🌎 Grade 5 Social Studies

Geography, History, Civics & Economics!

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🌎 GEOGRAPHY (G)

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Unit 1

Map Skills & Geographic Tools

26 Lessons

1Types of Maps - Physical Maps

2Political Maps

3Historical Maps

5Resource & Population Maps

6Map Components - Compass Rose

7Map Key/Legend

9Map Grid & Map Titles

10Lines on Maps - Latitude Lines

11Longitude Lines

12Prime Meridian

15Geographic Tools - Globes

17Charts & Graphs

19Digital Mapping Tools

20Using Maps - Reading Maps

21Tracing Routes

22Measuring Distance

23Comparing Maps

24Map Skills Practice

25Geographic Tools Practice

26Map Skills & Geographic Tools Assessment

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Unit 2

Physical Geography of North America

32 Lessons

1Landforms - Mountains Overview

2Appalachian Mountains

3Rocky Mountains

4Sierra Nevada & Cascade Range

5Plains - Great Plains

6Atlantic Coastal Plain & Central Plains

7Plateaus - Colorado & Columbia Plateaus

9Deserts - Mojave & Sonoran Deserts

10Other Landforms

11Bodies of Water - Oceans (Atlantic & Pacific)

12Major Rivers - Mississippi River

13Missouri River

15Colorado River

16Columbia River & Rio Grande

17Great Lakes - Lake Superior

18Lake Michigan

20Lake Erie & Lake Ontario

21Gulfs & Bays - Gulf of Mexico

22Chesapeake Bay

23Other Bodies of Water

24Climate & Weather - Climate Zones

25Weather Patterns

27Climate Effects on Life

28Continental Divide - What is Continental Divide?

29Rivers East vs West

30Mapping Physical Geography

31Physical Geography Practice

32Physical Geography of North America Assessment

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Unit 3

US Regions

29 Lessons

1Northeast Region - States in Northeast

2Northeast Physical Features

3Northeast Climate

4Northeast Natural Resources

5Northeast Major Cities

6Southeast Region - States in Southeast

7Southeast Physical Features

8Southeast Climate

9Southeast Natural Resources

10Southeast Major Cities

11Midwest Region - States in Midwest

12Midwest Physical Features

13Midwest Climate

14Midwest Natural Resources

15Midwest Major Cities

16Southwest Region - States in Southwest

17Southwest Physical Features

18Southwest Climate

19Southwest Natural Resources

20Southwest Major Cities

21West Region - States in West

22West Physical Features

24West Natural Resources

25West Major Cities

26Comparing Regions - Regional Differences

27Regional Similarities

28Regional Economies

29US Regions Assessment

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Unit 4

Human-Environment Interaction

14 Lessons

1How Geography Affects People - Settlement Patterns

2Housing Styles

5Transportation

6How People Change Environment - Building Cities

9Roads & Bridges

10Resource Extraction

11Geographic Factors in History - Why People Settle

12Geography & Colonial Regions

13Geography & Economic Development

14Human-Environment Interaction Assessment

🏛️ HISTORY (H)

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Unit 5

Pre-Columbian America

38 Lessons

1First Americans - Migration to Americas

2Land Bridge Theory

3Early Settlements

4Hunter-Gatherers

5Eastern Woodlands - Iroquois Confederacy

6Algonquin Tribes

7Cherokee, Longhouses & Farming

8Southeast - Five Civilized Tribes

9Creek, Seminole, Choctaw & Chickasaw

10Southeast Agriculture

11Great Plains - Lakota/Sioux

12Cheyenne & Comanche

13Buffalo Hunting

14Tipis & Nomadic Life

15Southwest - Pueblo Peoples

16Navajo & Apache

18Desert Farming

19Pacific Northwest - Tlingit & Haida

21Salmon Fishing

22Totem Poles & Potlatch Ceremonies

23California & Great Basin - Chumash & Paiute

24Gathering & Fishing

25Arctic & Subarctic - Inuit & Aleut

26Igloos & Kayaks

27Native American Life - Government & Leadership

28Family & Society

29Religion & Beliefs

31Oral Traditions

32Trade Networks

33Advanced Civilizations - Cahokia (Mississippian)

34Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans

35Mound Builders

36Mesoamerican Civilizations - Maya, Aztec & Inca

37Native American Cultural Regions Review

38Pre-Columbian America Assessment

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Unit 6

European Exploration

24 Lessons

1Age of Exploration - Why Europeans Explored

2God, Gold & Glory

3Technology for Exploration - Compass & Astrolabe

4Caravel Ships & Better Maps

5Search for Northwest Passage

6Spanish Exploration - Christopher Columbus (1492)

7Ponce de León

8Hernando de Soto

9Francisco Coronado

10Conquistadors & Spanish Settlements

11French Exploration - Jacques Cartier

12Samuel de Champlain

13Robert de La Salle

14Fur Trade & New France

15English & Dutch Exploration - John Cabot

16Sir Walter Raleigh

17Henry Hudson & New Netherlands

18Effects of Exploration - Columbian Exchange

19What Went to Europe & Americas

20Diseases & Impact

21Impact on Native Americans

22Beginning of Slavery

23Key Explorers Chart - Comparing Explorers

24European Exploration Assessment

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Unit 7

Colonial America

48 Lessons

1Early English Settlements - Roanoke (Lost Colony)

2Jamestown (1607) - Virginia Company

6House of Burgesses

7Plymouth Colony (1620) - Pilgrims

8Mayflower Compact

9Squanto & Wampanoag

10First Thanksgiving

11Massachusetts Bay Colony - Puritans & John Winthrop

12New England Colonies - Massachusetts

13Connecticut - Thomas Hooker & Fundamental Orders

14Rhode Island - Roger Williams & Religious Freedom

15New Hampshire

16New England Geography & Climate

17New England Economy - Fishing

18Shipbuilding, Trade & Small Farms

19New England Society & Religion

20Middle Colonies - New York (Dutch to English)

22Pennsylvania - William Penn, Quakers & Religious Tolerance

24Middle Colonies Geography & Climate

25Middle Colonies Economy - Farming (Breadbasket)

26Trade & Manufacturing

27Middle Colonies Diversity & Culture

28Southern Colonies - Virginia

29Maryland - Lord Baltimore & Catholic Refuge

30North Carolina

31South Carolina

32Georgia - James Oglethorpe & Debtor Colony

33Southern Colonies Geography & Climate

34Southern Economy - Plantations

35Cash Crops - Tobacco, Rice, Indigo & Cotton

36Slavery in Southern Colonies

37Southern Society & Class Structure

38Colonial Life - Daily Life

39Family & Education

40Work & Occupations

41Religion & Entertainment

42Colonial Government - Self-Government & Assemblies

43Town Meetings & Relationship with Britain

44Triangular Trade - Trade Routes & Middle Passage

45Colonial Conflicts - King Philip's War & Bacon's Rebellion

46French & Indian War - Causes, Events & Results

47Key Colonial Figures - Anne Hutchinson & Benjamin Franklin

48Colonial America Assessment

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Unit 8

Road to Revolution

26 Lessons

1Causes of Colonial Discontent - British Debt from War

2Taxation Without Representation

3Colonial Self-Government

4British Acts - Sugar Act (1764)

5Stamp Act (1765) - What It Taxed

6Colonial Response - Sons of Liberty

7Stamp Act Congress

8Townshend Acts (1767) & Colonial Boycotts

9Quartering Act

10Tea Act (1773)

11Intolerable Acts (1774) - Boston Port Act & Punishments

12Colonial Unity

13Key Events - Boston Massacre (1770)

14Crispus Attucks

16Boston Tea Party (1773) - What Happened

17British Response

18First Continental Congress (1774)

19Delegates & Decisions

20Lexington & Concord (1775) - Paul Revere's Ride

21"Shot Heard Round the World" - War Begins

22Patriots vs Loyalists - Who Were They?

23Neutral Colonists & Different Perspectives

24Key Figures - Samuel Adams, John Adams, Patrick Henry

25Paul Revere & Thomas Paine (Common Sense)

26Road to Revolution Assessment

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Unit 9

American Revolution

42 Lessons

1Second Continental Congress - Creating an Army

2George Washington Commander

3Olive Branch Petition

4Decision for Independence

5Declaration of Independence (1776) - Why It Was Written

6Thomas Jefferson

7Main Ideas - Natural Rights

8All Men Created Equal

9Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness

10Right to Change Government

11Grievances Against King

12Signers - John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin & Others

13Significance of Declaration

14Advantages & Disadvantages - British Advantages

15British Disadvantages

16American Advantages

17American Disadvantages

18Major Battles - Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)

19Siege of Boston

20Battle of Long Island

21Crossing the Delaware

22Battle of Trenton

23Battle of Saratoga (Turning Point)

24Valley Forge (Winter 1777-78)

25Battle of Yorktown (1781)

26Foreign Help - France (Marquis de Lafayette)

27French Navy, Money & Supplies

28Spain, Poland (Thaddeus Kosciuszko) & Prussia (Baron von Steuben)

29Key People - George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson

30John Adams, Alexander Hamilton & King George III

31Women in Revolution - Abigail Adams

32Mercy Otis Warren

33Molly Pitcher

34Deborah Sampson & Martha Washington

35African Americans - Crispus Attucks

36James Armistead, Phillis Wheatley & Fighting for Freedom

37Native Americans - Different Alliances & Joseph Brant

38Spies & Intelligence

39End of War - Treaty of Paris (1783)

40American Independence

41Results of Revolution - New Nation & Democratic Ideas

42American Revolution Assessment

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Unit 10

Creating a New Nation

25 Lessons

1Challenges After Independence - No National Government

3Trade Problems

4State Conflicts

5Articles of Confederation - What It Was

6Powers of Congress

7Weaknesses - No Executive Branch

8No Power to Tax, No National Courts, Each State One Vote

9Shays' Rebellion

10Constitutional Convention (1787) - Meeting in Philadelphia

11Delegates/Founding Fathers - George Washington (President)

12James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton & Others

13Major Debates - Large vs Small States

14Slavery Question

15Federal vs State Power

16Key Compromises - Great Compromise

17Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan & Two Houses of Congress

18Three-Fifths Compromise

19Commerce Compromise

20Ratification Debate - Federalists (Arguments For)

21Federalist Papers

22Anti-Federalists (Arguments Against)

23Promise of Bill of Rights

24George Washington's Presidency - First President & Setting Precedents

25Creating a New Nation Assessment

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Unit 11

US Constitution

38 Lessons

1Overview of Constitution - Purpose

2Structure - Preamble, Seven Articles & Amendments

3Supreme Law of Land

4Preamble - "We the People"

5Six Goals - Form a More Perfect Union

6Establish Justice & Ensure Domestic Tranquility

7Provide Common Defense & Promote General Welfare

8Secure Blessings of Liberty

9Meaning for Today

10Principles - Popular Sovereignty

11Limited Government

12Separation of Powers

13Checks & Balances

14Federalism - Federal, State & Shared Powers

16Legislative Branch (Congress) - Article I

17Senate - 100 Senators, 2 per State, 6-Year Terms

18House of Representatives - 435 Members, Based on Population, 2-Year Terms

19Powers of Congress - Make Laws

20Tax, Declare War & More

21How a Bill Becomes Law

22Executive Branch (President) - Article II

23President's Powers - Enforce Laws

24Commander-in-Chief

25Make Treaties, Appoint Officials & Veto Bills

26Vice President

28Electoral College

29Judicial Branch (Courts) - Article III

30Supreme Court - 9 Justices, Lifetime Appointments, Chief Justice

31Federal Courts

32Powers - Interpret Laws & Judicial Review

33Checks & Balances in Action - Executive Checks

34Legislative Checks

35Judicial Checks & Examples

36Amending the Constitution - Why Amendments?

37Amendment Process & Number of Amendments

38US Constitution Assessment

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Unit 12

Bill of Rights & Amendments

24 Lessons

1Why Bill of Rights? - Anti-Federalist Demand

2Protect Individual Rights

3Limit Government Power

4First Amendment - Freedom of Religion

5Freedom of Speech

6Freedom of Press

7Freedom of Assembly & Freedom to Petition

8Second Amendment - Right to Bear Arms

9Third Amendment - Quartering Soldiers

10Fourth Amendment - Search & Seizure

11Fifth Amendment - Due Process

12Double Jeopardy & Self-Incrimination

13Sixth Amendment - Speedy Trial, Right to Lawyer & Jury

14Seventh Amendment - Jury in Civil Cases

15Eighth Amendment - Cruel & Unusual Punishment

16Ninth Amendment - Rights Not Listed

17Tenth Amendment - Powers to States & People

18Later Important Amendments - 13th (End of Slavery)

1914th (Equal Protection)

2015th (Voting Rights - Race)

2119th (Women's Suffrage)

2226th (Voting Age 18)

23Bill of Rights Review

24Bill of Rights & Amendments Assessment

🏛️ CIVICS & GOVERNMENT (C)

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Unit 13

Citizenship & Civic Participation

18 Lessons

1What is Citizenship? - Born in US

2Naturalization

3Citizens' Status

4Rights of Citizens - Bill of Rights Protections

5Voting Rights, Equal Protection & Right to Hold Office

6Responsibilities - Civic Duties (Obey Laws)

7Pay Taxes, Serve on Jury & Register for Draft

8Civic Responsibilities - Vote

9Stay Informed & Participate in Community

10Respect Others' Rights

11How Citizens Participate - Voting & Running for Office

12Volunteering & Writing to Officials

13Attending Meetings & Peaceful Protest

14American Values & Ideals - Liberty

16Justice & Common Good

17Individual Rights

18Citizenship & Civic Participation Assessment

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Unit 14

Levels of Government

14 Lessons

1Federal Government - Powers & Responsibilities

2Washington D.C.

3National Issues

4State Government - State Constitution

6State Legislature

7State Courts & State Powers

8Local Government - County Government

9City/Town Government - Mayor & City Council

10School Boards

11Local Services

12Federalism - Division of Powers

13Federal vs State & Working Together

14Levels of Government Assessment

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Unit 15

American Symbols & Landmarks

24 Lessons

1National Symbols - American Flag (History)

2Meaning of Stars & Stripes

3Flag Etiquette

4Pledge of Allegiance

6Great Seal - "E Pluribus Unum" & Eagle Symbol

8Statue of Liberty

10National Landmarks - White House

11Capitol Building

12Supreme Court Building

13Washington Monument

14Lincoln Memorial

15Jefferson Memorial

16Mount Rushmore

17Independence Hall

18Important Documents - Declaration, Constitution & Bill of Rights

19Where They're Kept

20National Holidays - Independence Day

21Constitution Day & Presidents' Day

22Memorial Day, Veterans Day & Thanksgiving

23American Symbols Review

24American Symbols & Landmarks Assessment

💰 ECONOMICS (E)

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Unit 16

Basic Economic Concepts

12 Lessons

1What is Economics? - Scarcity

2Choices & Resources

3Types of Resources - Natural Resources

4Human Resources

5Capital Resources

6Wants vs Needs

7Opportunity Cost - Trade-offs

8Decision Making

9Goods vs Services

10Producers & Consumers

11Basic Economic Concepts Review

12Basic Economic Concepts Assessment

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Unit 17

Supply & Demand

13 Lessons

1What is Demand? - Consumer Wants

2Quantity Demanded

4What is Supply? - Producer Decisions

5Quantity Supplied & Supply Curve

6Price - How Prices Set

7Supply & Demand Effect

9Shortage & Surplus - Market Balance

10Historical Examples - Tobacco Prices

11Cotton Prices & Fur Trade

12Supply & Demand Review

13Supply & Demand Assessment

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Unit 18

Economic Systems & Trade

20 Lessons

1Free Enterprise System - What is Free Enterprise?

2Private Property

4Competition & Consumer Choice

5Trade - Why People Trade

6Specialization

7Division of Labor

8Imports & Exports

10Colonial Economy - New England Economy

11Middle Colonies Economy

12Southern Economy

13Triangular Trade & Role of Slavery

14Money & Banking - What is Money?

16Saving, Spending & Budgets

17Regional Economies - How Geography Affects Economy

18Different Jobs by Region & Past vs Present

19Economic Systems Review

20Economic Systems & Trade Assessment

📖 INQUIRY & SKILLS

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Unit 19

Social Studies Skills

22 Lessons

1Reading Skills - Main Idea & Details

2Cause & Effect

3Compare & Contrast

4Sequence/Chronology

5Drawing Conclusions

6Research Skills - Asking Questions

7Finding Sources

8Taking Notes & Presenting Information

9Primary vs Secondary Sources - What are Primary Sources?

10Letters, Diaries, Documents, Photographs & Artifacts

11What are Secondary Sources? - Textbooks, Encyclopedias & Documentaries

12Analyzing Sources & Evaluating Credibility

13Timeline Skills - Reading Timelines

14Creating Timelines

15BCE/CE or BC/AD & Chronological Order

16Map Skills Review - All Map Skills

17Using Multiple Maps

18Critical Thinking - Point of View

19Bias & Fact vs Opinion

20Multiple Perspectives

21Making Arguments

22Social Studies Skills Assessment

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Unit 20

Cultural Studies

18 Lessons

1Culture & Heritage - What is Culture?

2Elements of Culture

3Cultural Diversity

4Cultural Exchange

5Arts & Expression - Art in American History

6American Progress (painting) & Historical Art

7Music - "Yankee Doodle"

8"Star-Spangled Banner"

9Colonial Music

10Literature - "Paul Revere's Ride" & Historical Literature

11Contributions of Groups - Native American Contributions

12African American Contributions

13European Immigrant Contributions

14Women's Contributions

15Customs & Traditions - Religious Traditions

16Holiday Traditions & Regional Traditions

17Cultural Studies Review

18Cultural Studies Assessment