Grade 5 Social St. Exercise -
Sample
, ex. 2 , Fall 2010
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The topics of this exercise are "translate geographic data, skills of analyzing information, financial basics, the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, economic effects of immigration and migration, geographic factors and economic locations, issues and events of the 20th century, historical events and facts".
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translate geographic data into a variety of formats such as raw data to graphs and maps.
Harcourt Horizons United States History
analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect
relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea,
summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;
Harcourt Horizons United States History
TE pp.
• sequencing; p. 105
• categorizing; p. 143
• identifying cause-and-effect relationships; p. 120
comparing; p. 55
• contrasting; p. 55
• finding the main idea; p. 17
• summarizing; p. 187
• making generalizations p. 68, 246
• making predictions p. 120
• drawing conclusions p. 3
• drawing inferences p. 209
Harcourt Horizons United States History
TE pp. 282, 304, 320-321 375
understand basic financial concepts and principles; use financial knowledge in daily life;
Pearson Learning: Check It Out - the Book About Banking
Pearson Learning: From Beads To Bank Notes - The Story Of Money
Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book
explain the reasons for and rights provided by the amendments to the U.S. Constitution;
Harcourt Horizons United States History
“Reconstruction,” pp. 476-480
We The People
TE Unit 2 Lesson 9
TE Unit 3 Lesson 11-15
TE Unit 4 Lesson 20
History Alive! America’s Past pp. 229-230
analyze the effects of immigration, migration, and limited resources on the
economic development and growth of the United States;
Harcourt Horizons United States History
“Massachusetts Bay Colony,” pp. 188-193
History Alive! America’s Past Chapters 16 & 17
U.S. wall maps, globes, desk maps, and atlases
Harcourt Horizons United States History
TE pp. 491, 503, 507, 509, 513, 525, 540-541
identify and explain how geographic factors have influenced the location of
economic activities in the United States;
“Bodies of Water,” pp. 26-32
“Climate and Vegetation Regions,” pp. 33-39
“Massachusetts Bay Colony,” pp. 188-193
“New Ideas, New Colonies,” pp. 194-199
“Colonial Philadelphia,” pp. 218-222
“Settlement of the South,” pp. 232-239
History Alive! America’s Past Chapters 6 & 7
U.S. wall maps, globes, desk maps, and atlases
Harcourt Horizons United States History
“Regional Disagreements,” pp. 436-499
“The Rise of New Industries,” pp. 494-499
“Building an American Empire,” pp. 524-529
“America and the War,” pp. 560-563
“The American Economy,”
analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as urbanization,
industrialization, increased use of oil and gas, world wars, and the Great Depression;
Horizons United States History
“Progressives and Reform,” pp. 532-536
“The Great War,” pp. 537-541
“Good Times and Hard Times,” pp. 542-549
“The Early Years of the Cold War,” pp. 580-584
“Working for Equal Rights,” pp.585-589
“The Cold War Continues,” pp. 590-593
“The American People Today,” pp. 620-627
History Alive! America’s Past Chapter 20
Events of the 20th Century
http://teacher.scholastic.com/century/index.htm
Celebrate the Century
www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson079.shtml
America Dreams through the Decades
http://www.internetcatalyst.org/
projects/amproject/teach.html
know and understand major historical events and facts;
Core Knowledge series: What your fifth grader needs to know, II History and Geography
