FIFTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
1st Quarter
| Content | Time Frame (weeks) | Activity | Assessment Instrument |
| Review Map Skills and Five Themes of Geography | 1ST | Maps Worksheets | Review/Quiz |
| Review Map Skills and Five Themes of Geography | 2ND | Class Notes/Discussion | Project |
| First Americans | 3RD | Map Work/ Class Notes | Project |
| Exploration | 4TH | Class Notes/Maps | Check Notebooks |
| Exploration | 5TH | Worksheets /Vocabulary | Homework / Quiz |
| Settlement | 6TH | Map Work / Discussion | Project Notebooks |
| Atlantic Colonies | 7TH | Class notes / Notebook | Quiz / Homework |
| Atlantic Colonies | 8TH | Worksheets / Reading | Quiz / Homework |
| New England Colonies | 9TH | Video | Quiz / Homework |
2nd Quarter
| Content | Time Frame (weeks) | Activity | Assessment Instrument |
| Middle Colonies | 1ST | Same | Same |
| Middle Colonies | 2ND | Same | Same |
| Southern Colonies | 3RD | Same | Same |
| Southern Colonies | 4TH | Same | Same |
| American Revolution | 5TH | Class Discussion | Notebooks Project |
| American Revolution | 6TH | Readings Who, What, When, Where and Why Voc. People, Places | Quiz |
| Constitution | 7TH | Readings Who, What, When, Where and Why Voc. People, Places | Quiz |
| Constitution | 8TH | Readings Who, What, When, Where and Why Voc. People, Places | Quiz |
| Constitution | 9TH | Readings Who, What, When, Where and Why Voc. People, Places | Quiz |
3rd Quarter
| Content | Time Frame (weeks) | Activity | Assessment Instrument |
| U.S. Growth | 1ST | Map Work /Discussion | Notebook/ Maps |
| Western Movement | 2ND | Class Notes Readings | Notebook/ Maps |
| Pre Civil War | 3RD | Vocabulary Classnotes | Paragraph Writing on select topics |
| Civil War Years | 4TH | Video Discussion | Paragraph Writing on select topics |
| Civil War Years | 5TH | Video Discussion | Paragraph Writing on select topics |
| Civil War Years | 6TH | Video Discussion | Quiz |
| Reconstruction | 7TH | Video Discussion | Quiz |
| Reconstruction | 8TH | Video Discussion | Quiz |
| Growth Changes | 9TH | Video Discussion | Quiz |
4th Quarter
|
Content |
Time Frame (weeks) |
Activity |
Assessment Instrument |
|
Modern American Industrial Revolution Immigrants |
1ST |
Readings/ Questions |
Oral Reading |
|
Modern American Industrial Revolution Immigrants |
2ND |
Vocabulary / Discussion |
Discussion Worksheets |
|
US as the World Power |
3RD |
Vocabulary / Discussion |
Projects |
|
US as the World Power |
4TH |
Vocabulary / Discussion |
Projects |
|
U.S. In 20th Century |
5TH |
Vocabulary / Discussion |
Projects |
|
U.S. In 20th Century |
6TH |
Vocabulary / Discussion |
Projects |
|
Famous American Projects |
7TH |
Homework Computer Work |
Presentaiton |
|
Famous American Projects |
8TH |
Homework Computer Work |
Presentation |
|
Famous American Projects |
9TH |
Homework Computer Work |
Presentation |