Unit Topic: The Pre-Colonial Era
State Standard(s)
Essential Standards
Vertical Alignment
Coming into this unit, students should have a strong foundation in:
Essential Understanding(s)
The students will understand that…
Essential Question(s)
Essential Vocabulary
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State Standard(s)
Essential Standards
- H.3.1 - Explain how migration and immigration contributed to the development of North Carolina and the United States from colonization to contemporary times.
- G.1.1 - Explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States.
- G.1.2- Understand the human and physical characteristics of regions in North Carolina and the United States.
- C.1.2 - Summarize the origin of beliefs, practices, and traditions that represent various groups within North Carolina and the United States
Vertical Alignment
Coming into this unit, students should have a strong foundation in:
- The development of civilizations around the world, especially in Europe and North America.
- The role of both economics and geography in determining how countries will interact.
- The development of Western civilization and technology and how it compares to development in other parts of the world.
- The impact of the Colombian Exchange and Triangular Trade in exploration and colonization.
Essential Understanding(s)
The students will understand that…
- H.3.1 - Exploration contributed to migration and immigration in North Carolina and the United States.
- G.1.1 - Explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States.
- G.1.2- Understand the human and physical characteristics of regions in North Carolina and the United States.
- C.1.2 - Summarize the origin of beliefs, practices, and traditions that represent various groups within North Carolina and the United States.
Essential Question(s)
- H.3.1 - What motivates civilizations to explore, settle, and conquer new lands?
G.1.1 - What impact did geographic features have on colonial settlements in North America and in North Carolina in particular? - G.1.2 - How does the geographical diversity in impact the lives of people in North Carolina and in the United States?
C.1.2 - How has the blending of distinct cultural groups, both native and not, shaped the American experience?
Essential Vocabulary
Students will know...
- The regions of North Carolina (Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Tidewater) influenced the development of specific societies within those regions
- The English, Spanish, and French each sent a series of expeditions to North America in search of new lands and resources.
- Early European explorers began to establish colonies along the coasts of North America.
- The Colombian Exchange involved the trade of numerous animals, foods, ideas, people (including African slaves), plants and diseases between Europeans and American Indians.
- The growth of slavery in the colonies helped to fuel Triangular Trade, which connected the Americas to Africa and Europe with a continuous exchange of goods and people.