GE084.5
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Geography Standard 4.5 - Level 8
Students know how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface.
Standard in Kid Friendly Language
Standard Unwrapped
KNOW
- Columbian Exchange
- French and Indian War
- Revolutionary War
- Texas Annexation
- Mexican/American War
- Civil War
ABLE TO DO
- Explain how the events listed above influenced the division and control of the North American continent from 1600 to 1865.
- Explain the conflict associated with each of the above-listed events.
Instructional Strategies
- Watch video on Columbian Exchange to see cooperation
- Watch movie Last of the Mohicans to see cooperation and conflict
- Watch movie first part of Roots to see the slave trade
- Discuss each event
- Research Textbook and other sources to find information on the above-listed events, then discuss the influence of division and control of the North American continent throughout the years.
Assessment Strategies
- Tests
- Maps
- Creation of skits
- Notes/Outlines
- Oral discussions
Resources
- Video: The Columbian Exchange
- Movie: The Last of the Mohicans
- Movie: First part of Roots when slaves were taken from Africa and sold in America.
- Textbook
- Greenhouse Affects
Projects and Activities
- Watch Video on the Columbian Exchange
- Watch Movie, Last of the Mohicans, and discuss the impact of the French and Indian War
- Research the events leading up to the Revolutionary War and act out skits that show the British need for raw resources from the colonies.
- Research the white settlers need for more land for cotton and slavery in Texas and how it led to the Texas Annexation.
- Explain the Mexican/American War and color a map to show the land acquired through the Mexican Cession.
- Discuss the Civil War and the need for the North to receive the cotton grown from the South, and how the South needed to sell their cotton to the North to keep the economy going.
