SS_Curriculum

Dever Avenue School's
5th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map

Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
September	Geography skills Test prep Regions/Natural Resources	How do maps provide information about people, history, landforms, places? What are the different types of charts, maps, timelines, graphs? What are primary and secondary sources?	Using maps and globes Differentiating between physical, political, relief maps, and historical maps Reading timelines, charts, graphs Identifying primary and secondary sources	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach 5th grade SS test Desk maps Atlases Trade books	Content Skills Written assessment Jeopardy game Labeling maps
Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
October	Test prep DBQ's Major documents American Revolution American Government	Test taking Skills review Review constructed response Scaffolding questions Writing the DBQ Review major documents Mayflower Compact Declaration of Independence Constitution Bill of Rights	Essay writing skills Main idea Supporting details from documents Drawing conclusions Interpret tables, graphs, charts, and diagrams Plan and organize writing	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach Mastering SS test Copies of all major documents Trade Books: My Brother Sam is Dead	Student DBQ's Workbook Assessment Text: content Skills Assessment
Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
November	Test prep Canada Mexico Latin America	How does geography influence climate, culture, natural resources of an area? How do people change their environment? How do natural resources impact economics	Research skills How to use a variety of sources and other information	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach Practice and project book A World in Focus Canada - the land, people, culture Mexico - the land, people, culture	Research Projects Reports Text assessments Activity books (projects)
Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
December	Early People of the Western Hemisphere The Maya The Aztec The Anazi	How do ancient cultures influence present culture and traditions	Research skills Interpreting information Drawing conclusions Making inferences	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach Eyewitness Mexico Discovery Books Video	Text assessment Creative writing Art projects Research projects
Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
January	Exploration and settlement of North and South America	What were the major causes and effects of European exploration and colonization? What role did geographers play in the settlement pattern?	Cause and effect relationships Predictions Important historic figures Role of geography	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach	Text assessment Interactive CD ROM
Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
February	The US and Westward Expansion	Why and how did people begin moving west of the Appalachians? What was the effects of Western Migration.	Drawing conclusions Analyzing data Interpreting information Reading for critical understanding and reflection	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach Trade book Practice and project book	Content Skills Writing assessment
Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
March	The industrial revolution	How did social and economic life change as the US began to move from an agricultural society to an industrial one?	Reading for information and understanding Cause and effect	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach Trade book Practice and project book	Content Skills Writing assessment
Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
April	Slavery	What were the conflicting perspectives of slavery? What were the political, social and economic ramifications of slavery?	Identified a variety of sources of information Varying approaches Viewpoints Interpretations	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach Trade book Videos Audio tapes	Content Skills Writing assessment Book reports Projects Literature circles
Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
May	Civil War Reconstruction	What were the social, political, and economic factors that led to the Civil War? What were the long-term effects of the war? What was the turning point of the war?	Analyzing, interpreting information Identifying important documents Debate: pros/cons of slavery	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach Trade book Videos CD-ROM Audio tapes	Text content skills Writing essays Research
Essential Questions: What are the six essential elements of Geography? How do we interpret informational text? How do ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts, and economy identify a culture?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
June	Immigration Civil Rights The UN	Compare and contrast the various waves of immigration How has cultural diffusion played an important role in the development of our society?	Cause and effect Primary and secondary sources Making predictions Understanding differences Appreciating diversity	Text: Adventures in Time and Place Social Studies Coach Tradebooks Videos Personal histories	Writing skills Text assessment Personal narratives Workbook projects