Wheeler Ave School
5^th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map

September

Geography Skills/Test Prep - Essential Question:

¨ What are primary and secondary sources?

¨ How do maps provide information about people, places, landforms, and bodies of water?

¨ What are the different types of charts, graphs, timelines, and maps?

Content

Concepts

Skills

Materials/Resources

Assessment

Geography/Test Prep

- Geography Skills

- Using Maps

- Interpreting charts, graphs, timelines and maps

1. Vocabulary Word Wall
2. Enlarge NY map-make key and label 3D
3. Create a country
4. Plays
5. Play games : Jeopardy, Millionaire, Human Tic Tac Toe
6. 3D Timeline for events in history
7. Posters
8. 4^th grade desk maps
9. Collect documents over summer from vacations
10. Economics – create a candy company
11. Card games to review vocabulary

Text Pages:

WB Mastering NY State grade 5 Social Studies Test coach workbook

Quest 1

 G-4   Reviewing geography skills

  G11   Part 1 – Using Globes
Part 2 – Using Maps
Part 3 – Different kinds of maps

Quest 2

Lesson 3 – pp 18-21 (p19 particularly)

Pp 558 & 559 – using primary and secondary sources

Chapter 8 – Geography skills – reading evaluation and relief maps pp 214 & 215

History: Discovery and Exploration
The Discovery and Exploration directory included here offers research tools with maps, travel literature, and atlases; links to bibliographies, journals, and biographies, as well as time lines and historic informatin. Young historians in upper-elementary, middle, and high school will find a wealth of easily accessed information.

October

Content

Concepts

Skills

Materials/Resources

Assessment

Major documents & American Government - Essential Questions:

¨ What is a constructed response question?

¨ What is a document based essay?

Test prep/review major documents & American Government

Text Pages:

Coach Book – Mastering NY condition R 16-R21

Declaration of Independence (chapter 12, lesson 1 p. 310.317)

Bill of Rights R35-R37 (p. 360-361)

Constitution R22-R34 (p.349-351 & 358-363)

Mayflower Compact (p.187, 286).

Government (p. 354-357).

Constitution – Class rules

Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials/Resources	Assessments
November/December	Geography, culture & economic growth of the Americas (Canada, Central & South America & USA) - Essential Questions: ¨ How does the geography influence the climate, culture & natural resources of an area? ¨ How do people change the environment in which they live? Why? ¨ How do the natural resources impact the economic growth of a particular region? ¨ How do ancient cultures influence present cultures & traditions?
	Geography, culture & economic growth of the Americas (Canada, Central & South America & USA)		-	Text Pages: Book 2 – Text pp. 652-669 (Special Section) Canada, Mexico, Latin America Book 1 – Text pp. 27-51 (ch.2) Geography of US Text pp 5-25 (ch.1) Life in the US Text pp. 55-79 (ch.3) Early Peoples of the Western Hemisphere Anthology pp. 1-8 The New Colossus – poem Save the Earth (It’s Not too Late) – song Night Journey – poem An American History Textbook in the 1800’s – excerpt from textbook, p.11 Aztec Poetry from Nahuat Text - poem

January

Content

Concepts

Skills

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Assessment

Exploration & Settlement of North and South America – Essential Questions

¨ What were the major causes and effects of European exploration?

¨ What important historic figures and groups made significant contributions to the development of the Americas?

¨ What role did geography play in the settlement pattern?

Exploration & Settlement of North and South America

Text Page:

Text p. 132-165 (ch.6) Contact and exploration.

Text p. 254-279 (ch.10) Then struggle of North America

Anthology pp. 3 The conquistadors search for gold – excerpt of eyewitness accounts.

pp. 50 Father Junipero Serra – excerpt of biography.

Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials/Resources	Assessments
February	Government of the Americas- Essential Questions: ¨ How do the governmental structures vary from place to place through out the Americas? (Including documents and citizenships).
	Government of the Americas: USA, Canada, South America, Central America			Declaration of Independence Chapter 12 pp. 310 – 317 (lesson 1) R16-R45 – Copy of Anth. 72 Anth 67- Common Sense Anth 69 – Johnny Tremain Anth 62 – Declaration of Independence Anthology 15 – Hiawatha’s Speech The Song of Hiawatha Constitution of the U.S. Chapter 13 Lesson 1 pp. 342-345 – Articles of Confederation Lesson 2 pp. 346-351 – Constitution Convention Lesson 3 pp. 354-357 – How the Constitution works Lesson 4 pp. 358-363 – Ratifying the Constitution Ben’s Guide

March

Content

Concepts

Skills

Materials/Resources

Assessment

Westward Expansion & Industrial Revolution - Essential Questions:

¨ Why and how did people begin moving west of the Appalachians?

¨ How did social and economic life change as the US began to move from an agricultural society to an industrial one?

¨ How did the geographic features contribute to this change?

¨ What were the effects of the Western Migration?

Western Expansion and the Industrial Revolution

Text Page

Chapter 14 – A Young US

Lesson 1 p. 374 – Geography of a young country

Lesson 2 p. 378 – Jefferson Plan for growth

Lesson 3 p. 378 – American Wildlife Artist

Lesson 4 p. 394 – The times of Andrew Jackson

Chapter 15 – A Changing Country

Lesson 1 p. 404 - The Industrial Revolution

Lesson 2 p. 410 - Roads River and Rails

Lesson 3 p. 416 – Moving to Texas

Lesson 4 p. 428 – Western Trails, “Pike” and “Diary of an Overland Journal to CA”

Anthology

Anth. 89 – The Revival of the Cherokee

Anth. 92 & 93 – “The Factory Bell”

Anth. 95 – “Erie Canal”

Anth. 94 – “Last Appeal for Aid” Anth. 96 -100 – “Sweet Betsy From…”

Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials/Resources	Assessments
April	Slavery- Essential Questions: ¨ What were the conflicting perspectives on slavery? ¨ What were slavery’s political, social, and economic ramifications?
	Slavery			Unit 7 Chapter 16 Lesson 1 p. 444-449 – Slavery divides the country Lesson 2 p. 452 – 457 The fight for equality Anthology Slavery defended p. 102 – speech Slavery denounced p. 103 – speech Follow the Drinking Gourd p. 105-106 song Ain’t I a Woman? pp.109-100 speech Sojourner Truth

May

Content

Concepts

Skills

Materials/Resources

Assessment

Civil War and Reconstruction - Essential Questions:

¨ What social, political, and economic factors led to the Civil War?

¨ What are the major events and key turning points of the Civil War?

¨ Who are the major figures of the Civil War?

¨ What were the long term economic, political and social implications of the Civil War?

Civil War

Text Page

Unit 7

Chapter 16

Lesson 3 pp. 460-465 – The Nation heads for war.

pp. 466-467- Citizenship viewpoints

Chapter 17

Lesson 1 pp. 472 – 477 The war between the states

Lesson 2 pp. 478-485 The union moves toward a victory

Lesson 3 pp. 488-493 The Union stands

Lesson 4 pp. 494 – 498 Reconstruction

Anthology

Book – Uncle Tom’s Cabin – p. 112

Civil War photographs pp. 113-114

Speech – The Emancipation Proclamation pp. 115-116

Diary – Destruction of the South – pp. 117-118

Poem – O’ Captain, My Captain – p. 120

Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials/Resources	Assessments
June	Immigration - Essential Question: ¨ Compare and contrast the various waves of immigration. ¨ How has cultural diffusion played an important role in the development of our society?
	Immigration			Text Page Unit 8 Chapter 19 Lesson 1 pp. 544 – 545 The Labor Movement Lesson 2 pp. 546-551 The Growing Cities Anthology Diary pp. 139-140 The Promised Land – Russian Jew diary Poem pp.141-142 From the Walls of Angel Island – Chinese poem Play pp. 143-148 Jane Addams and Hull House