Grade 5 Fall — Early US History through the American Revolution (Pre-Contact through 1783): Many Nations, Many Voices, Many Revolutions

History · CHR G5 (C3 D2.His.1.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5, D2.His.3.3-5; NCSS Theme 2; CA HSS 5.1-5.7; TEKS 5.1.A; NYS 5.3) hist.g5.f.chr.early_us_chronology_pre1492_to_1783

Construct a multi-band early-US chronology pre-1492 to 1783 with FOUR parallel bands — Indigenous nations (time immemorial), European colonial ventures (1492-1607), Colonial era + Revolution (1607-1783), and Indigenous nations CONTINUOUS PRESENCE (across all three bands)

Construct the unit-wide Chronology Strip MG-4 with FOUR parallel bands of historical time, including ~25 key event ticks across the strip: time-immemorial Indigenous origin (~15,000-30,000 years of Indigenous presence in North America before 1492); 1492 Columbus's first voyage; 1565 St. Augustine FL (first permanent European settlement in what becomes US); 1607 Jamestown; 1619 first enslaved Africans arrive in Virginia; 1620 Mayflower Compact; 1621 Wampanoag-Plymouth treaty; 1622 Powhatan-English war; 1636-37 Pequot War; 1675-78 King Philip's War; 1676 Bacon's Rebellion; 1680 Pueblo Revolt; 1681 Pennsylvania founded; 1705 Virginia Slave Codes; 1739 Stono Rebellion; 1754-63 French and Indian War; 1763 Proclamation Line; 1764 Sugar Act; 1765 Stamp Act; 1767 Townshend Acts; 1770 Boston Massacre; 1773 Phillis Wheatley Poems published + Boston Tea Party + Felix Holbrook Petition; 1774 Coercive Acts + First Continental Congress; 1775 Lexington/Concord + Bunker Hill + Dunmore's Proclamation; 1776 Common Sense + Abigail Adams's 'Remember the Ladies' + Declaration of Independence; 1777 Saratoga; 1778 Franco-American Treaty; 1781 Yorktown; 1783 Treaty of Paris + Belinda Sutton Reparations Petition. CRITICAL: the FOURTH parallel band runs CONTINUOUSLY across all three bands — Indigenous nations did not disappear at any point.

Mastery threshold

85%

Min instances

Typical minutes

Spaced intervals (days)

1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60

Prereqs

Successors

Construct a 4-band chronology of the Early Republic 1783-1850 — national events, presidencies, Indigenous-nation chronology, Black-American + reform-movement chronology — using MG-4 Chronology Strip

Common misconceptions

Believing US history starts in 1492 or 1607 or 1776 — the chronology begins with time immemorial Indigenous presence.
Believing Indigenous nations ended at any specific date — the fourth parallel band on MG-4 runs continuously across the whole strip.
Missing that 1619 (arrival of first enslaved Africans) is as foundational as 1620 (Mayflower) or 1607 (Jamestown).
Missing that 1773 saw THREE foundational events not just one (Phillis Wheatley Poems, Boston Tea Party, Felix Holbrook Petition).

Exercise pool (2)

Diff	Stem	Type
1	Look at the MG-1 unit-opener illustration. Pick ONE of the 12 Founding-Era voice medallions. Write ONE compelling question about that...	compelling question generation
1	State the three Promises (MG-8 Sovereignty / MG-9 Humanity-FIRST / MG-10 Resilience-FIRST) and explain what each promises in one sentence.	promise recitation