This year in 5th Grade Social Studies, we focus on American History. Our text is Prentice Hall’s America: History of Our Nation. Our topics of study for the year are as follows:
Building Vocabulary from Informational Texts
Using and Understanding Chart Skills
Using and Understanding Time Lines
Differentiating Between Primary and Secondary Sources
Introduction of Essential Questions
Cultures of North America
Trade Networks of Asia and Africa
The European Heritage
Spain’s Empire in the Americas
Europeans Compete in North America
France and the Netherlands in North America
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
Spanish Colonies on the Borderlines
Colonial Society
Slavery in the Colonies
The Spread of New Ideas
The Colonists Resist Tighter Control
From Protest to Rebellion
The War Begins
A Critical Time
The War Widens
Winning Independence
Articles I - VII
The Bill of Rights
Additional Amendments
- Introductory Unit
Building Vocabulary from Informational Texts
Using and Understanding Chart Skills
Using and Understanding Time Lines
Differentiating Between Primary and Secondary Sources
Introduction of Essential Questions
- Roots of the American People
Cultures of North America
Trade Networks of Asia and Africa
The European Heritage
- Europe Looks Outward
Spain’s Empire in the Americas
Europeans Compete in North America
France and the Netherlands in North America
- Colonies Take Root
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
Spanish Colonies on the Borderlines
- Life In The Colonies
Colonial Society
Slavery in the Colonies
The Spread of New Ideas
- The Road to Revolution
The Colonists Resist Tighter Control
From Protest to Rebellion
The War Begins
- The American Revolution
A Critical Time
The War Widens
Winning Independence
- The Constitution
Articles I - VII
The Bill of Rights
Additional Amendments
- Citizenship and American Traditions and Symbols