KIPP: Inspire Academy Social Studies Benchmark 4 6 th Grade Part I: 46 Multiple Choice Questions Part II: 10 Constructed Response Questions Objective 1: World Geography- 1, 11 Objective 12: Slave Trade- 1, 2 Objective 2: Relative Location- 44 Objective 13: Resistance movements- 13, 32 Objective 3: Absolute Location- 24 Objective 14: Compare and Contrast- 7, 38 Objective 4: Where we Live: 25 Objective 15: RADAR paragraphs- Objective 5: Timelines- 31 Objective 16: 13 Colonies- 3, 27, 38, 38, 39 Objective 6: Early People- 46 Objective 17: Social Hierarchy- 7, 28, 30, 37, 39, 40, 41 Objective 7: Fossils and Artifacts- 17 Objective 18: Causes of the Revolution- 6, 15, 23, 31 Objective 8: American Indians- 4, 37 Objective 19: Loyalists and Patriots- 5, 19, 21, 30, Objective 9: Read for Information- Objective 20: Declaration of Independence- 8, 14, 16, 31, 33, 40, 41, 42 Objective 10: Primary and Secondary Sources- 20, 36, 43 Objective 21: Revolutionary War and Battles- 10, 18, 22, 26, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 45 Objective 11: Explorers/Treatment of Native People- 37 Objective 22: The Constitution- 9, 12, 40, 41
PART II Read the passage below; then find the main idea and details of the paragraphs. The Articles of Confederation In 1787, the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution. However, the first book of rules of the United States was written in 1777 and called the Articles of Confederation. After the Declaration stated that the colonists were officially the United States of America, they needed some form of government. The Continental Congress worked together to come up with an outline of the government. They called this first document the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation did not work well, so it was later replaced by the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation gave a big role to the states and very little power to the federal (wholenation) government. The colonists had just started a new country because they thought one person shouldn t control a whole country. Because of this, they wanted to spread the power across the states. These articles stated that each colony was to act as an independent state, and that each state had the right to pass laws within their territories. This central government had very little authority. It could not pass taxes, and it could not raise an army to defend the new nation. This didn t end up working well. The Articles of Confederation didn t give enough power to the main government, so it was hard to get anything done and the new country collected a lot of debt. The federal government was later given more power in the Constitution, and the states were given less power. P1: BIG IDEA: Detail One: Detail Two: Detail Three: P2: BIG IDEA: Detail One: 10
Detail Two: Detail Three: Now, write a summary about the Articles of Confederation passage on the lines below. Include an introduction and conclusion sentence and all the major 5 Ws. 11
Use the source below to answer APPARTS questions. Write in complete RAD sentences. Declaration of Independence The painting below shows the five members of the Declaration Committee presenting the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress on June 28, 1776. John Trumbull made the painting between 1817 and 1819. The painting still hangs in the US Capitol, and has been hanging there since 1826. John Trumbull painted 42 of the 56 signers. He actually went to Independence Hall and met with most of the signers in order to make the painting more realistic. However, since the Declaration was discussed over a period of time, in reality not all the men were in the room all at the same time. Author Who created the source? Do you think he/she was an expert on the subject? Explain. 12
Prior Knowledge This painting is called The Declaration of Independence. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Place and Time Is this painting a primary or secondary source? Explain IN DETAIL. Audience Who did John Trumbull make the painting for in the 1800s? Reason How accurately did the author show the events of the Declaration of Independence in this source? Explain. 13
Thesis What is John Trumbull trying to show in the painting? Significance What was the importance of this moment in history? 14