M/J U.S.

History
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Unit 1: During the 15th & 16th centuries, Europe began exploring the
Americas, encountering multiple Native American societies which led to
the Columbian Exchange.

3 Weeks/First Nine Weeks

 Unit 1: During the 15th & 16th centuries, Europe began exploring the Americas, encountering multiple Native
American societies which led to the Columbian Exchange.

Unit 1 Pacing: 3 weeks (13 days)

August 22 – September 9, 2022

PD Day: August 23, 2022

No School: September 5, 2022

Benchmarks in Unit 1:

SS.8.A.2.1: 6 days
SS.8.A.2.5, SS.8.G.5.1, SS.8.G.5.2: 5 days

11 days for teaching and learning of content

1 day for Content Review

1 day for Summative Assessment

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 Unit 1: Exploring the Americas
Benchmark/Learning Target: SS.8.A.2.1
Unit Pacing: 3 weeks Vocabulary:
Circumnavigate
Benchmark Pacing: 6 days Columbian Exchange
Standard: Compass
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of British Conquistador
settlement in the American colonies. (SS.8.A.2) Line of Demarcation
Northwest passage
Protestantism
Catholicism
Protestant Reformation
Spanish Armada
Strait
Treaty of Tordesillas
Astrolabe
Technology
Benchmark(s) (Learning Target) with Clarification(s):
Compare the relationships among the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch in their struggle for colonization of North
America.

Benchmark Clarifications:
 Discuss the impact of the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch on economic, political, cultural, and religious
principles in colonial America.
 Examine the competition and conflict between the colonial powers to expand and control their claims in
North America through economic, diplomatic, and military means.
 Identify the French, British, and Dutch roles in the fur trade.
Examples: studying ways that economic, political, cultural, and religious competition between these Atlantic
powers shaped early colonial America.
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 Students create a map of North America highlighting the Spanish, British, French and Dutch colonies.
 Students read and compare primary sources from Spanish, English and French colonization.
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 Unit 1: Exploring the Americas
Benchmark/Learning Target: SS.8.A.2.5, SS.8.G.5.1, SS.8.G.5.2
Unit Pacing: 3 weeks Vocabulary:
Caravels
Benchmark Pacing: 5 days Presidio
Standard: Plantation
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of British Mission
settlement in the American colonies. (SS.8.A.2) Charter
Immunity
Understand how human actions can impact the Tenant farmer
environment.  (SS.8.G.5) Encomienda system

Benchmark(s) (Learning Target) with Clarification(s):

Discuss the impact of colonial settlement on Native American populations. (SS.8.A.2.5)

Benchmark Clarifications:
 Compare and contrast life for the Native Americans before and after European colonial settlement.
 Compare and contrast the effects of Colonization on Native Americans by the British, French, Spanish and
Dutch.
 Examples: war, disease, loss of land, westward displacement of tribes causing increased conflict between
tribes, and dependence on trade for European goods, including guns.

Describe human dependence on the physical environment and natural resources to satisfy basic needs in local
environments in the United States. (SS.8.G.5.1)

Describe the impact of human modifications or the physical environment and ecosystems of the United States
throughout history. (SS.8.G.5.2)

Success Criteria:

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 Students read and compare primary sources from Spanish, English and French colonization.
 Students create a graphic organizer comparing Spanish, French, Dutch and English styles of colonization and
relationships with Native Americans.
 
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