Social Studies Grade 5
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 5
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| Unit Titles | Shared Reading Unit Titles 1. Frindle 2. Pedro’s Journal 3. Do Stars Have Points 4. Dear Mr. Henshaw |
Shared Reading Unit Titles 1. The Secret Soldier (Military-Women) 2. American Tall Tales |
Shared Reading Unit Titles 1. Be A Better Person in Just Three Days 2. Shiloh 3. “If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution “ 4. “American Tall Tales” |
Shared Reading Unit Titles 1. If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution 2. American Tall Talls 3. Circle of Gold 4. Pink and Say 5. The King’s Equal |
| Learning Outcomes | 1. Frindle
1a. Identify the rights of citize ns in a democratic society. 1b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 1c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 1d. Identify historical events. Identif 1e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 1f. Locate places and regions on a map. 1g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 1h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 1j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 1k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 2. Pedro’s Journal 2a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 2b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 2c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 2d. Identify historical events. Identif 2e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 2f. Locate places and regions on a map. 2g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 2h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 2i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 2j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 2k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 3. Dear Mr. Henshaw 3a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 3b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 3c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 3d. Identify historical events. Identif 3e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 3f. Locate places and regions on a map. 3g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 3h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 3i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 3j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 3k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. |
1. The Secret Soldier
(Military-Women) 1a. Identify the rights of citize ns in a democratic society. 1b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 1c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 1d. Identify historical events. Identif 1e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 1f. Locate places and regions on a map. 1g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 1h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 1j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 1k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 2. American Tall Tales 2a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 2b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 2c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 2d. Identify historical events. Identif 2e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 2f. Locate places and regions on a map. 2g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 2h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 2i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 2j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 2k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. |
1. Be A Better Person in Just Three Days
1a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 1c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 1d. Identify historical events. Identif 1e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 1f. Locate places and regions on a map. 1g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 1h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 1j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 1k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 2. Shiloh 2a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 2b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 2c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 2d. Identify historical events. Identif 2e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 2f. Locate places and regions on a map. 2g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 2h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 2i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 2j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 2k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 3. “If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution “ 3a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 3b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 3c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 3d. Identify historical events. Identif 3e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 3f. Locate places and regions on a map. 3g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 3h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 3i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 3j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 3k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 4. “American Tall Tales”4a. Identify the rights of citize ns in a democratic society. 4b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 4c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 4d. Identify historical events. Identif 4e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 4f. Locate places and regions on a map. 4g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 4h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 4i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 4j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 4k. Display empathy for people who have |
1. Circle of Gold
1a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 1c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 1d. Identify historical events. Identif 1e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 1f. Locate places and regions on a map. 1g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 1h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 1j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 1k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 2. Pink and Say 2a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 2b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 2c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 2d. Identify historical events. Identif 2e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 2f. Locate places and regions on a map. 2g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 2h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 2i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 2j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 2k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past.
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| Significant Task | 1. Frindle
1a. Research a common word in many languages and make a poster including illustrations /photos /magazine pictures and words. 1b. Write a paragraph explaining the side they took and giving evidence to support their position. 2. Pedro’s Journal 2a. Spell the names of the 4 oceans (Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific) and be able to label them correctly on a map. 2b. Illustrate your impressions of the land and people Columbus and his crew found when they arrived. 2c. Label Columbus and his crew, the natives, their homes, the trees, the land (island) and the animals in your illustration. 2d. Create a time-line by arranging the dates in sequence along a line. 3. Dear Mr. Henshaw 3a. Research and create of an alarm system that can be constructed for a lunchbox, or shoebox. 3b. Trace on a map, or draw, the route from Bakersfield, California, to Pacific Grove, California. 3c. Determine the distance in miles and the amount of time it would take to travel there. 3d. Describe examples of “tattling” and examples of “telling.” on a list divided in halves. 3e. Debate and decide which criteria/examples they would like to include as norms for their classroom community. 3f. Create a poster depicting one of our National Parks. 3g. Give a brief oral presentation to the class explaining its location and any significant, or unique, features. 3h. Write about a time when you totally misjudged a situation, or a person. 3i. Examine the reasons why this happened and draw conclusions sequencing how you were finally able to see the situation more objectively. |
1. The Secret Soldier
(Military-Women) 1a. Identify and label, spell correctly, the original 13 colonies on a map. 1b. Create a time-line, sequencing the dates for these events along the line in the life of Deborah Samuels. 1c. Design a monument (not a grave stone) to honor the life of Deborah Sampson. 1d. Describe the materials and construction used in the monument. 1e. Write a explanation of the words displayed on the monument.
2. American Tall Tales 2a. Trace the Mississippi River on their blank U.S. map and correctly identify and label each state touched by the river. 2b. Create a poster “inviting” adventurous people from the East to settle the Ohio River valley. 2c. Illustrate and define the many different landforms of Texas ---plains, mesas, canyons, deserts and prairies on an enlarged chart. 2d. Write a short essay entitled “I Would Like to Live in the (choose one of the landforms)”, giving evidence for their response. 2e. Make a T chart or a Venn diagram to compare the jobs of John Henry, a steel-driver. 2f. Write a paragraph explaining which job you would rather have and giving reasons for your response. |
1. Be A Better Person in Just Three Days
1a. Write a paragraph that compares your life to Marty’s. 1b. Compare ideas such as: -where and how you both live. -what you both have. -how your families are the same and different. -how the members of each family get along with the other. 2. Shiloh 2a. Illustrate your idea of the way you think the area around Marty’s home might appear to a visitor. 2b. Write about a time when there was something you wanted very badly but you couldn’t have it because of some important reason. Be sure to include: -what it was you wanted -why you couldn’t have it -how it turned out 2c. Write a paragraph stating your opinion and giving evidence on if you think Marty is a responsible member of his community. 3. “If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution “ 3a. Prepare for a debate between the Loyalists and the Patriots . 3b. Prepare a written, oral, or visual report about a famous person in the Revolutionary War. 3c. Research what a Patriot was during the Revolutionary War. 3d. Explain what he/she believed in and why they chose to become a Patriot. 3e. Research what a Loyalist (Tory) was during the Revolutionary War. 3f. Explain what he/she believed in and why they chose to become a Loyalist.
4. “American Tall Tales”4a. Draw a line from Boston to India, another line from Boston to China, and a third line from Boston to Europe. 4b. Write a paragraph explaining why the Courser might have traveled to those destinations. 4c. Locate and label the Great Lakes on a US map. |
1. Circle of Gold
1a. Write a paragraph about a time when you observed bullying. 2b. Design a poster illustrating something you could do to help prevent bullying in your classroom, school or neighborhood. 2c. Write a paragraph to compare what Marty did to why Mattie might consider using Toni’s essay as her own. 2c. Explain why, for stealing Angel’s bracelet, it was fare or not that Charlene was suspended from school. 2. Pink and Say 2a. Design a building that would be a library built in the memory and named of Pinkus Aylees. |
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