5th+Grade+Social+Studies

5th Grade Social Studies - Literacy Integration


 * = **Trimester** || **Topic** || **Essential Understandings** || **Literacy Skill Emphasis** || **Storytown Connection** || **Reading Center Ideas** || **Active Strategies** || **Resources** || Assessment ||
 * = 1 || LANDFORMS || What are the major landforms in the US? || Main Idea & Detail / Cause & Effect || Theme 1 || * p14-15 Read & Answer questions || # Predicting - p 12-13 Use Unit Pictures to Predict
 * 1) Notetaking from KWL Question Strategy for each lesson
 * 2) Use Cause & Effect Graphic Organizer for each lesson
 * 3) Google Earth at night to predict - have students infer using google earth map of the US at night (Where do most people live? Why?)


 * Vocabulary (V7 teacher's manual):**
 * open word sorts
 * closed word sorts
 * Connect Two
 * Crossword
 * Illustrate vocabulary
 * Knowledge rating
 * Word Maps || # Google Earth at night to predict - have students infer using google earth map of the US at night (Where do most people || # Chapter one test
 * 1) Landform Project
 * 2) Kinesthetic map of the US ||
 * = 1 || LANDFORMS || How have landforms impacted settlement of people? || Main Idea & Detail / Cause & Effect || Theme 1 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 1 || NATIVE AMERICANS || How did Native Americans adapt to their environment? || Compare & Contrast || Theme 2 || * p94-95 Read & Write 3 questions that you would like answered & find the answers online || # Predicting - p 12-13 Use Unit Pictures to Predict
 * 1) Compare & Contrast Graphic Organizer for each lesson
 * 2) Notetaking from KWL Question Strategy for each lesson

open word sorts > *closed word sorts > * > *Crossword > *Illustrate vocabulary > *Knowledge rating > *Word Maps ||  ||   || Main Idea & Detail* || Theme 4*/ Novel ||  ||   || Vocabulary Main Idea & Detail* || Theme 4*/ Novel ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Vocabulary:**
 * closed word sorts
 * Crossword
 * Illustrate vocabulary
 * Knowledge rating
 * Word Maps ||  ||   ||
 * = 1 || NATIVE AMERICANS || How did people first come to the Americas? || Compare & Contrast || Theme 2 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 1 || NATIVE AMERICANS || How did Native American tribes vary based on the resources available? || Compare & Contrast || Theme 2 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 1 || NATIVE AMERICANS || How did Native Americans beliefs about their environment, community, and lifestyle differ? || Compare & Contrast || Theme 2 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 1 || EXPLORATION || What were the motives for exploration? ||  || Novel ||   || # Predicting - p 100-101 Use Unit Pictures to Predict
 * 1) open word sorts
 * = 1 || EXPLORATION || How did exploration change the world? ||  || Novel ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 1 || EXPLORATION || What major contributions did the various explorers make? And when were they made? || Sequencing || Novel ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 2 || EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT || Why did Europeans settle in America? || Cause & Effect* || Theme 3* ||  ||   || Vocabulary
 * open word sorts
 * closed word sorts
 * [[file:alike and different European Settlements.doc]]
 * Crossword
 * Illustrate vocabulary
 * Knowledge rating
 * Word Maps ||  ||
 * = 2 || EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT || What made some colonies more successful than others? || Cause & Effect* || Theme 3* ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 2 || EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT || How did colonization affect Native Americans? || Cause & Effect* || Theme 3* ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 2 || ENGLISH COLONIES IN THE AMERICAS || How did the resources of the New England, Middle Atlantic, and Southern Colonies affect the respective economies? || Infer*/
 * open word sorts
 * closed word sorts
 * [[file:alike and different southern colonies.doc]]
 * Crossword
 * Illustrate vocabulary
 * Knowledge rating
 * Word Maps ||  ||
 * = 2 || ENGLISH COLONIES IN THE AMERICAS || How did the background of people in the colonies influence the economic, cultural, and political climate of each region? || Infer*/
 * = 3 || UNITING THE COLONIES || What caused the colonists to unite together against the British? || Cause & Effect/ Fact & Opinion || Theme 5 ||  ||   || Vocabulary
 * open word sorts
 * closed word sorts
 * [[file:alike and different uniting the colonies.doc]]
 * Crossword
 * Illustrate vocabulary
 * Knowledge rating
 * Word Maps ||  ||
 * = 3 || UNITING THE COLONIES || What were the causes and effects of the French & Indian War? || Cause & Effect/ Fact & Opinion || Theme 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 3 || REVOLUTIONARY WAR || What sequence of events led to American Independence? || Sequencing || Theme 6 ||  ||   || Vocabulary
 * open word sorts
 * closed word sorts
 * [[file:alike and different Revolutionary War.doc]]
 * Crossword
 * Illustrate vocabulary
 * Knowledge rating
 * Word Maps ||  ||
 * = 3 || REVOLUTIONARY WAR || How did the colonists win their independence from Britian? ||  || Theme 6 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 3 || REVOLUTIONARY WAR || How did the war affect colonists? ||  || Theme 6 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 3 || CONSTITUTION || How was the Constitution made? || Summarize || Novel ||  ||   || Vocabulary
 * open word sorts
 * closed word sorts
 * Connect Two
 * Crossword
 * Illustrate vocabulary
 * Knowledge rating
 * Word Maps ||  ||
 * = 3 || CONSTITUTION || What was the purpose of the Constitution? || Summarize || Novel ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * = 3 || CONSTITUTION || Who was involved in creating the Constitution? || Summarize || Novel ||  ||   ||   ||   ||