Standards

 

Objective 1: Describe and explain the growth and development of the early American colonies.

Indicators:

a. Using maps -- including pre-1492 maps -- and other geographic tools, locate and

analyze the routes used by the explorers.

b. Explain how advances in technology lead to an increase in exploration (e.g. ship

technology)

c. Identify explorers who came to the Americas and the nations they represented.

d. Determine reasons for the exploration of North America (e.g., religious,

economic, political).

4050-0806 Objective 6: Write in different forms and genres.

d. Produce writing to persuade (e.g., essays, editorials, speeches, TV scripts, responses to

various media).