CCSS Content Integration Materials

Fifth Grade CCSS Content Integration Project

Day 1: Should the United States fund the space colony project?
- Part 1: Looking Back
  - Earth’s Natural Resources Video
- Part 2: Looking Forward
- Part 3: Bringing It All Together
- Part 4: The Letter
Day 2: What role does location play in deciding where a colony should be started?
- The Landing of the Pilgrims postcard
- History is Fun website
- Landing of the Pilgrims
- Plymouth Plantation website
- Construction of Jamestown
Day 3: What problems exist in a new environment?
- Part 1: Looking Back
  - John Smith’s Instructions by Way of Advice, For the Intended Voyage to Virginia (Student Handout 3.1)
  - Edward Winslow’s Journal Entry on his observations on Plymouth (Student Handout 3.2)
  - Student Handout 3.3
  - Videos:
    - Pilgrims in America
    - Discovering Jamestown Legacy
- Part 2: Looking Forward
  - Videos:
    - Our World
    - TED Talk by Jane Poynter
Day 4: How does a new colony solve problems?
Day 5: How is economic purpose important to a colony?
Day 6: How do the occupations of colonists impact survival in a colony?
- Part 1: Looking Back
  - Jamestown Manifest
  - Mayflower – Plymouth Manifest
  - First Residents of Plymouth (Student handout 6.1)
  - Jamestown Settlement Colonists Chart (Student Handout 6.2)
Day 7: How does government help a colony to survive and thrive?
Day 8 – 9: How does shelter design fulfill physical, social, and economic needs?
Day 10: What are the outstanding features of your plan?
- www.sketchup.com:
- Moon Mining video: Dr Graham Phillips speaks with scientists at UNSW who are developing technology to mine the moon, exploring how we might build there, and possibly even establish a colony.
- Mission Patch:
  - Our World video
  - Mission Patch Design PowerPoint (Teacher Resource 10.1)
  - NASA Mission Patches Samples
  - Mission Patch Design (Student Handout 10.2)