Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Nine Weeks: 1 st
Unit: Continents/Oceans
Concepts/Content
Continents/Ocean
Geography
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Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 locate, label, and spell correctly the seven continents using a blank map
 locate, label, and spell correctly the four/five oceans using a blank map
 understand and apply key vocabulary words

Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Nine Weeks: 1st
Unit: Native Americans/Chap 1
Concepts/Content
Native Americans
Cultural regions
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Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 understand and apply key vocabulary words
 match the six Native American groups to their characteristics
 use a timeline to answer specific questions about Native
Americans
 understand cause and effect relationships as applied to the topic
 use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast three Native
American groups

Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Nine Weeks: 1st
Unit: Native Americans/Chap 2
Concepts/Content
4 Native American tribes
4 Cultural regions in the United States
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Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 place on a map where each of the four cultural regions are located
 match the four Native American tribes to their cultural region
 identify the type of home each tribe built
 explain the importance of key items to each tribe
 name at least one natural resource and explain its use for each tribe
 use intermediate and cardinal directions
 read a simple map to label another map
 understand and apply key vocabulary words

Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Nine Weeks: 2 nd
Unit: Exploration/Chap 4
Concepts/Content
Cortes and the Aztecs
Pizarro and the Incas
European explorers
Columbus
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Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 understand why Columbus sailed to the Americas and the impact his voyages made on the western hemisphere
 understand how the Spanish conquered and then colonized parts of North and South America through
Cortes and Pizarro
 understand how the Spanish conquered and then colonized the American Southwest
 understand the treatment of Native Americans at the hands of the Spanish
 match early European explorers with their accomplishments
 use a map and its key to answer specific questions about the map
 understand and apply key vocabulary words

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Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5 th
Nine Weeks: 2 nd
Unit: 13 Colonies/Chap 5
Concepts/Content
Geography of the 13 Colonies
Pilgrims
Pilgrims’ interaction with the Wampanoag Indians
Puritans
Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 place the thirteen colonies on a blank map
 summarize supporting details for a main idea
 use details to compare and contrast the Pilgrims and the
Wampanoag Indians
 understand and apply key vocabulary words
 classify the character traits of the Pilgrims and the
Puritans
 understand cause and effect relationships as applied to the topic
 use a map to answer specific questions about the map

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Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Nine Weeks: late 2 nd
Unit: Colonial Life/Chap 6
Concepts/Content
Colonial life
Colonial trades
Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 recall characteristics of the three regions of the thirteen colonies
 understand and apply key vocabulary words
 alphabetize vocabulary words as a study technique
 demonstrate understanding of an important historical figure – Benjamin Franklin
 use research materials to gather facts about a colonial trade
 use these facts to write a report about that trade

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Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Nine Weeks: late 2 nd – beginning 3rd
Unit: American Revolution/Chap 8 & 9
Concepts/Content
Events/people/ideas/reactions leading to the Declaration of
Independence
Declaration of Independence
The American Revolution
Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 understand and apply key vocabulary words as related to the American Revolution
 understand the basic who, what, where, when, why concepts surrounding the American Revolution
 identify basic key people and their role in the American
Revolution
 understand basic cause and effect relationships that led to the American Revolution and that tie events together during this time period
 understand the significance of key battles in the
American Revolution
 know the dates for the American Revolution
 understand some significance of the Declaration of
Independence

Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Nine Weeks: 3 rd
Unit: Government/Chap 10
Concepts/Content
Articles of Confederation
Creation of the US Constitution
Constitution as a working document
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Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 understand and apply key vocabulary words
 match the three branches of government with their specific tasks
 read a chart and answer specific questions about the branches of government
 write the first sentence of the Preamble
 write the four goals of the Preamble
 apply knowledge of the articles and amendments to real life situations
 name the parts of the Constitution

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Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5 th
Nine Weeks: late 3rd
Unit: Westward Expansion/Chap 11
Concepts/Content
George Washington as president
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark expedition
War of 1812
Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 Understand the events surrounding the creation of our nation’s capital
 Know specific facts about Washington, D.C. today
 Understand the significance of the president’s
Cabinet
 Understand and apply key vocabulary words
 Understand the basic who, what, where, when, why concepts surrounding the Louisiana Purchase and the subsequent exploration of the area
 Understand the basic who, what, where, when, why concepts surrounding the War of 1812
 Label and read a map about the Louisiana Purchase

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Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5 th
Nine Weeks: 4 th
Unit: Civil War/Chap 14 & 15
Concepts/Content
Events leading to Civil War
Civil War
Reconstruction
Desired Outcomes
The student will be able to:
 understand and apply key vocabulary words as related to the Civil War
 understand differences between the North and the
South
 use a labeled map and its key to identify slave states, border states, and free states
 use a labeled map to identify key Civil War battles
 understand some significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg
Address
 understand the basic who, what, where, when, why concepts surrounding the Civil War
 identify basic key people in the Civil War
 understand the basic who, what, where, when, why

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 explain the 13 th , 14 th , and 15 th Amendments to the
Constitution