Fifth Grade Social Studies-ELL
SDE Course Code: 0519
MNPS Course Code: SOC0519Y
Course Description
In a sheltered environment, the fifth grade social studies curriculum centers on the study of the history of the United States from the Civil War period into the twentieth century with emphasis on Civil War and Reconstruction into the development of the Industrial United States. There is also emphasis on the emergence of modern America through the Great Depression and World War II. The course concludes with postwar United States into the contemporary United Stares.
· Geography
o Understand Geographical tools, representations, terms
§ Maps, globes, atlases, charts, graphs
§ Landforms terminology
o Use geographical tools
§ Locate states, rivers, continents
§ Use Longitude and Latitude
o Tennessee
§ Physical and political boundaries
§ Recognize and compare three grand divisions
· Governance and Civics
o Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights
§ Purpose of each
§ Components of each
o Amendments
§ Bill of Rights
§ Selected Amendments (13, 14, 15, 19, 26)
o Federal and State Constitutions
§ Differentiate between jurisdiction
§ Differentiate between actual documents
o Branches of Government
§ Identify three branches at Federal, State, and Local Levels
§ Identify leaders of each branch at each level
§ Identify process for selecting leaders
§ Checks & Balances
· Era 5 Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
o Differentiate between North and South
- Cultural/Social differences
- Economics/Resources
- Sectional differences
- Election of Lincoln
- Locate Confederate, Union, and Border states
- Identify role of TN in Civil War
- Major Events
- Leaders involved
- Chronology
- Geography and Location
- Reconstruction
- Identify economic changes in North and South
- Significance of 13th, 14th, 15th amendments
- Identify significant graphs involved in Reconstruction
- Era 6 Development of Industrial U.S. (1870-1900)
- Identify Impact of Big Business and Industrialization
- Economic change
- Urbanization
- Free Enterprise System
- Identify the effects of immigration and migration
- Groups of immigrants
- Restriction on immigration
- Identify the utilization of land and natural resources
- American West
- Resistance to U.S. expansion by Native Americans
- People, Lifestyles, Liberties of West
- Era 7 Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
- Identify U.S. territorial acquisitions
- Spanish American War
- Rebellion of Spanish Colonies
- Events and Propaganda
- Treaty
- Progressive Era
- Theodore Roosevelt Square Deal
- William Taft – 16th Amendment
- Woodrow Wilson – 17th Amendment
- Reforms
- WWI
- Causes
- Technology
- Effects
- Wilson’s 14 points
- League of Nations
- Treaty of Versailles
- Women in work force
- 19th Amendment – Anne Dallas Dudley
- Economic changes
· Era 8 Great Depression and WWII (1929-1945)
o Causes & Effects of Great Depression
§ Economic factors (stock market)
§ Influence on society (Hooversvilles)
§ New Deal
o Political and economic factors leading to WWII
§ Rise of dictators
§ Economic needs in Axis powers
o Identify Axis & Allied powers and leaders
o Identify significant events of WWII
o Advancements in wartime technology
o Effects of WWII
§ Japanese American internment
§ Cold War
§ Economic growth
· Era 9 Post War U.S. (1945-1970)
o Identifies major political events during the Cold War.
§ Soviet/American relationships
§ Conflicts & Police actions
§ Role of United Nations
o Civil Rights
§ Racial and Gender equality
§ Leaders and Actions taken by groups
o Economic growth and social transformation
o Space Race
· Era 10 Contemporary U.S. (1968-Present)
o Nixon Administration
o Carter Administration
o Reagan Administration
o Bush Administration
o Clinton Administration
o Bush Administration
Reading: In addition to the adopted Social Studies text, students will read related stories from the adopted Reading text and from the Essential Literature lists. Students will also analyze and use information from maps, charts, graphs, and diagrams as well as from supplemental news papers and periodicals.
Writing: Students will utilize writing assignments to clarify and focus their understanding of the subject matter. Students are expected to write effectively in a variety of situations that can include, but are not limited to, essays, research papers, journals, and text-based questions.
Standards:
MNPS 5th Grade Social Studies Academic Standards
http://www.mnps.org/PageFactory.aspx?PageID=3354
TN State Department of Education Standards and Benchmarks
http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cistandards2001/ss/ciss45stand.htm
http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cistandards2001/ss/cissg5accomp.htm
Textbook
Boehm, Richard G., Ph.D., et al. United States in Modern Times. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace Social Studies, 2002.
Recommended and/or required resources
- Scott Foresman Reading Series – Selected Stories
- Wall maps of the World, United States, Tennessee
- Ancillary Materials accompanying adopted text
* Activity Book ISBN 0-15-311400-2
* Reading Support and Test Preparation ISBN 0-15-312392-3
* Assessment Program ISBN 0-15-311402-9
* Tennessee Assessment Program ISBN 0-15-334315-X
* Tennessee Assessment Program
Answer Key ISBN 0-15-334319-2
* Game Time! ISBN 0-15-312364-8
* Tennessee Activity Book ISBN 0-15-321562-3
* Tennessee Activity Book Answer Key ISBN 0-15-321563-1
* Atlas Intermediate ISBN 0-15-310435-X
* The Map Book ISBN 0-15-310436-8
- Computers that are web accessible
- Primary Source Documents in U. S. Government
* The United States Constitution
* The Declaration of Independence
* Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
* Amendments to the U.S. Constitution not ratified
- Black’s Law Dictionary
- Freedom Forum, First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt
- Center for Civic Education
- Westward Movement by Mark Twain Productions ISBN 158-037182-5
- Maps, Charts, Graphs & Diagrams by Teacher Created Materials ISBN 1-55734-169-9
- Essential Literature Books (Select Titles)
- Social Studies Weekly
- TIME for Kids
- Weekly Reader
- Song: “The World Turned Upside Down” (played at Surrender at Yorktown)
- Book: The Underground Railroad by Sharon Cosner. Franklin Watts, 1991.
- The Civil War for Kids: 21 Activities
- The Civil War: An Illustrated History. Geoffrey C. Ward. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
- Document: The Gettysburg Address
- Blacks in Tennessee 1791 – 1970. Lester C. Lamon. The University of Tennessee Press, 1981.
- Local Labor Unions
- Video: Far and Away (Excerpt that shows Oklahoma land rush)
- Video: Cimarron (Excerpt that shows Oklahoma land rush)
- Songs: The Chisholm Trail, The Lone Prairie, The Streets of Laredo
- Web Sites
National Council for History Education http://www.history.org/nche/
Tennessee Historical Society http://www.tennesseehistory.org/
Tennessee State Museum http://www.tnmuseum.org/
Organization of American Historians http://www.oah.org/
The History Channel http://www.historychannel.com/
Tennessee Council for Social Studies http://tncss.org/
http://findagrave.com/
Washington at War on Timeline www.si.edu/harcourt/socialstudies www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory
www.worldbook.com
www.nationalgeographic.com
www.historical/statistics.com