
The students will be able to:
Explain the impact of European explorers on trade, health, and land expansion in Alabama.
Locate on maps European settlements in early Alabama, including Fort Condé, Fort Toulouse, and Fort Mims.
Trace on maps and globes, the routes of early explorers of the New World, including Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There were specific reasons Europeans began exploring and settling in Alabama and this impacted existing settlements in Alabama. Alabama Archives Resources:
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
English Language Arts 35. Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical plot, transitional words and phrases, sensory details, and dialogue, and providing a sense of closure.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
35.
Personal narratives
Fictional narratives
Logical plot
Transitional words and phrases
Sensory details
Dialogue
Closure Knowledge:
35. Students know:
A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
A personal narrative tells about an event that was personally experienced by the author, while a fictional narrative tells a made up story.
A narrative story describes a sequence of events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end) and provides a sense of closure as an ending.
Narrative transitions indicate when and where the story is occurring.
Sensory details use descriptions of the five senses.
Dialogue is a conversation between two or more people. Skills:
35. Students are able to:
Write a personal narrative that recalls a personal experience or a fictional narrative with a made-up story.
Write a narrative with a logical sequence of events and sensory details.
Use appropriate transitional words and phrases in narrative writing.
Include dialogue in narrative writing.
Write a narrative that ends with a sense of closure. Understanding:
35. Students understand that:
Narrative writing includes predictable elements, like a logical sequence of events and an ending that provides the reader with a sense of closure.
Because narrative writing describes a chronological sequence of events, it includes transitions that indicate the time and place in which the story is occurring.
Narrative writing can be used to tell about something that happened to them personally or it can tell a story they made up.
