"Exploration, Discovery, Settlement and Westward Movement" Cloud

Competencies

Demonstration & Performance/Standards

Students will explain the importance of the Crusades and the Renaissance and how those events are connected to the European discovery of the New World.   Students will understand the impact that Europeans had on the New World and the New World had on Europeans.   Students will be able to identify the major colonizing nations of the New World and the regions they influenced.   Students will understand the idea of Manifest Destiny and the Role that philosphy played on Western expansion.   Students will be exposed to and understand the impact that the westward movement had upon Native Americans, Mexican settlers and the invironment.   People, places and terms you will be expected to master: Maya, Axtecs, Incas, matrilineal, polytheistic, Renaissance, Crusades, conquistadores, presidio, mission, Spanish Armada, John Smith, Pocahontas, French and Indian War, Louisiana Purchase, Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny, The Mexican-American War, Forty-Niners, Brigham Young, Promontory Point, Utah; Chisholm Trail, Nat Love, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee and the Dawes Act

Students will pass an objective test, at a minimum proficiency of 60%.   Students will complete a written exam, according to the Helix Writing Rubric at a level of 3 or better.   Other Possible Assessments Tools   Students will pass an objective test, at a proficiency of 60%   Students will complete a written exam, according to the Helix Writing Rubric at a level of 3 or Better.   Students will create a time-line reflecting Key events and topics covered.   Students will participate in a walk-a-round activity related to a given topic.