Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

The New World: Founding of Jamestown

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

5

Overview

English colonists, including John Smith and John Rolfe, arrive on new land via the Chesapeake Bay and are greeted by curious onlookers who are native to the land. This land will eventually become the Colony of Virginia. This scene foreshadows the end of the ancient civilization, the Powhatan.

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 5

    SS10.5.4

    Determine the economic and cultural impact of European exploration during the Age of Discovery upon European society and American Indians.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.5.4

    Vocabulary

    • economic impact
    • cultural impact
    • Age of Discovery
    • patrons (King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella)
    • explorers (Christopher Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Hernando de Soto)
    • early settlements (St. Augustine, Quebec, Jamestown)
    • Columbian Exchange

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The economic and cultural impacts on European society and American Indians by European exploration during the Age of Discovery.
    • The significant early patrons and explorers.
    • The development and impact of the Columbian Exchange.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Identify the geography of North America.
    • Discuss the discoveries of Columbus and the exploration and conquests of Pizarro and Cortes.
    • Explain the economic and cultural impact of European exploration during the Age of Discovery upon European society and American Indians.
    • Identify significant early European patrons, explorers, and their country of origin.
    • Locate significant early European settlements in the New World.
    • Map the Columbian exchange.
    • Explain how science, technology, and economic factors have developed, changed and affected societies throughout history.
    • Explain how religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces throughout history.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • European exploration connected the old world to the new world creating both positive and negative changes across the globe.
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