SS_Curriculum

Howell Road School's
5th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map

Essential Questions: What are primary and secondary sources? How do maps provide information about people, places,landforms, and bodies of water? What are different types of charts, graphs, timelines and maps?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
September	Geography Skills/Test Prep	Primary vs. Secondary Sources Geography Maps, charts, diagrams	Analyzing sources and documents Reading maps and globes Interpreting charts and diagrams	Test prep books Documents Atlases Maps Interfact Reference Atlas Printable Map Library Exploring Maps	Practice Social Studies Test Vocabulary quizzes and games Document Based Questions
Essential Questions: What is government? What are the essential elements of our government?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
October	Colonization American Government	The 13 colonies The American Revolution Branches of Government Checks and Balances	Writing document based questions Creating and organizing a planning page	Textbook We the People Constitution Test prep books NYS DBQ's Information from NYS on DBQ's Creating your own DBQ Lesson Plans on the US Constitution	DBQ rubrics Practice social studies test
Essential Questions: What is economics? How do the natural resources impact the economic growth of a particular region?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
November	Economics	Economics Scarcity Natural resources Factors of production	Define key economic terms	Test prep books Charts and diagrams	Practice Social Studies Exam 2001 NYS Social Studies Exam
Essential Questions: How does the geography influence the climate, culture, and natural resources of the Latin American countries and Canada? How are the countries of the Western Hemisphere alike and different?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
December	Canada Central and South America	Ancient cultures Characteristics of countries	Compare and contrast the countries of the Americas Research Skills	The United States and Canada - Prentice Hall America's Important Neighbors - Carole Marsh	Latin America research project Venn Diagram for the Canada and the United States
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?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
January	Exploration and Settlement of North America	Contact and Exploration Struggle of North America	Map terms Define key terms Research skills	Nonfiction research materials Atlas of Exploration - Scholastic Hands-On Explorers - Scholastic Maps Textbook	Unit Exam Explorer Research Project and Rubrics
Essential Question: How did the American Revolution impact the future of the United States?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
February	American Revolution	Major battles Continental Army vs. British Army Colonial Independence	SQ3R Notetaking Outlining Expository Writing	Colonial America- Scholastic Redcoats and Petticoats by Katherine Kirkpatrick Videos Textbook	Unit Exam Group project on major battles
Essential Questions: Why and how did people begin moving west of the Appalachians? How did social and economic life change as the U.S. 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?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
March	Westward expansion Industrial Revolution	Geography of a young US Jefferson's plan for growth A changing country (roads, rivers, and rails)	Describe the new forms of transportation Analyze the effects of the new inventions on society	The Wild West! Westward Movement - Time Traveler Series Cowboys of the Wild West - Russell Freedman Roughing it on the Oregon Trail - Diane Stanley Textbook	Unit Exam Rubric for essays
Essential Questions: What were the conflicting perspectives on slavery? What were slavery's political, social, and economic ramifications?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
April	Slavery	Slavery divides the colonies The fight for equality	Point of view writing Debating Identifying difficulties faced by free African Americans	The Story of Harriet Tubman - Kate McMullan Online Lesson Plan (Harriet Tubman) Two Tickets to Freedom - Florence B. Freedman Underground Railroad by National Geographic Videos Textbook	Unit Exam Rubric for debates Rubric for essays
Essential Questions: What factors led to the Civil War? What are the major events and key figures of the Civil War? What were the major effects of the war on the South?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
May	The Civil War Reconstruction	The Union vs. the Confederacy Major battles Emancipation Proclamation Rebuilding the South	Describe the major battles Analyze the effects of the war on the North and the South Perform a play	Read Aloud Plays: The Civil War - Scholastic Textbook Civil War Junior Thinkquest Civil War Sketchbook	Unit Exam Rubrics for essays
Essential Questions:
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
June	Immigration	The rise of big business The growing cities The labor movement	Explain why immigrants came to the United States Point of view writing Analyze charts and diagrams Perform a play	Immigration Then and Now - Scholastic Read Aloud Plays: Immigration - Scholastic Various trade books CD-ROM's	Rubric for immigration project and oral presentation