5th Grade Course Title: Social StudiesDuration: Sept. & early October
Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings
- When people do not like the conditions they live in, many opt for change even if it involves great risk.
Essential Questions
- What motivated people to explore and settle new lands?
Standards / Content / Skills/Competency / Assessment
5.2.5.B:
Identify behaviors that promote cooperation among individuals.
5.3.5.F:
Examine different ways conflicts can be resolved.
5.3.5.G:
Describe how groups try to influence others.
6.1.5.A:
Explain how limited resources and unlimited wants cause scarcity.
6.1.5.B:
Explain ways in which people meet their basic needs and wants.
6.1.5.C:
Explain how people’s choices have different economic consequences.
6.1.5.D:
Demonstrate how availability of resources affects choices.
6.5.5.D:
Explain how positive and negative incentives affect individual choices.
7.1.5.B:
Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
7.2.5.A:
Describe the characteristics of places and regions.
7.4.5.A:
Describe and explain the effects of the physical systems on people within regions.
8.1.5.B:
Classify and analyze fact and opinion from multiple points of view, and secondary sources as related to historical events.
8.4.5.A:
Compare and contrast common characteristics of the social, political, cultural, and economic groups in world history. / Difficulty of land route to China led to exploration.
Columbusbegins the rush to colonize the Americas.
The Spanish were dominant in the field of early exploration.
The English, French and Spanish explored North America for various reasons.
Reasons for exploring:
- God
- Gold
- Glory
2)Explain how technology led to the age of exploration.
3)Explain how economics led to the age of exploration.
4)Explain how religion led to the age of exploration.
5)Analyze why each immigrant group had different reasons for migrating to the American colonies. / Quizzes and tests may include:
- multiple choice
- true/false
- definitions
- matching
- fill-in the blank
- open ended
Homework
Monitor and assess class work
May include presentations, group work.
5th Grade Course Title: Social StudiesDuration: Oct., Nov. & Dec.
Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings
- When people do not like the conditions they live in, many opt for change even if it involves great risks.
Essential Questions
- Why do people move?
- How does the movement of people and their ideas affect the environment of their destination?
- What is the lure of the New World?
Standards / Content / Skills/Competency / Assessment
5.1.5.A:
Understand the rule of law in protecting property rights, individual rights and the common good.
5.2.5.B:
Identify behaviors that promote cooperation among individuals.
5.2.5.C:
Explain why individuals become involved in leadership and public service.
5.3.5.C:
Describe the role of local and state government officials.
5.3.5.E:
Identify the requirements to vote in local, state, and national elections.
5.3.5.F:
Examine different ways conflicts can be resolved.
6.1.5.A:
Explain how limited resources and unlimited wants cause scarcity.
6.1.5.B:
Explain ways in which people meet their basic needs and wants.
Demonstrate the use of human and capital resources in the production of a specific good.
6.1.5.C:
Explain how people’s choices have different economic consequences.
6.1.5.D:
Demonstrate how availability of resources affects choices.
6.4.5.A:
Explain why people specialize in the production of goods and services and divide labor.
6.5.5.A:
Describe how the availability of goods and services is made possible by the work of members of the society.
6.5.5.D:
Explain how positive and negative incentives affect individual choices.
7.1.5.B:
Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
7.2.5.A:
Describe the characteristics of places and regions.
7.2.5.B:
Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions.
7.3.5.A:
Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria:
- Population
- Culture
- Settlement
- Economic activities
- Political activities
Describe and explain the effects of the physical systems on people within regions.
8.3.5.B:
Illustrate concepts and knowledge of historical documents, artifacts, and places critical to United States history. / People came to North America for various reasons:
- Religious
- Political
- Economic
- Cultural
It was unsuccessful
Jamestown Settlement of 1607
Risks and Hardships – Few if any were prepared for the hard work and dangers awaiting them in the colony. The ship journey was unexpectedly difficult. While their decision to locate the colony up the James River was based on sound European thoughts on the value of rivers, they lacked specific knowledge of the Virginia geography. This led to tremendous hardships. Their lack of cooperative behavior among themselves and the native tribes endangered all members of the new community and the settlement itself.
English Settlement of Plymouth (1620) – Due to the religious persecution of any group who did not practice their faith according to the Church of England, the Separatists (Pilgrims) were forced to leave England in order to practice their religion. Their first migration was to Holland where they found a sense of religious freedom; however life among the Dutch did not satisfy their need to raise their children in a rich English cultural tradition. They decided to venture to the New World to meet both their religious and cultural needs.
Risks and Hardships – The journey presented difficulties because they were blown off course and landed in the northeast region of America instead of their intended destination of Jamestown. Due to sickness, they chose to start their new life at Plymouth without the support of an established colony. They were alone in the wilderness and confronted with a harsh climate, poor soil, and a short growing season. Even though their early relationship with the Indians helped save the colony, their differing views of nature and religion led to future conflict with the native population. / Describe the conditions in Europe that led people to migrate to North America.
Describe the motivations of the first English settlers who migrated to the British colonies and justify their reasons for moving.
Explain the risk factors the English faced in their migration.
Students will define:
- Immigrant/emigrant
- Monarchy
- Nobility
- Religious persecution
- Politics
- Economics
- Social Station
- Profit
- Investor
- Protestant Reformation
- Notebook organization
- Comparing and contrasting
- Informational Reading for Main Ideas
- Writing to Learn – Statements with supporting details
- Design charts and graphs/graphic organizers
- Utilization of timeline
- multiple choice
- true/false
- definitions
- matching
- fill-in the blank
- open ended
Homework
Monitor and assess class work
May include presentations, group work.
5th Grade Course Title: Social StudiesDuration: January
Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings
- People use their environment to shape their destiny.
Essential Questions
- How did history contribute to the growth and development of regional colonial identities?
- How did geography contribute to the growth and development of regional colonial identities?
Standards / Content / Skills/Competency / Assessment
5.1.5.A:
Understand the rule of law in protecting property rights, individual rights and the common good.
5.2.5.B:
Identify behaviors that promote cooperation among individuals.
5.2.5.C:
Explain why individuals become involved in leadership and public service.
5.3.5.B:
Describe how the elected representative bodies function in making local, state, and national laws.
5.3.5.C:
Describe the role of local and state government officials.
5.3.5.D:
Describe the primary duties of elected local, state, and national positions.
5.3.5.E:
Identify the requirements to vote in local, state, and national elections.
5.3.5.F:
Examine different ways conflicts can be resolved.
5.3.5.G:
Describe how groups try to influence others.
6.1.5.A:
Explain how limited resources and unlimited wants cause scarcity.
6.1.5.B:
Explain ways in which people meet their basic needs and wants.
Demonstrate the use of human and capital resources in the production of a specific good.
6.1.5.C:
Explain how people’s choices have different economic consequences.
6.1.5.D:
Demonstrate how availability of resources affects choices.
6.2.5.A:
Describe how goods and services are distributed.
6.4.5.A:
Explain why people specialize in the production of goods and services and divide labor.
6.5.5.A:
Describe how the availability of goods and services is made possible by the work of members of the society.
6.5.5.D:
Explain how positive and negative incentives affect individual choices.
7.1.5.B:
Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
7.2.5.A:
Describe the characteristics of places and regions.
7.2.5.B:
Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions.
7.3.5.A:
Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria:
- Population
- Culture
- Settlement
- Economic activities
- Political activities
Describe and explain the effects of the physical systems on people within regions.
7.4.5.B:
Identify the effect of people on the physical systems within a community.
8.3.5.C:
Differentiate how continuity and change in U.S. history are formed and operate.
- Belief systems and religions
- Commerce and industry
- Technology
- Politics and government
- Physical and human geography
- Social organizations
THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES-
Location:The absolute location of the New England colonies is between is between 41 and 45 degrees N. in the Western Hemisphere. The relative location can be described as follows: The New England colonies are located along the northeastern coast of the present day USA. The northern boundary of the colonies was south of present day Canada and east of the boundary of present day New York. The colonies are Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. Massachusetts Bay Colony included all of present day Massachusetts and Maine.
Place:
Natural Characteristics – Rugged land with thin rocky soil and steep valleys produced poor farm land. Short, rapidly moving rivers made it difficult to create irrigation systems. Those same rivers, however, helped provide water power for mills and other light industry, but were not good for long distance transportation to the interior. Therefore, major seaports became the chief source of trade and commerce in this region. Severe winters and short summers provided a short growing seasons. Hardwood forests filled with wildlife helped to foster the timber and fur industry. Proximity to the ocean, rivers and streams permitted the development of fishing as a major industry.
English settlements in New England:
Two major groups came to the New England region: The separatists and the Puritans. Each group wanted to “purify” the church of England. They each believed the English church was too Catholic. They believed that the ceremonies of the Church were not important while the sermons and scripture readings were the most important element of worship. This led them into conflict with the king and government who headed the Church of England.
Separatists left England and went to Holland. There they “separated themselves” from both England and the Dutch people. They shortly found their children were influenced by Dutch culture. Also, they could not farm as they did back home in England. After 12 years they left Holland for the American colonies. Because of their religious journey or traveling they became known as Pilgrims. Originally, they set sail for Jamestown, but were blown off course and their ship, the Mayflower, traveled north along the American coast. After a long and difficult sea journey, the group of 102 Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Colony in 1620. Over the course of time the Separatists lost the name and are generally called Puritans.
As time passed, the Puritans in England became more and more persecuted by King Charles I for their radical beliefs. This tied to economic hard times was the impetus for more Puritans to leave England for America. The new colony provided a place where Puritans could worship God the way they wanted.
Economic Conditions in the New England Colonies:
Farming was difficult in New England due to the cold climate. The Indians taught the settlers how to grow corn and other native crops.
The New England colonists were involved in the Triangular Trade both as shipbuilders and as merchants.
Shipbuilding became the largest industry.
The Triangular Trade included shipping agricultural to England for furniture and finished goods as well as the transporting of slaves from Africa to the New World.
Fishing and whaling were also important industries. / Identify and locate the New England colonies and describe the geographic elements that helped define the area as a region
Describe the background experiences of those colonists who came to the New England region of colonial America.
Describe the economic factors that affected the growth and development of the New England colonies.
Define:
(by end of March)
- Navigable
- Climate
- Fertile
- Absolute Location
- Relative Location
- Place
- Irrigation
- Cash Crop
- Export/import
- Surplus
- Hemisphere
- Latitude/Longitude
- Trade
- Coastal Plain
- Rivers – Source/ Mouth/Upstream/Downstream
- Valley
- Seaport/harbor
- Interior
- Themes of Geography (Location and Place)
- Map Reading
- Develop Compare and Contrast skills
- Creation of Charts for comparison
Provided with a blank map of North America, students will locate and label the following:
(by end of March)
- Mississippi River
- Ohio River
- Delaware River
- James River
- Hudson River
- Atlantic Ocean
- Gulf of Mexico
- The Great Lakes (Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario, and Superior)
- multiple choice
- true/false
- definitions
- matching
- fill-in the blank
- open ended
Homework
Monitor and assess class work
May include presentations, group work.
5th Grade Course Title: Social StudiesDuration: February
Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings
- People use their environment to shape their destiny.
Essential Questions
- How did history contribute to the growth and development of regional colonial identities?
- How did geography contribute to the growth and development of regional colonial identities?
Standards / Content / Skills/Competency / Assessment
5.1.5.A:
Understand the rule of law in protecting property rights, individual rights and the common good.
5.2.5.B:
Identify behaviors that promote cooperation among individuals.
5.2.5.C:
Explain why individuals become involved in leadership and public service.
5.3.5.B:
Describe how the elected representative bodies function in making local, state, and national laws.
5.3.5.C:
Describe the role of local and state government officials.
5.3.5.D:
Describe the primary duties of elected local, state, and national positions.
5.3.5.E:
Identify the requirements to vote in local, state, and national elections.
5.3.5.F:
Examine different ways conflicts can be resolved.
5.3.5.G:
Describe how groups try to influence others.
6.1.5.A:
Explain how limited resources and unlimited wants cause scarcity.
6.1.5.B:
Explain ways in which people meet their basic needs and wants.
Demonstrate the use of human and capital resources in the production of a specific good.
6.1.5.C:
Explain how people’s choices have different economic consequences.
6.1.5.D:
Demonstrate how availability of resources affects choices.
6.2.5.A:
Describe how goods and services are distributed.
6.4.5.A:
Explain why people specialize in the production of goods and services and divide labor.
6.5.5.A:
Describe how the availability of goods and services is made possible by the work of members of the society.
6.5.5.D:
Explain how positive and negative incentives affect individual choices.
7.1.5.B:
Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
7.2.5.A:
Describe the characteristics of places and regions.
7.2.5.B:
Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions.
7.3.5.A:
Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria:
- Population
- Culture
- Settlement
- Economic activities
- Political activities
Describe and explain the effects of the physical systems on people within regions.
7.4.5.B:
Identify the effect of people on the physical systems within a community.
8.3.5.C:
Differentiate how continuity and change in U.S. history are formed and operate.
- Belief systems and religions
- Commerce and industry
- Technology
- Politics and government
- Physical and human geography
- Social organizations
MIDDLE COLONIES
Location:The absolute location of the Middle Colonies is between 39 degrees N and 45 degrees N in the Western Hemisphere. The relative location can be described as follows: The Middle Colonies are located along the eastern coast of North America. The northern boundary of the colonies were south of the Great Lakes (Ontario and Erie), east of the Appalachian Mountains, and north of the northern boundary of present day Maryland. The colonies are: Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York.
Place:
Natural Characteristics – Fertile soil, suitable for small but very productive farms. Warm, rainy summers and cold to moderate winters. This created a long growing season which created multiple cash crops. The volume of these crops supported a large surplus which could be sold and traded. The rivers were deep and navigable for 100 miles upstream. This permitted a vast network of trade, transportation, and communication.
English settlements:
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania offered religious toleration or freedom of religion as an incentive to settle in these colonies.
William Penn advertised all over Europe. Settlers were attracted to the description of rich farmland and the promise of religious toleration. The middle colonies had a diverse population
Economic conditions:
The Middle Colonies were the Breadbasket colonies. They were rich in farmland.
In the back country areas, people practiced subsistence farming.
Philadelphia and New York became centers of Commerce because of their location and harbors.
Merchants and artisans settled near the cities / Identify and locate the Middle colonies and describe the geographic elements that helped define the area as a region
Describe the background experiences of those colonists who came to the Middle region of colonial America.
Describe the economic factors that affected the growth and development of the Middle colonies.
Define (by end of March):
- Navigable
- Climate
- Fertile
- Absolute Location
- Relative Location
- Place
- Irrigation
- Cash Crop
- Export/import
- Surplus
- Hemisphere
- Latitude/Longitude
- Trade
- Coastal Plain
- Rivers – Source/ Mouth/Upstream/Downstream
- Valley
- Seaport/harbor
- Interior
- Themes of Geography (Location and Place)
- Map Reading
- Develop Compare and Contrast skills
- Creation of Charts for comparison
Provided with a blank map of North America, students will locate and label the following:
(by end of March)
- Mississippi River
- Ohio River
- Delaware River
- James River
- Hudson River
- Atlantic Ocean
- Gulf of Mexico
- The Great Lakes (Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario, and Superior)
(by end of March) / Quizzes and tests may include:
- multiple choice
- true/false
- definitions
- matching
- fill-in the blank
- open ended
Homework
Monitor and assess class work
May include presentations, group work.
5th Grade Course Title: Social StudiesDuration: March and early April