Pearson Learning~Core Knowledge
The Vikings
The Big Idea
The Vikings were medieval Europe's raiders and traders. Between
approximately A.D. 800 and 1100, these skillful shipbuilders and daring
sailors from the area now called Scandinavia plundered and traded throughout
Europe and sailed as far west as North America. The Vikings struck terror
wherever they traveled because their ships were so swift and their attacks
so unexpected and brutal.
The Vikings were adventurers who explored uncharted territory in the
North Atlantic. Eric the Red, banished from Iceland, explored and then led
a group of hardy settlers to the island of Greenland. His son, Leif
Ericson, sailed farther west to Newfoundland, in Canada, to become the first
known Eruopean to set foot in North America. The Vikings were fierce
warriors--but they were also sailors, traders, explorers, settlers, farmers,
craftworkers, poets, and storytellers.
Ms. Nelson's Homeroom
11/16/09 - Lesson 1 The Vikings
11/17/09 - Lesson 2 Where did the Vikings come from?
11/18/09 - Lesson 3 Shipbuilders and Sailors
11/19/09 - Lesson 4 Traders and Raiders
11/20/09 - Lesson 4 (con't)
11/23/09 - Lesson 5 Eric the Red
11/24/09 - Lesson 6 Leif Ericson
11/30/09 - Lesson 7 Viking gods and myths
12/01/09 - prepare for Viking Feast
12/02/09 - prepare for Viking Feast
12/03/09 - Viking Feast
Pearson Learning~Core Knowledge
Canada Today
The Big Idea
Canada is an important neighbor to the United States. It is larger in
area than the United States, yet the United States has almost nine times as
many people. Most of Canada’s population lives close to the U.S. border.
Superficially, many parts of Canada seem so much like many parts of the
United States that an American visitor can forget that he or she is in
another country. In many parts of Canada, English is the dominant language.
Styles of architecture, clothing, and food may be very similar or even
identical to those found in the United States.
A closer look reveals that Canada is not only a separate country but a
different culture. French is widely used, and the influence of French
culture is strong, especially in Quebec. Canada’s history and relationship
with Britain is different from that of the United States. Canada’s vast
wilderness has a strong effect on the economies of different regions as well
as on its history and culture.
Mrs. Halpert/Knapp's Homeroom
10/26/09 - Begin Canada Lesson 1
10/27/09 - Canada Lesson 2
11/2/09 - Canada Lesson 2 (con't)
11/3/09 - Canada Lesson 3
11/4/09 - Unit Assmnt
Pearson Learning~Core Knowledge
World Rivers
The Big Idea
People have always gravitated to and settled along the rivers and
streams of the world. Rivers have supplied water for drinking, bathing,
laundering, recreation, and transportation. Rivers are also an important
source of food. Rivers establish natural boundaries between states,
countries, provinces, and districts. They irrigate our farms and groves and
rice paddies. They sculpt our planet.
Then there are the mighty rivers of the world--those celebrated in
song, art, literature, history, and even religion. We know their names,
though perhaps we know few details agout them. Nile, Ganges, Mississippi,
Amazon, Congo, Yukon, Rhine, Danube, Volga, Niger--these are the rivers that
have shaped human history, created cultures, and somethimes destroyed
lives.
Ms. Nelson's Homeroom
10/5/09- Introduction and Vocabulary
10/6/09- Rivers of Asia
Yangtze, Yellow, Ob, Indus, Ganges
10/6/09- Rivers of Asia (con't)
10/8/09- Rivers of South America
Amazon, Orinoco, Parana
Rivers Vocabulary Quiz
10/9/09- Rivers of North America
10/12/09- Rivers of Africa
Nile, Niger, Congo
10/13/09- Rivers of Europe
Volga, Danube, Rhine
10/14/09- Australia
Murray
10/15/09- Unit Assessment
Pearson Learning~Core Knowledge
Canada Today
The Big Idea
Canada is an important neighbor to the United States. It is larger in
area than the United States, yet the United States has almost nine times as
many people. Most of Canada’s population lives close to the U.S. border.
Superficially, many parts of Canada seem so much like many parts of the
United States that an American visitor can forget that he or she is in
another country. In many parts of Canada, English is the dominant language.
Styles of architecture, clothing, and food may be very similar or even
identical to those found in the United States.
A closer look reveals that Canada is not only a separate country but a
different culture. French is widely used, and the influence of French
culture is strong, especially in Quebec. Canada’s history and relationship
with Britain is different from that of the United States. Canada’s vast
wilderness has a strong effect on the economies of different regions as well
as on its history and culture.
Ms. Nelson's Homeroom
9/24/09 - Begin Canada Lesson 1
9/28/09 - Canada Lesson 2
9/29/09 - Canada Lesson 2 (con't)
9/30/09 - Canada Lesson 3
10/1/09 - Lesson 3 (con't)/Flip chart
10/2/09 - Canada Unit Assmnt
Pearson Learning~Core Knowledge
The Earliest Americans
The Big Idea
When Europeans came to the Americas about 400 years ago, they found
peoples who had already been living there for thousands of years. Although
these earliest Americans had no written history, modern archaeologists,
anthroppologists, and historians, have been able to piece together the story
of their settlement of the Americas through the discovery of ancient sites
and artifacts. In addition, Native Americans' oral traditions tell much
about their history.
The wide variety of traditions, lifestyles, and ancestry among these
earliest Americans defies stereotyping. Such variety celebrates the ability
of humans to adapt to their environments, be it desert, woodland, wetland,
or Arctic tundra.
Mrs. Halpert/Knapp's Homeroom 9/4/09 -
9/ 4/09- Culture
9/ 8/09- The Land Bridge - Beringia
9/ 9/09- Finish Land Bridge
9/10/09- The Inuit
9/11/09- The Northwest Coast
9/14/09- The Plains Indians
9/15/09- The Anasazi
9/16/09- After the Anasazi(Pueblo, Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Apache,
Comanche) Started Review
9/17/09- Mound Builders
9/18/09- After the Mound Builders
9/21/09- The Eastern Woodlands
9/22/09- Con't Eastern Woodlands
Ms. Nelson’s Homeroom 8/13/09 -
8/13/09- Map skills
8/14/09- Map skills and Culture
8/17/09- The Land Bridge - Beringia
8/18/09- The Inuit
8/19/09- Finish Inuit begin The Northwest Coast
8/20/09- Northwest Coast
8/21/09- Finish Totem
8/24/09- The Plains Indians
8/25/09- The Anasazi
8/26/09- After the Anasazi (Pueblo, Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Apache,
Comanche)
8/27/09- Mound Builders
8/28/09- After the Mound Builders
8/31/09- The Eastern Woodlands
9/01/09- review
Unit Assessment Thursday, 9/3/2009