Grade Level/Standard
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Common Core State
Standards:
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Remembering (Knowledge),
Understanding (Comprehension)
ELA.4.RI.3 Explain events,
procedures, ideas, or
concepts in a historical,
scientific, or technical text,
including what happened
and why, based on specific
information in the text.
KEY KNOWLEDGE:
What would students need to
KNOW (nouns)[Key Vocabulary
To Define , Discuss and Model for
Students]
Historical Events, Scientific
Explanation, Records and Accounts,
differing points of view,
discrepancies, bias, cause and effect.
Illinois State Board of Education/SSOS English Language Arts Content Specialists Team
Common Core Unpacking Template
Grade 3
What would students What would students Similarities and Differences
need to DO (verbs). need to DO (verbs). to the way you were taught
[LOWER ORDER BLOOM] Briefly identify what is new or different.
[HIGHER ORDER BLOOM]
Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating
(Synthesis)
Identifies on rather or not I dont think what we were
an event is historical or Distinguishes if bias is reading in literature class
fictional. taking place or how related too much with what we
differing perspectives might were reading in history class.
There wasnt much cross
Recalls previous historical limit how an event is
curriculum connections when I
narrative to create an viewed and recorded, such
went to school. What is more, in
understanding of the as ones beliefs or culture. different grades/years I was in
event and to build either special ed or normal ed
Explains how one event
connections. for either of these classes.
lead to another event and
comprehends how previous It would seem to me that the
Comprehends the
events may have lead up to more background knowledge
significance of the event
this historical one. students have the better the can
and how it relates or lead
relate to a historical text. So I
up to future or present Reconstructs that same event think it is recommended for
historical contexts. and places it into a modern cross curriculum collaboration
context. Such as, can any so that students can continue to
 parallels be made between build off of their historical
Hitlers Germany and any framework and points of
ideologies that are present reference.
today in the world. Or take a
Greek story, and replace it in a
modern context.

Resources: Films about historical events. Newspapers. Books. Websites for research. Headlines. Photos taken from the events.

Illinois State Board of Education/SSOS English Language Arts Content Specialists Team
Illinois State Board of Education/SSOS English Language Arts Content Specialists Team