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=Westward Expansion - 5th Grade = =Group Members: = =Ashley Martin (ashley_martin@knights.ucf.edu) = =Sasha Barrett (sbarrett11@knights.ucf.edu) =

=NCSS Themes: =

=1. Culture (anthropology) = =2. Time, continuity, and change (history) = =3. People, places and environments (geography) = =5. Individuals, groups, and institutions (sociology) = =6. Power, authority and governance (political science) = =7. Production, distribution, and consumption (economics) = =8. Science, technology and society =

= ﻿ Social Studies NGSSS:  = =SS.5.A.6.1 – Describe the causes and effects of the Louisiana Purchase. = =SS.5.A.6.2 – Identify roles and contributions of significant people during the period of westward expansion. = =SS.5.A.6.3- Examine 19th Century advancements (canals, roads, steamboats, flat boats, overland wagons, Pony Express, railroads) in transportation and communication. = =SS.5.A.6.4 – Explain the importance of the explorations west of the Mississippi River. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">SS.5.A.6.6 – Explain how westward expansion affected Native Americans. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">SS.5.A.6.7 – Discuss the concept of Manifest Destiny = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">SS.5.A.6.9- Describe the hardships of settlers along the overland trails to the west. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">SS.5.A.1.1 – Use primary and secondary sources to understand history. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">SS.5.A.5.10 – Examine the significance of the Constitution including its key political concepts, origins of those concepts, and their role in American democracy. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">SS.5.G.1.4 – Construct maps, charts, and graphs to display geographic information =

= Language Arts NGSSS: = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">LA.5.1.5.2 – The student will adjust reading rate based on purpose, text difficulty, form, and style. = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">LA.5.1.7.3 – The students will determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level text through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying relevant details = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">LA.5.1.7.4 – The student will identify cause-and-effect relationships in text = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">LA.5.1.7.7 – The student will compare and contrast elements in multiple text = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">LA.5.2.2.3 – The students will organize information to show understanding (e.g., representing main ideas within text through charting, mapping, paraphrasing, or summarizing) = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">LA.5.3.1.3 – The students will prewrite by organizing ideas using strategies and tools (eg. Technology, graphic organizer, KWL chart, log). = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">LA.5.3.5.1- The student will prepare writing using technology in a format appropriate to audience and purpose = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">LA.5.4.1.2- The student will write a variety of expressive forms (e.g.,fiction, short story, autobiography, science fiction, haiku) that employ figurative language (e.g. simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole), rhythm, dialogue, characterization, plot, and/or appropriate format. = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">LA.5.4.2.3 – The student will write informational/expository essays that state a thesis with a narrow focus, contain introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs. =

= Theater NGSSS: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">TH.5.S.3.1 – Create and sustain imagined characters and relationships, using basic acting skills, to tell an original story based on historical, literary, or everyday situations. =

= Visual Arts NGSSS: = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">VA.5.C.1.2 – Use prior knowledge and observation skills to reflect on, analyze, and interpret exemplary works of art. = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">VA.5.S.1.3 – Create artworks to depict personal, cultural, and/or historical themes. = =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">VA.5.S.3.1 – Use materials, tools, techniques, and processes to achieve expected results in two- and/or three-dimensional artworks. =

= Mathematics NGSSS: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">MA.5.A.6.3- Describe real-world situations using positive and negative numbers. =