Fifth Grade
Social Studies Objectives
5th Grade
Unit: Pre-Revolutionary War
Unit Questions:
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What events lead to the Revolutionary War?
What were the effects of the Boston Massacre?
How were the contributions of key pre-revolutionary historical figures?
Unit Objectives:
Identify causes and effects of the French and Indian war
- I can identify these causes of the French and Indian War: Control of the Ohio
River Valley, Control of the Fur Trade
- I can identify these effects of the French and Indian War: Forts in Ohio River
Valley, Natives sided with French, French loss land claim
Identify causes and effects of Tax Acts
- I can identify these causes of the tax acts: England in debt,
- I can identify these effects of the tax acts: Colonists boycotted taxed goods,
Parliament repealed most taxes
Identify Cause and Effect Boston Tea Party
- I can identify these causes of the Boston Tea party: Anger over Tea Tax
- I can identify these effects of the Boston Tea party: Parliament punished Boston
with Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts), Other colonies supported Boston by
sending food and supplies
Analyze the Boston Massacre
- I can explain how propaganda about the Boston Massacre turned Boston into an
explosive environment
Identify important historical figures and their contributions
- I can identify the contributions of Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, George
Washington, John Adams, Patrick Henry, and Charles Townsend
Unit: Revolutionary War
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What are the key battles and their location of the Revolutionary War?
What was the significance of each of the key battles of the Revolutionary War?
What important documents resulted from the Revolutionary War?
What were the contributions of key historical figures of the Revolutionary War?
Unit Objectives:
Identify, locate, and explain the significance of major Revolutionary battles
Identify, locate, and explain the significance of these battles: Lexington and Concord,
Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown
Summarize the main points in the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and
the Constitution
- I can summarize the significance of the Declaration of Independence
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- I can summarize the significance of the Bill of Rights
- I can summarize the significance of the Constitution
Explain the significant outcomes Treaty of Paris
- I can explain the significant outcomes of the Treaty of Paris: England lost all
land claims except Canada in N. America; The United States was recognized
as a new government
Identify important historical figures and their contributions
- I can identify the contributions of John Hancock, Ben Franklin, Benedict
Arnold, King George III, Cornwallis, and Thomas Jefferson
Unit: Early 19th Century
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What were the major events and outcomes of the War of 1812?
How did Jacksonian Democracy affect Westward Expansion?
How did the Industrial Revolution change our society and cause regional
differences?
Unit Objectives:
Identify the causes, major events, and outcomes of the War of 1812
- I can identify these causes of the War of 1812: trade tensions, impressments,
question of the United States expansionism
- I can explain these major events: Battle of Tippecanoe, Battle at Fort McHenry,
Battle of New Orleans
- I can explain the outcomes of the War of 1812: neither side won, American unity
and pride
Describe the fundamental principles of Jacksonian Democracy
- I can identify the fundamental principles of Jacksonian Democracy: Westward
Expansion, Native Americans pushed further back, Trail of Tears, president of
the people
Describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution
- I can describe how the Industrial Revolution changed our society from an
agricultural to industrial society
-new inventions led to new industry
-Changed from agricultural to industrial
-Mass production/factories
Describe the regional differences between the North and South
- I can describe the following differences: North is industrial and South is
agricultural
Identify important historical figures and their contributions
- I can identify the contributions of Jackson, Robert Fulton, and Francis Scott
Key
Unit: Pre-Civil War Era
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What was the abolitionist movement?
What were the causes and outcomes of the Texas War?
What were the causes and outcomes of the Mexican War?
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Unit Objectives:
Describe the rise of the abolitionist movement
- I can explain the relationship of the Underground Railroad to the antislavery
movement
Identify the causes, major events, and outcomes of the Texas War and Mexican War
can identify these causes of the Texas War and Mexican War: Mexico passed a law
limiting Americans to settle
- I can identify the major events of the Texas War: Battle of the Alamo, San
Jacinto,
- I can identify the outcomes: Texas became a Republic and joined the United
States
Identify important historical figures and their contributions
- I can identify the contributions of Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Sam
Houston, and Dred Scott
Unit: Civil War
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What events lead to the start of the Civil War?
What are the major battles of the Civil War and their significance?
How did the outcome of the Civil War shape society?
Unit Objectives:
Describe the events at Fort Sumter
- I can describe the events at Fort Sumter that led to the beginning of the Civil War
Define secession and identify the states that seceded from the union
- I can explain secession and identify the states that seceded from the union
Identify the major battles of the Civil War and explain their significance
- I can identify and explain these battles: Battle of Bull Run, Gettysburg,
Vicksburg, Antietam, and how they impacted the outcome of the war
Explain the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
- I can explain the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
Explain the significance of the Gettysburg Address
- I can explain the significance of the Gettysburg Address
Identify important historical figures and their contributions
- I can identify the contributions of Clara Barton, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee,
and Ulysses S. Grant
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Unit: Map skills
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Why do we use political and physical maps?
Unit Objective:
Analyze and interpret political and physical maps
- I can analyze and interpret political and physical maps
Current Events
Describe and analyze current events
- I can describe and analyze current events
October 2009
K-5 Social Studies Objectives
CUSD 95