Essential Questions:
1. What questions do historians ask and why?
2. How might historians organize their findings?
3.
Becoming A Historian
Objectives
1. Cite textual evidence when answering explicit questions.
2. Cite textual evidence when drawing inferences.
3. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic,
determining the similarities and differences in the point of
view they represent.
4. Differentiate between primary and secondary sources.
5. Use text features and organizational features to aid in the
comprehension of the social studies text.
6. Compare and contrast the text structure of multiple texts.
7. Effectively read maps, accurately interpreting the content.
8. Integrate ideas from multiple texts when writing and/or
speaking on a topic.
9. Write an explanatory response in which evidence is used
to further explain the topic.
10. Apply and use academic vocabulary when writing and
speaking.
Key Vocabulary
Required Assessments
Additional Components
Resources
Textbook:
Scott Foresman’s The United States
 Research Skills:
Cause & Effect
Questions In The Mind Of
Historians
H3.0.1
Chronological Order
Comparison
Description
Explanatory Writing
I Can Statements
Inference
1. I can cite textual evidence when answering questions.
2. I can cite textual evidence to explain my inferences.
3. I can analyze multiple accounts of the same event or
topic and determine the similarities and differences in the
point of view they represent.
4. I can tell the difference between primary and secondary
sources.
5. I can use text features to help me better understand the
text.
6. I can use organizational features to help me better
understand the text.
7. I can effectively read a map.
8. I can explain why authors chose to organize their writing
in a certain way.
9. I can compare and contrast the text structure of multiple
texts.
10. I can integrate ideas from multiple texts when writing
and/or speaking on a topic.
11. I can write an explanatory response in which I use
evidence to better explain my topic.
12. I can apply and use academic vocabulary when
writing and speaking.
Organizational Features
Point Of View
Primary Source
Thinking Like A Historian
Assessment
H3.0.1
RI.5.6, RI.5.9, L.5.6
Consider The Source
Explanatory Writing
RI.5.9, W.5.2, W.5.2a, W.5.2b,
W.5.2d, W.5.2e, W.5.4, W.5.8,
W.5.9, W.5.9b, W.5.10, SL.5.2,
SL.5.3,SL.5.4, L.5.3 & L.5.3a
Secondary Source
Sequence of Events
Text Features
Text Structure
Timeline
Text Structures
Assessment
RI.5.1, RI.5.5, RI.5.10
Analyzing Primary Sources
25 Word Abstract
RI.5.6, RI.5.10, W.5.2, W.5.2d, W.5.4
& SL.5.2
Primary vs. Secondary Sources
RI.5.6, RI.5.10, W.5.9 & W.5.9b
When Did That Happen?
RI.5.5, RI.5.10 & W.5.8
Cause & Effect
RI.5.1, RI.5.3, RI.5.10
Map Handbook
Altered Jigsaw
5-P3.1.2
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RF.5.4, RF.5.4a, W.5.9,
W.5.9b, SL.5.1, SL.5.1a, SL.5.2, SL.5.4
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Think Like A Historian (p. H4)
Print Resources (p. H6)
Technology Resources (p. H7)
Community Resources (p. H8)
 Geography Skills:
 Map handbook (p. H12-H22)