CUSD #95
Learner Objectives
Social Studies for Fifth Grade
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Explain why it is necessary to have written documents to govern people
Compare and contrast democracy with other forms of government
Identify a treaty and describe how it helped a nation resolve a conflict
Describe values that motivated individuals to come to North America
Compare and contrast goods and services that were available to settlers
in different colonies. Describe how these were related to their "wants" and
"needs"
Identify ways in which taxes influenced the lives of early settlers
Select an individual, event or issue and describe how it influenced history
Describe the impact the environment had on the lives of early settlers
Compare and contrast the roles of men, women and children in early
colonies to today
Compare maps from early settlement to the Revolutionary War
Select a location on a map and describe the lifestyles of the settlers that
would live there based upon geographical features
Explain the significance that stories, arts, music and cultural experiences
played in the lives of early settlers
Describe institutions that evolved during early settlement