Fifth Grade: Causes of Conflict (Strands: History, Economics)

Content: U.S. History, Revolutionary War

Directions for Students Essential Questions/Guiding Questions Keywords Graphic Organizers Resources Websites Shoreline IMC Print Local (museums) Video Rubrics & Assessments EALRs

Directions for Students

In an essay or presentation, you will:

• Provide background on the conflict by describing at least three of the following:
  • who was involved in the conflict
  • what the conflict was
  • when the conflict took place
  • where the conflict took place
• Demonstrate an understanding of the causes of the conflict by explaining relevant ideas from at least three of the four social studies perspectives:
  • history
  • geography
  • civics
  • economics
• List two or more sources including the title, author, type of source, and date of each source.

You will also:

• Identify on a timeline of events related to the causes of the conflict using ideas from at least three of the four social studies perspectives:
  • history
  • geography
  • civics
  • economics

Possible Essential Questions (choose one)

• Why do people want to be free?
• How can we be heard by our government?
• What were the geographic, economic, civic and historic causes that led to the Revolutionary War?
• What were the geogragraphic, economic, civic and historic causes that led to the Boston Tea Party?

Guiding Questions

• What were the causes of the American Revolution?
• What is the Declaration of Independence and why is it important?

Keywords

• American Revolution
• Revolutionary War
• Boston Tea Party
• Sons of Liberty
• Battle of Lexington
• Battle of Concord
• Declaration of Independence
• Stamp Act
• Townshend Act
• Treaty of Paris
• Names of important people, including but not limited to:
  • George Washington
  • John Adams
  • Paul Revere
  • Benjamin Franklin

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Graphic Organizers

Causes of Conflict Graphic Organizer (from OSPI)

Websites

5th grade CBA Links on www.delicious.com

Shoreline IMC Resources

• COLONIAL AMERICA., LIBRARY BOX: - (RM C-226 - Realia,Model,Pkt,Kit) - Checkout to librarians only. One month checkout.
  
  
• COLONIAL DISPLAY - (RM C-5 - Realia,Model,Pkt,Kit) - Collection of Colonial items for display in the classroom.
  
  
• COLONIAL ERA., DOCUMENTARY PRINTS - (SP C-169 - Study Prints) - 4 prints.
  
  
• COLONIAL LIFE FOR CHILDREN: JAMESTOWN - (VC C-2300 - Video Cassette 23 mins 1998) - A student researching a report is whisked back in time to the first permanent English settlement in the New World. He learns about the sea voyage to America, daily life and the many hardships in the new colony, daily life of the Native Americans and their interactions with the settlers, including Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and John Rolfe. He also learns about the beginnnings of the tobacco industry, slavery and representative government. Filmed at the Jamestown Settlement in Williamsburg, Virginia.
  
  
• COLONIAL LIFE FOR CHILDREN: PLIMOTH PLANTATION - (VC C-2299 - Video Cassette 23 mins 1998) - Join a brother and sister as they travel back in time to learn about the first colonial settlement in New England, the daily life of the settlers and Native Americans, the Mayflower Compact, and the origins of Thanksgiving. Filmed in Plymouth, Massachusetts at the living history museum of Plimoth Plantation.
  
  
• COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG - (VC C-2050 - Video Cassette 30 mins 1993) - Explore the historic capital of colonial Virginia in this look at an exciting outdoor museum. Viewers observe not only a wealth of restored and recreated eighteenth-century buildings, their furnishings, and their grounds and gardens, but also the activities of the people who lived and worked in Williamsburg's homes and shops. 
  
  
• A DAY IN THE LIFE: 1) ANNE SPARK'S DAY; 2) PATSY GRENVILLE'S DAY - (VC C-2517 - Video Cassette 37 mins 2000) - This four-video series recreates colonial life in Williamsburg, Virginia, in May, 1774. Episode One explores family life in a free black household, and teaches how even free African American struggled in eighteenth-century Virginia. As Elizabeth Carter is shopping at the millinery we meet Anne Sparks, a free black woman who makes her living as a seamstress. Episode Two takes a look at how people purchased their goods in eighteenth-century Virginia, and examines the colonial monetary system. Anne Sparks sews for the Grenville store too. Patsy Grenville is the young daughter of the proprietor. Patsy has a head for business but is unlikely to earn the chance to own her own store.
  
  
• A DAY IN THE LIFE: 1) DANIEL GROVE'S DAY; 2) JILL'S DAY - (VC C-2516 - Video Cassette 37 mins 2000) - This four-video series recreates colonial life in Williamsburg, Virginia, in May, 1774. In Episode One we meet Daniel Grove, a young gentry man who will escort Mr. Carter's oldest daughter, Elizabeth, to a ball this evening. We observe Daniel's lessons, ranging from Shakespeare to fencing, then we watch a horse race and the ball. Episode Two shows the hardships of plantation slaves' lives, how enslaved families can be separated by their masters, and the difficulty of escape. Jill is a slave at the grove plantation. She is pregnant, and nearly run down by Daniel and his friend while they are racing their horses.
  
  
• A DAY IN THE LIFE: 1) JAMES CAMPBELL'S DAY; 2) MRS. WOOD'S DAY  - (VC C-2518 - Video Cassette 37 mins 2000) - This four-video series recreates colonial life in Williamsburg, Virginia, in May, 1774. Episode One looks at the apprentice system in colonial times. Tom's friend, James, is apprenticed to a master blacksmith. Episode Two explores the role of a middle class woman. Tom is apprenticed to Mr. Wood, and lives with the Wood family. We follow Mrs.Wood through her day of supervising the household, running errands, and celebrating an anniversary.
  
  
• A DAY IN THE LIFE : 1)PRISSY, DENNIS, AND TOM'S DAY; 2) MR. CARTER'S DAY - (VC C-2515 - Video Cassette 37 mins 2000) - This four-video series recreates colonial life in Williamsburg, Virginia, in May, 1774. Episode One explores the differences in work, education, lifestyle, and family life of three different classes of children: Dennis, a young slave of the Carter family; Prissy, the Carter's youngest daughter; and Tom, an apprentice carpenter. Episode Two examines the political responsibilities and home life of the gentry. We meet Mr. Carter, a member of the gentry and a counselor to the Royal Governor. He consults with Mr. Grove, a plantation owner, as to whether he should support efforts to protest the British actions in Boston.
  
  
• THE EARLY COLONISTS: Pt. 1: Forging a New World - (VC C-1904 - Video Cassette 30 mins 1992) - This video adventure takes students back to the beginning of colonial America. Pt.2: Home Sweet Home: Daily Life in Early Colonial America. Designed to bring early everyday life in colonial America alive, this program was filmed on location at some of America's most famous colonial sites.
  
  
• EARLY SETTLERS - (VC C-2450 - Video Cassette 25 mins 1996) - The "American History for Children" series uses animation, live-action portrayals of historic figures, songs, and children's point of view stories to present a broad spectrum of U.S. history. Topics covered in this volume include: Pilgrims and the Mayflower, the Mayflower Compact, Squanto and the first Thanskgiving, Colonial Williamsburg, and early Colonists.
  
  
• ENGLISH SHIPS AND SEAMEN - (VC C-2305 - Video Cassette 21 mins 1986) - Explains why England came to colonize America. Relates how England's conflicts with Spain and France expedited its shipbuilding, exploration and colonization. Dramatizes the initial contact between the first settlers and Native Americans, and explores the mystery of Roanoke. Features John White's original drawings.
  
  
• THE ERA OF COLONIZATION (1585-1763) - (VC C-2301 - Video Cassette 35 mins 1996) - An overview of early European settlers, the influence of the English, changes in Native American societies, religious freedom and diversity, the struggle for control of North America, and the French and Indian War.

Print Resources (Libraries)

• The American Revolution by Clark, Philip (973.3 CLA)
• The Boston Tea Party by Kroll, Steven (973.3 KRO)
• Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War by Bobrick, Benson (973.3 BOB)
• How to be a Revolutionary War Soldier by Ratcliffe, Thomas (973.3 RAT)

Video Resources (United Streaming)

• American Revolution, The: From Colonies to Constitution: Shaping the New Nation - link to United Streaming video (15:00) - This program looks at some of inspirations for America's democracy and shows how they came to be embodied in the laws and government of the United States. Included are Judeo-Christian morality, the French Enlightenment, the English Parliamentary system, the Magna Carta, and the Mayflower Compact. The program examines the problems faced by the America's founders and examines some of the issues debated as the Constitution, the structure of the new government, and the Bill of Rights were hammered out.
• America at Its Best: The American Government - link to United Streaming video (15:00) - This program begins with an introduction of how America began - Columbus's voyage to the New World, the establishment of the 13 colonies, and the colonies' struggle for independence - and then focuses on the make up of the American government. Our government has guides and rules such as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights that protect Americans’ freedoms and rights.

Rubrics & Assessments

OSPI Rubric for Causes of Conflict CBA

EALRs

• 4.1.1 History - Understands and creates timelines to show how historical events are caused by other important events.

  Examples:

  • Constructs and explains a timeline that shows the major eras in U.S. history up to 1776.
  • Constructs a timeline that relates events involving historical, economic, geographic, and civic factors to the causes of the Revolutionary War.

  4.3.2 History - Analyzes the multiple causes of change and conflict in U.S. history.

  Examples:

  • Analyzes the historical, economic, civic, and geographical causes of the Revolution.
  • Analyzes the historical, economic, civic, and geographical causes of the Boston Tea Party.
  • Explains how the distance between England and the thirteen colonies was a factor in the Revolutionary War.

  2.3.1 Economics - Understands the impact of the British government on the economy of the thirteen colonies.

  Examples:

  • Explains how British taxes on tea and sugar affected the distribution of goods in the colonies.
  • Explains how the Stamp Act imposed by British Parliament affected the economy of the colonies by requiring the purchase of a tax stamp for all legal documents.
  • Examines the reasons why colonists chose to dump tea into the Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773.

  4.2.1 (History) - Understands and analyzes how individuals caused change in U.S. history.

  Examples:

  • Examines the impact Crispus Attucks had on the colonists’ desire to fight for freedom from Great Britain.
  • Explains how George Washington led troops to victory over Great Britain in the Revolutionary War.

  5.2.1 (Social Studies Skills) - Understands how essential questions define the significance of researching an issue or event.

  Examples:

  • Explains how the essential question “Why do people want to be free?” reminds us why we study the American Revolution.
  • Explains how the essential question “How can we be heard by our government?” reminds us why we study the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

   

  5.4.1 (Social Studies Skills) - Researches multiple perspectives to take a position on a public or historical issue in a paper or presentation.

  Examples:

  • Researches multiple perspectives on the public issue of mandating school uniforms.
  • Researches multiple perspectives on the public issue of banning cell phones in school.
  • Researches multiple perspectives on the public issue of removing dams to save salmon.
  • Researches multiple perspectives on the public issue of mandating recycling.