CERCA Slides by Grade
Grade 3: Fish for Lunch
How are fish connected to the Alaskan community of Sitka?
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.W.3.2
Grade 4: Turkey Talk
How does the actual history of Europeans’ use of turkeys compare to well-known stories about it?
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.W.4.2
Grade 5: Tea Overboard!
How did the Boston Tea Party signal colonists’ opposition to Parliament’s actions?
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.W.5.2
Grade 6: Chocolate: Drink It or Spend It!
How has the social and economic value of chocolate changed over time?
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.W.6.2
Grade 7: Sri Lanka's Cinnamon
How did the Eastern Hemisphere spice trade create conflict between the Dutch and Portuguese Empires?
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.W.7.2
CCSS.RH.6-8.1
Grade 8: Long Live the Tatanka!
How has the history of non-Native settlement of the West affected the American bison?
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.W.8.2
CCSS.RH.6-8.1
Grade 9: Gangsters Profit from Prohibition
How did Prohibition impact crime in the United States?
CCSS.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.W.9-10.2
CCSS.RH.9-10.1
Grade 10: Inland Customs Line
How did Mahatma Gandhi use food production and consumption as a means of political protest?
CCSS.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.W.9-10.2
CCSS.RH.9-10.1
Grades 11-12: A Very Brief History of Chinese Food in America
How does the history of Chinese American cuisine illustrate the tension between the acceptance and rejection of Chinese immigrants in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.W.11-12.2
CCSS.RH.11-12.1
