Unit Pacing Guide

Selected SOL: 3.3 (exploration of Americans) with integration of 3.5 (map skills)

Day 1: Pretest
Day 2: Introduction to unit (3.5)
Defining European, explorer, voyage, sponsor, motivation, achievement
Activity: Vocabulary Packet (group work)
Day 3: Locate Spain, England and France on world map (3.3)
Correctly identifying Spain, France, and England on a World Map
Activities: Thinglink with Countries worksheet packet (partners), Call and find
(closing)

Day 4: Christopher Columbus (3.3 & 3.5)

Sponsoring country, reasons for exploration, successes/achievements
Interactive Notes
Activity: Red Light, Green Light
3-2-1 Reflection (independent)

Day 5: Juan Ponce de Leon (3.3 & 3.5)

Sponsoring country, reasons for exploration, successes/achievements
Interactive Notes
Activity: Journal Entry (role playing)
Venn Diagram (independent)

Day 6: Jacques Cartier (3.3 & 3.5)

Sponsoring country, reasons for exploration, successes/achievements
Interactive Notes
Activity: Dinner Menu
Day 7: Christopher Newport (3.3 & 3.5)
Sponsoring country, reasons for exploration, successes/achievements
Interactive Notes
Activity: Create a wanted job ad (independent)

Day 8: Impact of exploration on American Indians (3.5)

Disease, settlements, relocation
Match-Up worksheet (independent)

 Activity: Indians & Explorers role playing game

Think, Pair, Write worksheet (independent)

Day 9: Review/Project Presentations (3.3 & 3.5)

Music video
Activity: Explorer Project
Day 10: Post-test

*For this framework I will only be using c and d*