RI.4. In grade 5, students determined the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases related to grade level subject matter. In grade 6, they also determine figurative, connotative, and technical meanings of words and phrases. In grade 7, they will continue to do the same, and they
The First Partition of Poland was decided on August 5, 1772. Two decades later, Russian and Prussian troops entered the Commonwealth again and the Second Partition was signed on January 23, 1793. Austria did not participate in the Second Partition.
In 1226, Prussia was conquered by the Teutonic Knights, a military religious order, who converted the Prussians to Christianity. The Teutonic Knights were overthrown by the Prussians with help from Poland and Lithuania in 1454. Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia in the west and Ducal Prussia in the east. Royal Prussia was incorporated into Poland providing it with a corridor to the Baltic Sea (the Danzig Corridor). Ducal Prussia became a Polish territory.