Connecting Themes
Citizenship Foundations in Fifth Grade Social Studies
8/02-8/12
Two weeks / Date:
8/02-8/05 / Date:
8/8-8/12
Focus Standard:
SS5CG1
Supporting Standards:
Historical Figures:
N/A / Citizenship Pre Test
Concepts:
❏Bill of Rights
❏Freedoms and responsibilities of citizens
❏ How due process is protected by the Constitution
❏ Purpose of Constitutional Amendments
❏ Process of amending the Constitution
Focus Standard:
SS5CG1, SS5E3a / Concepts:
❏13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments 12th and 17th Amendments 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th Amendments
Focus Standard:
SS5CG1, SS5E3a
Unit 2
Effective
Citizenship
8/15-8/22
One week / Date:
8/15-8/19 / Buffer:
8/22-8/26
Focus Standard:
SS5CG1
Supporting Standards:
SS5CG2
SS5CG3
Historical Figures: N/A / Citizenship Post Test
Concepts:
❏Freedoms and rights granted by Bill of Rights
Civic Responsibilities
Voting Rights
Concept of Due Process
Focus Standard: SS5CG1
Supporting Standards:
SS5CG2,3 / Assessment
Enrichment
Remediation
Unit 3
Civil War: A Nation Divided
8/29-9/23
Four weeks / Date:
8/29-9/2 / Date:
9/5-9/9 / Date:
9/12-9/16 / Date:
9/19-9/23 / Buffer:
9/26-9/30
Focus Standard:
SS5H1
Supporting Standards
SS5G1b
SS5CG1
SS5E1c
Historical Figures:
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
Dred Scott
Harriet Beecher Man Stoewe
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Robert E.Lee
Ulysses S. Grant / Pre Test
Concepts:
❏Uncle Tom’s Cabin John Brown
❏Harpers Ferry
❏States’ Rights, Slavery, Lincoln,
Focus Standards:
SS5H1a, b
Supporting Standards
SS5CG1 / Concepts:
❏States’ Rights
❏Civil War Battles and Generals
Focus Standards:
SS5H1 b, c
Supporting Standards:
SS5G1b
SS5CG1
SS5G2a
No School 9/5-Labor Day / Concepts:
Historical Figures-
❏Lincoln
❏Lee
❏Grant
❏ Davis
❏Jackson
Focus Standards:
SS5H1d
Supporting Standards:
SS5CG1 / Concepts:
Aftermath of the war on the North and the South
Focus Standards:
SS5H1e
Supporting Standards: n/a / Assessment
Enrichment
Remediation
Unit 4
Reconstruction:
The Nation Reunited
10/3-10/14
Two Weeks / Date:
10/03-10/07 / Date:
10/10-10/14 / Buffer:
10/17-10/21
Focus Standard:
SS5H2
Supporting Standards:
SS5CG1c SS5CG3b SS5E1d
Historical Figures:
N/A / Pre-Test
Concepts:
❏13th-15th amendments
❏Freedmen’s Bureau
❏Black Codes
Focus Standards:
SS5H2a,b
Supporting Standards:
SS5CG1 SS5CG3b SS5E1d
No School 10/7-Professional Development / Concepts:
❏Jim Crow
❏Sharecropping
❏Black Codes
Focus Standards:
SS5H2c
Supporting Standards:
SS5CG1c SS5CG3b SS5E1d SS5E3a SS5E3b
Parent Teacher Conferences 10/12-13- Early Dismissal
No School 10/10- Columbus Day / Assessment
Enrichment
Remediation
Unit 5
Bigger, Better, Faster: The Changing Nation
10/24-11/11
Three Weeks / Date:
10/24-10/28 / Date:
10/31-11/04 / Date:
11/07-11/11 / Buffer:
11/14-11/18
Focus Standard:
SS5H3
Supporting Standards:
SS5G1a, b SS5G2 SS5E1b, e
Historical Figures:
Nat Love
The Wright Brothers
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
George Washington Carter
McKinley
Roosevelt
Native Americans / Pre Test
Concepts:
❏Cattle Trails
❏Western Landmarks
❏Black Cowboys
❏Supply and Demand
Focus Standard
SS5H3a
Supporting Standards:
SS5G1b
SS5E1 / Concepts:
❏ Inventors & Inventions
❏Spanish-American War
❏ Industrial Locations
Focus Standard
SS5H3b,c
Supporting Standards:
SS5G1a
SS5G2
SS5E1e
SS5E1c / Concepts:
❏Immigration Native American
Focus Standard
SS5H3d,e
Supporting Standards:
No School 11/11-Veterans Day / Assessment
Enrichment
Remediation
Unit 6
Ups and Downs: WW1, the Jazz Age & The Great Depression
11/28-12/09
Two Weeks / Date:
11/28-12/02 / Date:
12/05-12/09 / Buffer:
12/12-12/19
Focus Standard:
SS5H4, SS5H5
Supporting Standards:
SS5CG3b
SS5E2c, d
Historical Figures:
Hoover
FDR
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong
Jesse Owens
Babe Ruth
Henry Ford
Charles Lindbergh
Andrew Carnegie
Langston Hughes / Pre Test
Concepts:
❏Neutral
❏WWI 19th Amendment Cultural Developments
❏Harlem Renaissance
Focus Standard:
SS5H4
Supporting Standards:
SS5CG3b / Concepts:
❏Stock Market Crash
❏ Dust Bowl
❏ New Deal
❏ Cultural elements of the 1930s
❏Role of banks in the Depression
❏Role of government in providing services
Focus Standard:
SS5H5
Supporting Standards:
SS5E2c, d
*Read Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis / Assessment
Enrichment
Remediation
Unit 7
Hot & Cold: WW2 and Its Aftermath
1/05-1/27
Three Weeks / Date:
1/05-1/12 / Date:
1/16-1/19 / Date:
1/20-1/27 / Buffer:
1/30-2/3
Focus Standard:
SS5H6, SS5H7
Supporting Standards:
SS5E1a
SS5G1b
Historical Figures:
Hitler
Anne Frank
FDR
Truman
Churchill
Mussolini
Stalin
Tojo
Hirohito
Rosie the Riveter
Tuskegee Airmen / Pre Test
Concepts:
❏Isolationism
❏German Aggression & the Holocaust
❏ Rationing
Focus Standard:
SS5H6
Supporting Standard:
SS5E1a
SS5G1b
Watch the movie The Boy in The Striped Pajamas / Concepts:
❏WWII Leaders
❏Major events of WWII Ending
Focus Standard:
SS5H6
Supporting Standard:
SS5G1b
No School- 1/16 MLK DAY / Concepts:
❏United Nations
❏ Iron Curtain Stopping the spread of Communism
Focus Standard:
SS5H7
Supporting Standard:
SS5G1b / Assessment
Enrichment
Remediation
Unit 8
Overcoming the Past:
The Age of Civil Rights
02/06-03/03
Four Weeks / Date:
2/06-2/10 / Date:
2/13-2/17 / Date:
2/20-2/214 / Buffer:
2/27-3/04
Focus Standard:
SS5H8, SS5H9
Supporting Standards:
SS5G1b
Historical Figures:
MLK, JFK,RFK,
LBJ,Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
Linda Brown
Ruby Bridges
Emmett Till
Nixon
Malcolm X / Pre Test
Concepts:
❏People of the Civil Rights Movement
❏Communism
❏Cuban Missile Crisis & Vietnam War
❏NAACP
❏Brown v Board of Education
❏Montgomery Bus Boycott
❏ Selma
❏March on Washington
❏Bloody Sunday
Focus Standard:
SS5H8a,b
Supporting Standard:
SS5G1b
*Watch the movie The Watsons Go To Birmingham / Concepts:
❏Impact of assassinations of American Leaders
Focus Standard:
SS5H8c
Supporting Standard:
SS5G1b / Concepts:
❏Television & Space exploration
❏Collapse of Soviet Union
Focus Standard:
SS5H8d
Supporting Standard:
SS5G1b
No School 2/20
President’s Day
No School 2/21 Prof. Development / Assessment
Enrichment
Remediation
Unit 9
Understanding the News: America’s Role in the 21st Century
3/09-3/10
One Week / Date:
3/06-3/10 / Buffer:
3/13-3/17
Focus Standard:
SS5H9
Supporting Standards:
Historical Figures: / Concepts:
❏Middle East conflicts
❏ 9/11 & War on Terrorism
❏ Impact of computers & the Internet
Focus Standard:SS5H9
Supporting Standard:
SS5E1d,f / Assessment
Enrichment
Remediation
Unit 10
Effective Citizenship: Conclusion / Date:3/20- 3/24 / Date: 3/27-3/31 / Buffer
Spring Break 04/03-04/10
Focus Standard:
SS5CG1
Supporting Standard: SS5CG2-3
Historical Figures: n/a / Concepts:
❏Bill of Rights
❏Freedoms and responsibilities of citizens
❏Purpose of Constitutional Amendments
❏Process of amending the Constitution
❏12th,13th, 14th, 15th,17th 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th Amendments
Focus Standard:
SS5CG1a
Supporting Standard: SS5CG2-3 / Concepts:
❏Freedoms and rights granted by Bill of Rights
❏Civic Responsibilities
❏Concept of Due Process
Focus Standard:
SS5CG1a
Supporting Standard: n/a
Unit
Preview Unit to Grade 6
4/11-5/24 / Date: 4/11-4/13
*No School 4/14
Review for GA Milestones / Date:
4/17- 4/12
GA Milestone Testing / Date:
4/24 - 4/28
Focus Standard:
SS6H1 / Date:
5/01-5/05
Focus Standard:
SS6H1 / Date:
5/08-5/12
Focus Standard:
SS6H2 / Date:
5/15-5/19
Focus Standard:
SS6H3 / Buffer:
5/22
Last Day of School 5/24
Citizenship Themes
2016- 2017 Academic Year
RESPECTShowing regard for the worth of someone or something
August 2 / Self-Respect / Pride and belief in oneself and in achievement of one's’ potential
August 8 / Self- Control / Control of your actions and emotions
August 15 / Courtesy / Polite behavior
August 22 / Respect for Others / Appreciation for the importance of an efforts of others
August 29 / Punctuality / Promptness
September 5 / Trustworthiness / Worthy of confidence, reliable.
RESPONSIBILITY
Taking care of self and others; to carry out a duty or task carefully and thoroughly
September 12 / School Pride / Care and satisfaction in your school’s achievement and success
September 19 / Respect for the Environment / The conservation and care of your surroundings
September 26 / Civility / Polite and courteous behavior towards others in words and actions
October 3 / Reliability / Deserving of trust and confidence
October 10 / Honor / A sense of what is right, just, and true
CITIZENSHIP
Respectful devotion to one’s country and/or school
October 17 / Sportsmanship / The ability to take winning and losing without gloating or complaining
October 24 / Gratitude / A feeling of thankful appreciation for benefits received
October 31 / Patriotism / Respectful devotion to one’s country
November 7 / Respect for the Creator / As referenced in the Declaration of Independence and the state law, unalienable human rights reflecting the “intrinsic worth of every individual”
COMPASSION
Showing concern or sympathy for others
November 14 / Generosity/Service / Willingness to given and share unselfishly your time and talents in your community
November 28 / Kindness / Consideration and willingness to help others
December 5 / Cleanliness / Habitually and carefully neat and clean
RESILIENCE
The capacity to successfully manage high levels of change
December 12 / Self Confidence / Positive attitude about, and trust in one’s self; sense of security and self assurance
January 9 / Flexibility / Quality of showing adaptability and versatility
January 16 / Diligence / Consistent attention to quality work; remaining focused on your goal
January 23 / Initiative / Proactive; thinking and taking action on your own
January 30 / Resourcefulness / Clever, creative, imaginative, inventive
TOLERANCE
Respecting the individual differenced, views, and belief of other people
February 6 / Acceptance / Recognition of the diversity of others, their opinion, practices, and culture
February 13 / Forgiveness / Benefiting yourself and others by ceasing to feel resentment towards others
February 20 / Cooperation / Working together for a common purpose
February 27 / Fairness / Equal treatment of behavior and viewpoints of others
COMMITMENT
The obligation or pledge to carry out some action or to support some policy or person
March 6 / Cheerfulness / Being in pleasant spirits
March 13 / Motivation / The desire to move towards a goal
March 20 / Perseverance / Working hard without giving up
INTEGRITY
Steadfast adherence to a strict code of moral, ethical, or artistic values; to consistently be truthful and fair
March 27 / Honesty / Truthfulness and sincerity
April 17 / Virtue / Moral excellence; goodness
April 24 / Loyalty / Faithful to a person, an organization, or your country
ACCOMPLISHMENT
Appreciation for attaining one’s goals
May 1 / Self-Reliance / Relying on one’s own abilities, efforts, or judgement
May 8 / Courage / To meet a challenge without giving in fear
May 15 / Patience / The power to wait calmly without complaining