South Carolina
5 GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
2011-2012 Pacing Guide
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Unit
Unit 1:
Reconstruction
Unit 2:
Westward
Expansion
Days 42
Unit 3:
Industrialization
and Imperialism
Unit 4:
The 1920s and
the Great
Depression
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Standard/
Indicator*
Major Topics/Concepts
Reconstruction plans/philosophies
Impact of Lincoln’s assassination on Reconstruction
Treatment of newly freed slaves
1.1
New constitutional amendments
1.2
~10 Days
Discrimination practices after the Civil War (i.e. Jim
1.3
Crow laws)
1.4
Subversive groups (i.e., KKK)
Segregation
Sharecropping
Geography, climate, and natural resources of the
West
Challenges of westward expansion
2.1
Technology and government actions that made
2.2
~10 Days
settlement of the Great Plains possible
2.3
Life in the West
2.4
Roles and contributions of different groups of people
in the West
Impact of westward expansion on Native Americans
1st Cumulative Benchmark (covering all content through day 41)
New technological developments and inventions
Discrimination practices in the United States
Role of new technology in sparking industrialization
Impact of the Industrial Revolution on society
3.1
Shift from agriculture to manufacturing
3.2
Role and contributions of immigrants
3.3
~10 Days
Shift to imperialism and America’s role as a world
3.4
power
3.5
Annexation of new territories by the United States
3.6
Impact of the Spanish-American War
Causes of World War I
United States involvement in World War I
Impact of World War I
Life during the 1920s
Changes in the culture of the country during the
1920s
4.1
Reasons for the stock market crash
~10 Days
4.2
Life during the Great Depression
4.3
The New Deal
Impact of New Deal programs
Changes to the government and the nation because
of the Great Depression
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Standard/
Major Topics/Concepts
Indicator*
Day 85
2nd Cumulative Benchmark (covering all content through day 84)
Major events of World War II
Fighting strategies (Eastern theater vs. Pacific
theater)
4.4
Unit 5:
Key figures in the war
4.5
World War II
~10 Days
New war technologies
4.6
Impact of the war on the home front
4.7
Role of women and African Americans during the
war
Civil rights during the war
Cultural changes to the United States after World
War II
Economic changes to the United States after World
5.1
War II
Unit 6:
5.2
~10 Days
The Civil Rights Movement (key events and leaders)
The Cold War
5.3
Political and economic policies of the Cold War
5.4
Life during the Cold War
Political alliances and policies of the late 20th
century
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Days 130
3 Cumulative Benchmark (covering all content through day 130)
Post-Cold War political changes
6.1
United States global involvement
Unit 7:
6.2
Impact of terrorism and the 9/11 attacks
The United
6.3
~20 Days
Impact of new technology on American culture
States Today
6.4
Global cultural exchange
6.5
Economic challenges in the United States
6.6
Modern environmental challenges
Days 156-160
Review/Optional Comprehensive Benchmark
Days 161-165
PASS Tests
Days 166-180
Enrichment/Remediation
*Aligned to the 2011 South Carolina Social Studies Academic Standards (pending State Board
approval on August 18, 2011)
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Unit 1: Reconstruction
(Teachers are encouraged to pretest each unit to examine students’ needs.)
Major Concepts:
 Reconstruction plans/philosophies
 Impact of Lincoln’s assassination on Reconstruction
 Treatment of newly freed slaves
 New constitutional amendments
 Discrimination practices after the Civil War (i.e., Black Codes, Jim Crow laws)
 Subversive groups (i.e., KKK)
 Segregation
 Sharecropping
Pacing Guide: ~ 10 instructional days
Standard and Indicators: 5-1.1, 5-1.2, 5-1.3, 5-1.4
Standard 1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of Reconstruction and its impact on the
United States.
5-1.1 Summarize the aims of Reconstruction, including the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination,
Southern resistance to the rights of freedman, and the agenda of the Radical Republicans.
5-1.2 Explain the effects of Reconstruction, including new rights under the thirteenth, fourteenth, and
fifteenth amendments, the actions of the Freedman’s Bureau; and the move from a plantation
system to sharecropping.
5-1.3 Explain the purpose and motivations behind the rise of subversive groups during Reconstruction
and their rise to power after the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.
5-1.4 Compare the political, economic, and social effects of Reconstruction on different population in
the South and in their regions of the United States.
Desired Outcomes
Students should be able to:
 Summarize the different viewpoints and plans related to Reconstruction and explain how President
Lincoln’s assassination affected its implementation.
 Explain how African Americans were affected by Reconstruction.
 Identify the purposes of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
 Explain what things were put in place to help African Americans achieve equality and identify way
some groups tried to prevent it.
 Explain the role of the Freedman’s Bureau and evaluate its effectiveness in achieving its goals.
 Explain the rise and motivation of subversive groups such as the KKK and evaluate how they
affected the lives of African Americans.
Key Vocabulary
Reconstruction
15th Amendment
subversive
Compromise of 1877
th
13 Amendment
Feedman’s Bureau
Black codes
14th Amendment
sharecropping
Jim Crow laws
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Unit 2: Westward Expansion
(Teachers are encouraged to pretest each unit to examine students’ needs.)
Major Concepts:
 Geography, climate, and natural resources of the West
 Challenges of westward expansion
 Technology and government actions that made settlement of the Great Plains possible
 Life in the West
 Roles and contributions of different groups of people in the West
 Impact of westward expansion on Native Americans
Pacing Guide: ~ 10 instructional days
Standard and Indicators: 5-2.1, 5-2.2, 5-2.3, 5-2.4
Standard 2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the continued westward expansion of the
United States.
5-2.1 Analyze the geographic and economic factors that influenced westward expansion and the ways
that these factors affected travel and settlement, including physical features of the land; the
climate and natural resources; and land ownership and other economic opportunities.
5-2.2 Summarize how technologies such as railroads, the steel plow and barbed wire, federal policies
such as subsidies for the railroads and the Homestead Act, and access to natural resources
affected the development of the West.
5-2.3 Identify examples of conflict and cooperation between occupational and ethnic groups in the
West, including miners, ranchers, cowboys, Mexican and African Americans, and European and
Asian immigrants.
5-2.4 Explain the social and economic effects of westward expansion on Native Americans, including
opposing views on land ownership, Native American displacement, the impact of the railroad on
the culture of the Plains Indians, armed conflict and changes in federal policy.
Desired Outcomes
Students should be able to:
 Explain how the natural environment of the western territory impacted settlement in the area.
 Identify the major physical features of the western territory.
 Summarize how new technologies impacted the settlement of the West.
 Explain how government policies encouraged settlement of the West.
 Identify the various ethnic and occupational groups that settled the West
 Summarize the cooperation and conflict of the different groups of people in the West.
 Explain how Native Americans were impacted by the settlement of the West.
Key Vocabulary
pioneers
government subsidy
mining
assimilation
transcontinental
railroad
ranchers
Plains Indians
ethnic groups
Homestead Act
cowboys
reservations
subsidies
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Unit 3: Industrialization and Imperialism
(Teachers are encouraged to pretest each unit to examine students’ needs.)
Major Concepts:
 New technological developments and inventions
 Role of new technology in sparking industrialization
 Discrimination practices in the United States
 Impact of the Industrial Revolution on society
 Shift from agriculture to manufacturing
 Role and contributions of immigrants
 Shift to imperialism and America’s role as a world power
 Annexation of new territories by the United States /impact of the Spanish-American War
 Causes of World War I/United States involvement in World War I/Impact of World War I
Pacing Guide: ~ 10 instructional days
Standard and Indicators: 5-3.1, 5-3.2, 5-3.3, 5-3.4, 5-3.5, 5-3.6
Standard 3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of major domestic and foreign
developments that contributed to the United States’ becoming a world power.
5-3.1 Explain how the Industrial Revolution was furthered by new inventions and technologies, including
new methods of mass production and transportation and the invention of the light bulb, the
telegraph, and the telephone.
5-3.2 Explain the practice of discrimination as well as the passage discriminatory laws in the United
States and their impact on the rights of African Americans, including the Jim Crow laws and the
ruling Plessy v. Ferguson.
5-3.3 Summarize the significance of large-scale immigration to America, including the counties from
which the people came, the opportunities and resistance they faced when they arrived, and the
cultural and economic contributions they made to the United States.
5-3.4 Summarize the impact of industrialization, urbanization, and the rise of big business, including the
development of monopolies; long hours, low wages, and unsafe working conditions on men,
women, and children laborers; and resulting from reform movements.
5-3.5 Summarize the reasons for the United States’ control of new territories as a result of the Spanish
American War and the building of the Panama Canal, including the need for raw materials and
new markets and competition with other world powers.
5-3.6 Summarize the factors that led to the involvement of the United Sates in World War I and the role
of the United States in fighting the war.
Desired Outcomes
Students should be able to:
 Identify prominent inventors and scientists and their inventions and advancements.
 Explain how these new technologies changed the United States and promoted industrialization.
 Explain how the focus of the American economy changed during the Industrial Revolution.
 List reasons immigrants came to the United States and identify the countries from where they
came.
 Identify the role and contributions of immigrants in during the Industrial Revolution and
summarize the challenges they faced.
 Explain the role of the United States as a world power after the Spanish-American War.
 Identify actions by the United States that contributed to the nation taking a more imperialist role
in world affairs.
 Understand the reasons for the United States involvement in World War I and the impact the war
had on the nation.
Key Vocabulary
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Jim Crow laws
industrialization
immigration
urbanization
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discrimination
innovation
technology
agrarian
workforce
big business
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annexation
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Unit 4: The 1920s and the Great Depression
(Teachers are encouraged to pretest each unit to examine students’ needs.)
Major Concepts:
 Life during the 1920s
 Changes in the culture of the country during the 1920s
 Reasons for the stock market crash
 Life during the Great Depression
 The New Deal
 Impact of New Deal programs
 Changes to the government and the nation because of the Great Depression
Pacing Guide: ~ 10 instructional days
Standard and Indicators: 5-4.1, 5-4.2, 5-4.3
Standard 4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of American economic challenges in the
1920s and 1930s, and world conflict in the 1940s.
5-4.1 Summarize in daily life the post-World War I period of the 1920s, including improvements in the
standard of living, transportation, and entertainment; the impact of the Nineteenth Amendment,
the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Migration; Prohibition; and racial and
ethnic conflict.
5-4.2 Summarize the causes of the Great Depression, including overproduction and declining purchasing
power, the bursting stock market bubble in 1929, and the resulting unemployment, failed
economic institutions; and the effects of the Dust Bowl.
5-4.3 Explain the American government’s response to the Great Depression it the New Deal policies of
President Franklin Roosevelt, including the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Federal Deposit
Insurance Cooperation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Social Security Act.
Desired Outcomes
Students should be able to:
 Summarize events that lead to changes in life and culture during the 1920s.
 Explain how the economic boom of the 1920s lead to improvements in the standard of living.
 Identify reasons for the stock market crash in 1929 and explain how it affected the nation.
 Explain how American life changed as a result of the Great Depression.
 Explain the purpose of New Deal programs and evaluate their role in helping the nation get out of
the Great Depression.
 Explain how government actions during the New Deal had a lasting impact on the nation.
Key Vocabulary
Prohibition
stock market crash
unemployment
FDIC
Harlem Renaissance
The Great Depression
Dust Bowl
CCC
standard of living
New Deal
Social Security
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Unit 5: World War II
(Teachers are encouraged to pretest each unit to examine students’ needs.)
Major Concepts:
 Major events of World War II
 Fighting strategies (Eastern theater vs. Pacific theater)
 Key figures in the war
 New war technologies
 Impact of the war on the home front
 Role of women and African Americans during the war
 Civil rights during the war
Pacing Guide: ~ 10 instructional days
Standard and Indicators: 5-4.4, 5-4.5, 5-4.6, 5-4.7
Standard 4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of American economic challenges in the
1920s and 1930s, and world conflict in the 1940s.
5-4.4 Explain the principal events and places related to the involvement of United States in World War
II, including campaigns in North Africa and the Mediterranean; major battles of the European
theater such as the Battle of Britain, the invasion of the Soviet Union, and the Normandy invasion;
and events in the Pacific theater such as Pearl Harbor, the strategy of island hopping, and the
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
5-4.5 Analyze the role of key figures during World War II, such as Winston Churchill, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and Adolph Hitler.
5-4.6 Summarize key developments in technology, aviation, weaponry, and communication and their
effects on World War II and the United States economy.
5-4.7 Summarize the social and political impact of World War II on the American home front and the
world, including opportunities for women and African Americans in the work place, the internment
of the Japanese, and the changes in national boundaries and governments.
Desired Outcomes
Students should be able to:
 Identify and explain the key events associated with World War II.
 Compare strategies for fighting in the Eastern theater and the Pacific theater.
 Identify the key leaders of the war and explain their role in the war’s outcome.
 Explain how new technology affected the war and the economy of the United States.
 Summarize the political and social impact of the war and explain what was life was like on the
home front during the war.
 Explain how the war impacted civil rights for various groups.
Key Vocabulary
appeasement
island-hopping
Allied powers
rationing
totalitarianism
atomic bomb
home front
neutrality
Axis powers
internment
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Unit 6: The Cold War
(Teachers are encouraged to pretest each unit to examine students’ needs.)
Major Concepts:
 Cultural changes to the United States after World War II
 Economic changes to the United States after World War II
 The Civil Rights Movement (key events and leaders)
 Political and economic policies of the Cold War
 Life during the Cold War
 Political alliances and policies of the late 20th century
Pacing Guide: ~ 10 instructional days
Standard and Indicators: 5-5.1, 5-5.2, 5-5.3, 5-5.4
Standard 5: The students will demonstrate an understanding of the social, economic and political events
that influenced the United States during the Cold War era.
5-5.1 Explain the course of the Cold War between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and
the United States, including McCarthyism, the spread of communism, the Korean Conflict, Sputnik,
the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.
5-5.2 Summarize the social, cultural and economic developments that took place in the United States
during the Cold War, including consumerism, mass media, the growth of suburbs, expanding
educational opportunities, new technologies, the expanding job market and service industries, and
changing opportunities for women in the workforce.
5-5.3 Explain the advancement of the modern Civil Rights Movement in the United States, including the
desegregation of the armed forces, Brown v. Board of Education, the role of Rosa Parks, Martin
Luther King Jr., Malcolm X; the Civil Rights acts; and the Voting Rights Act.
5-5.4 Explain the international political alliances that impacted the United States in the latter part of the
twentieth century, including the United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the
United States, and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Desired Outcomes
Students should be able to:
 Summarize the cultural and economic impact of World War II on the United States.
 Explain the significance of economic changes during the 1950s.
 Identify factors that led to the economic changes such as growth in the service industry, women
in the workforce, and the population shift.
 Identify the key events and leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
 Compare the ideas and philosophies of different leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
 Understand the different economic and political ideas that led to the Cold War.
 Explain how the Cold War impacted life in the United States.
 Explain how global political alliances and policies impacted the United States in the last part of the
20th century.
Key Vocabulary
pop culture
suburbs
mass media
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Unit 7: The United States Today
(Teachers are encouraged to pretest each unit to examine students’ needs.)
Major Concepts:
 Post-Cold War political changes
 United States global involvement
 Impact of terrorism and the 9/11 attacks
 Impact of new technology on American culture
 Global cultural exchange
 Economic challenges in the United States
 Modern environmental challenges
Pacing Guide: ~ 20 instructional days
Standard and Indicators: 5-6.1, 5-6.2, 5-6.3, 5-6.4, 5-6.5, 5-6.6
Standard 6: The students will demonstrate an understanding of the political, social, economic, and
environmental challenges faced by the United States from the fall of the Soviet Union to the present.
5-6.1 Summarize the changes in world politics that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union and the
end of Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
5-6.2 Identify places in the world where the United States is involved in humanitarianism and economic
efforts, the Middle East, the Balkans, Central America, Africa, and Asia.
5-6.3 Explain the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United Sates, including the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the home-front response to terrorism.
5-6.4 Explain how technological innovations have changed daily life in the United States, including the
changes brought about computers, satellites, and mass communication systems.
5-6.5 Identify examples of cultural exchanges, including those in food, fashion, and entertainment, that
illustrate the growing global interdependence between the United States and other countries.
5-6.6 Identify issues related to the use of natural resources by the United States, including recycling,
climate change, environmental hazards, depletion that requires our reliance on foreign resources.
Desired Outcomes
Students should be able to:
 Summarize the changes in the United States’ global policies since the end of the Cold War.
 Identify regions around the world where the United States has been involved since the end of the
Cold War.
 Explain the impact of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on the United States.
 Evaluate the United States’ response to global terrorism.
 Identify examples of the cultural exchange between the United States and foreign nations.
 Summarize the economic challenges faced by the United States and evaluate the government’s
handling of them.
 Identify environmental issues faced by the United States and explain actions being taken to
protect the environment.
Key Vocabulary
globalization
westernization
environmental protection
terrorism
cultural exchange
recycling
innovation
recession
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