Grade 5 Social Studies

District 2853

Timelines

Content

Technology Used

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

2 weeks

·         Map Skills

 

·         Use compass rose, cardinal and intermediate directions.

·         Locate places using latitude and longitude.

·         Understand and use a variety of maps.

·         Explain how to use directions on a map.

·         Understand how to use a map scale by applying knowledge to map.

Text Book Test  Chap. 1 p. 34

 

Supplemental Map Bk.

4 weeks

·         History-Coming to the Americas

 

·         Understand  who financed the expeditions of early explorers.

·         Understand that early explorers came from a variety of European countries with a variety of cultures.

·         Compare and contrast early explorers different routes, trade routes, and extent of exploration.

·         Identify and understand what they wanted in the new world.

·         Trace routes of early explorers and effects they had on early exploration.

·         Summarize achievements of various explorers.

·         Describe how and where first English settlements were built.

Text Bk. Test Chap. 5                 (revised) and  additional teacher made map quiz.

 

Text Bk. Test

Chap. 6 p. 1-4

 

Revised text bk. Tests as needed Chap. 7-10

 

Student reports on Explorers

13 weeks

·         History-Beginning of our Nation

 

·         Discuss the imports and exports of the colonies.

·         Map and know the original 13 colonies.

·         Explain the similarities and differences of each colony

·         Recognize the conflicts and causes leading to the Revolutionary War.

·         Identify key people that had an impact prior to the Revolutionary War and during it.

·         Compare and contrast ideas, values, and beliefs of both sides of the war.

·         Explain how and why the Revolutionary War ended.

·         Understand why and how the government was developed by and for the nation.

·         Summarize the documents that support our government.

·         Discuss the importance of the US documents.

·         Understand the 3 branches of the US Government.

·         Explain the checks and balances of government.

·         Identify how the Bill of Rights applies to 5th grade students.

·         Explain how laws are made and the process for a bill to become a law.

Text Bk. Test

Chap. 11-12

 

Rev. War Time Line

(Grad Standard)

 

 

 

Text Bk. Test

Chap. 13

 

3 week

·         History-Expanding the Nation

 

·         Discuss the Louisiana Purchase.

·         Discuss the Lewis and Clark Exploration.

·         Introduce the War of 1812.

·         Understanding why individuals moved to the western part of US.

·         Locate, describe and map the western trails.

Text Bk.

Chap. 14

Chap. 18

5 weeks

·         History-Civil War

 

·         Understand problems for slaves.

·         Explain problems freed slaves faced.

·         Describe the Underground Railroad.

·         Understand events leading up to the war.

·         Identify key people of the time who impacted the war.

·         Discuss problems prior to, during, and after the war.

·         Compare and contrast ideas and opinions of people in the North and the South.

·         Discuss trade practices prior to, during, and after the war.

Text Bk. Test

Chap. 16 & 17

 

Reports on important people during this time period.

4 weeks

·         History-Inventions

 

·         Realize that many comfort items came through inventions.

·         How have inventions changed our lives.

·         Realize that  transportation and communication changed drastically.

·         How has technology changed the areas of transportation, communication and inventions.

Teacher made Test

Essay

(Grad Standard)

5 weeks

·         Cultural Diversity-Early Immigrants to Present Day Events

 

 

·         Know why immigrants came to the United States.

·         Understand what historical event affected immigration for that time period.

·         Realize some of the difficulties that resulted from immigration.

·         Compare and contrast the early immigration to the present day immigration.

·         Discuss American  accomplishments.

·         Introduce Civil Rights.

·         Discuss recent  American Wars or Conflicts.

Revised Text Bk. Test

Chap. 21-22

 

Written student response to WWII or Vietnam Veteran guest speaker.

(Grad Standard)

 

TECHNOLOGY USED:

-          Researching on the Internet

-          Researching encyclopedias

-          Word Processing including importing pictures, coloring text and changing fonts/size