DLI 5th Grade Guide

End of Unit Competency Students will examine impactful conficts, moments, movements, communities, and people of the 21st century. They will analyze the role of the United States as a world power and the effects of its territorial and colonial expansion.

Language Features:

● Nouns: outcome, motivation, signifcant moment, world power, community ● Verbs: compare, craft an evidence-based argument, describe, effect, expansion, evidence-based claim, connect, cause, research, summarize, accomplishment, contribution SKILLS VOCABULARY (Can be supplemented by Wonders and be classroom-specifc) ● compare ● craft arguments ● describe ● effect ● expansion ● evidence-based claim ● connect ● cause ● research ● summarize ● accomplishment ● contribution ● Motivation ● Territory ● Territorial holdings ● Expansion ● Counterclaim ● World power ● Social movement