5th Grade Social Studies - Literacy Integration
Trimester
Topic
Essential
Literacy Storytown Reading
Understanding
Skill
Connectio Center
s
Emphasis
n
Ideas
Active
Strategies
Resources
Assessmen
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Predicting - p
12-13 Use
Unit Pictures
to Predict
Notetaking
from KWL
Question
Strategy for
each lesson
Use Cause &
Effect Graphic
Organizer for
each lesson
1
LANDFORMS
Main Idea
What are the
& Detail /
major landforms
Cause &
in the US?
Effect
Theme 1
Google Earth
at night to
predict - have
p14-15
students infer
Read & using google
Answer earth map of
questions the US at
night (Where
do most
people live?
Why?)
Vocabulary
(V7 teacher's
manual):
*open word
sorts
*closed word
sorts
*Connect Two
*Crossword
*Illustrate
vocabulary
*Knowledge
rating
*Word Maps
1
1
LANDFORMS
NATIVE
AMERICANS
How have
landforms
impacted
settlement of
people?
Main Idea
& Detail /
Cause &
Effect
Theme 1
How did Native
Americans adapt Compare &
Theme 2
to their
Contrast
environment?
p94-95
Read &
Write 3
questions
that you
would
like
answere
d & find
the
answers
online
Predicting - p
12-13 Use
Unit Pictures
to Predict
Compare &
Contrast
Graphic
Organizer for
each lesson
Notetaking
Google Earth at
night to predict
- have students
infer using
google earth
map of the US
at night (Where
do most people
Chapter one
test
Landform
Project
Kinesthetic
map of the
US
from KWL
Question
Strategy for
each lesson
Vocabulary:
open word
sorts
*closed word
sorts
alike
and different
Native
Americans.do
c
*Crossword
*Illustrate
vocabulary
*Knowledge
rating
*Word Maps
1
NATIVE
AMERICANS
How did people
Compare &
first come to the
Theme 2
Contrast
Americas?
1
NATIVE
AMERICANS
How did Native
American tribes
vary based on
the resources
available?
NATIVE
AMERICANS
How did Native
Americans
beliefs about
Compare &
their
Theme 2
Contrast
environment,
community, and
lifestyle differ?
1
Compare &
Theme 2
Contrast
Predicting - p
100-101 Use
Unit Pictures
to Predict
1
EXPLORATION
open word
sorts
*closed word
sorts
What were the
motives for
exploration?
Novel
Novel
*
alike
and different
exploreres.doc
*Crossword
*Illustrate
vocabulary
*Knowledge
rating
*Word Maps
1
EXPLORATION
How did
exploration
change the
world?
1
EXPLORATION
What major
contributions did Sequencin
Novel
the various
g
explorers make?
And when were
they made?
Vocabulary
*open word
sorts
*closed word
sorts
2
EUROPEAN
SETTLEMENT
Why did
Cause &
Europeans settle
Effect*
in America?
Theme 3*
2
EUROPEAN
SETTLEMENT
What made
some colonies
Cause &
more successful Effect*
than others?
Theme 3*
2
EUROPEAN
SETTLEMENT
How did
colonization
affect Native
Americans?
Theme 3*
Cause &
Effect*
*
alike
and different
European
Settlements.do
c
*Crossword
*Illustrate
vocabulary
*Knowledge
rating
*Word Maps
Vocabulary
*open word
sorts
*closed word
sorts
2
ENGLISH
COLONIES IN
THE AMERICAS
How did the
resources of the
New England,
Infer*/
Middle Atlantic,
Main Idea
and Southern
& Detail*
Colonies affect
the respective
economies?
alike
and different
New
England.doc
Theme 4*/
Novel
*
alike
and different
southern
colonies.doc
alike
and different
the middle
atlantic.doc
*Crossword
*Illustrate
vocabulary
*Knowledge
rating
*Word Maps
2
ENGLISH
COLONIES IN
THE AMERICAS
How did the
background of
people in the
colonies
influence the
economic,
cultural, and
political climate
of each region?
3
UNITING THE
COLONIES
What caused the Cause &
Theme 5
colonists to unite Effect/ Fact
Infer*/
Main Idea
& Detail*
Theme 4*/
Novel
Vocabulary
*open word
together against & Opinion
the British?
sorts
*closed word
sorts
*
alike
and different
uniting the
colonies.doc
*Crossword
*Illustrate
vocabulary
*Knowledge
rating
*Word Maps
3
UNITING THE
COLONIES
What were the
causes and
Cause &
effects of the
Effect/ Fact Theme 5
French & Indian & Opinion
War?
Vocabulary
*open word
sorts
*closed word
sorts
REVOLUTIONAR
Y WAR
What sequence
of events led to
American
Independence?
3
REVOLUTIONAR
Y WAR
How did the
colonists win
their
independence
from Britian?
Theme 6
3
REVOLUTIONAR
Y WAR
How did the war
affect colonists?
Theme 6
3
Sequencin
Theme 6
g
3
CONSTITUTION
How was the
Constitution
made?
Summarize Novel
3
CONSTITUTION
What was the
purpose of the
Constitution?
Summarize Novel
3
CONSTITUTION
Who was
involved in
creating the
Constitution?
Summarize Novel
*
alike
and different
Revolutionary
War.doc
*Crossword
*Illustrate
vocabulary
*Knowledge
rating
*Word Maps
Vocabulary
*open word
sorts
*closed word
sorts
*Connect Two
*Crossword
*Illustrate
vocabulary
*Knowledge
rating
*Word Maps