Standard 2: Pre-Columbian North America

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Number: SS.5.A.2
Title: Pre-Columbian North America
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 5
Strand: American History

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Independent

SS.5.A.2.In.0
Identify differences in cultures in ancient North American civilizations, such as the buildings and clothing of Aztecs, Mayas, and Inuit.
SS.5.A.2.In.1
Recognize that Native American tribes lived in different parts of North America and had different customs.
SS.5.A.2.In.2
Identify differences in cultural aspects of Native American tribes, such as food, clothing, and shelters.

Supported

SS.5.A.2.Su.0
Recognize a cultural aspect of an ancient North American civilization, such as buildings or clothing.
SS.5.A.2.Su.1
Recognize that many different Native American tribes lived in North America.
SS.5.A.2.Su.2
Recognize differences in cultural aspects of Native American tribes, such as food, clothing, and shelters.

Participatory

SS.5.A.2.Pa.0
Recognize differences in aspects of culture.
SS.5.A.2.Pa.1
Recognize differences in Native American tribes.
SS.5.A.2.Pa.2
Recognize differences in Native American tribes.

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A Reading/Writing/Speaking Approach to the Ways in Which Geography Shapes How People Live – Part I:

This two-lesson study of American History (Pre-Columbian North America) examines the ways in which geography shapes how people live. Part I of the study places emphasis on reading and writing about the early Native American tribes and the ways in which their geography (climate, landforms, natural resources) played a role in how they lived (food, clothing, shelter, tools, art).

Part II of the study requires students to take the knowledge they learned in Part I and apply it to the creation of an oral multimedia project (with a visual arts piece) that depicts how they would have lived in a country of their choice based on that country's geography.

Type: Lesson Plan

A Reading/Writing/Speaking Approach to the Ways in Which Geography Shapes How People Live – Part II:

This two-lesson study of American History (Pre-Columbian North America) examines the ways in which geography shapes how people live. Part one of the study places emphasis on reading and writing about the early Native American tribes and the ways in which their geography (climate, landforms, natural resources) played a role in how they lived (food, clothing, shelter, tools, art). Part two of the study requires students to take the knowledge they learned in Part one and apply it to the creation of an oral multimedia project (with a visual arts piece) that depicts how they would have lived in a country of their choice based on that country's geography.

Type: Lesson Plan

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