SOCIAL SCIENCE SEQUENCE GUIDE

GRADE 5

 

Map and Globe Skills Review     H10-H15

Chart and Graph Skills     12

Chapter 1:

L1: -Explain why and how early people migrated from Asia to the Americas.

-Describe how the first Americans lived during the Ice Age.

-Interpret information in a graph.

L2: -Explain how the Anasazi were able to farm in the desert. 

L3: -Describe how the Aztec Empire grew.

Chapter 2:

L1: -Explain how decisions were made in the Iroquois League.

-Describe how people of the Eastern Woodlands used forest resources.

L2: -Analyze the effect of the horse on the lives of the Cheyenne.

L3: -Explain how and where the Hopi built their homes.

-Describe a ceremony that honored kachinas.

Chapter 3:

L3: -Identify the effects of Prince Henry’s efforts to explore Africa. 

Chapter 4:

L1: -Explain the purpose of Columbus’s voyages to the Americas and describe his first encounters with the Taino. 

-Define the Columbian Exchange and explain its causes and effects. 

-Explain the reason for Christopher Columbus’s voyage.

L2: -Describe the factors that enabled Cortes to defeat the Aztecs.

L3: Determine the effects of the Spanish conquests on Indians.

-Explain the points of view of Spanish landowners regarding slavery.

 

Chapter 5

L1: -Explain why the English founded a colony on Roanoke Island.

-Interpret the reasons for the conflict between Spain and England.

L2: -Evaluate the impact of the search for the Northwest Passage.

L3: -Describe the motivations of the Pilgrims coming to North America.

L4: -Identify the geography of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.

-Describe the accomplishment of colonial leaders such as Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker, and William Penn.

Chapter 6

L1: -Analyze the causes of religious the

-Identify the main products of each colonial region.

-Describe the triangular trade route.

L2: -Identify the types of crops raised on plantations.

 
 


First Quarter                                             Life in the Western Hemisphere

Unit 1:                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                       Native Americans of North America

 

                                                                      

 

                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

                                                                      Life in the Eastern Hemisphere                

 

 

Unit 2:                                                          The Voyages of Columbus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                   

 

      The Struggle to Found Colonies

                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Quarter

Unit 3:                                        Life in the English Colonies

 

 

L3: -Explain what it was like to attend school in the colonies.

-Analyze the causes of religious diversity in the colonies.

L4: -Analyze ways in which people resisted slavery.

-Explain how enslaved Africans were able to keep their traditions alive. 

Chapter 7

L3: -Describe the causes and beginning of the French and Indian War. 

-Explain how the British won the war.

Chapter 8

L1: -Identify the causes of the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts.

-Explain how British taxes led to greater cooperation among the colonies.

-Identify the contributions of Patrick Henry.

L2: -Analyze the causes and effects of events prior to the American Revolution, such as the Boston Tea Party.

-Articulate the difference between the political ideas of Patriots and Loyalists.

L3: -Identify the effects of the first battles of the American Revolution.

-Identify key battles of the revolution.

Chapter 9

L1: Describe the decisions made by the Second Continental Congress.

-Explain why signing the Declaration of Independence was a dangerous act.

- Evaluate the impact of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.

L2:  -Explain how Washington was able to force the British from Boston.

-Describe ways in which women helped support the American Revolution.

L3: Explain how other nations helped the Continental Army.

-Describe how Washington was able to trap the British at Yorktown.  

Chapter 10

L1: -Identify the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

L2: -Describe the causes of Shays’ Rebellion.

L3: -Compare the views of Federalists with those of Antifederalists.

-Describe the government created by the Constitution. 

Chapter 11

L1: -Describe how the location and design of the nation’s capital was decided on.

-Explain how political parties emerged in the American government system.

-Evaluate the effects of the rise of political parties on government in the US.

 
 

 

 


                                                The Spanish Move North

                                 

 

Unit 5:

                                                The Road to War                                   

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                  Winning the Revolution  

                                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                Forming a New Government

                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                The Young United States

 

 

 

                               

 

 

 

L2: -Explain why and how the US expanded westward.

-Describe the Louisiana Purchase.

L3: -Identify reasons why the US went to war a second time with Britain.

-Describe the main battles and the outcome of the War of 1812.

 

Chapter 12

L1: -Describe the goal of the Monroe Doctrine.

- Explain how the US changed politically in the 1820s.

-Explain how the British won the war.

L2: -Explain how the Industrial Revolution changed the way goods were made.

-Identify ways in which transportation changed in the US.

L3: -Describe the historical movements that influenced the development of the US.

Chapter 13

L1: -Explain how the US gained land from Mexico.

-Evaluate the reasons why US settlers in Texas wanted independence from Mexico. 

L2:  -Analyze the different reasons people moved west.

-Describe the life of the Oregon Trail.

L3: Identify the effects of the California gold rush on the population and development of California.

Chapter 14

L1: -Describe the differences between the economies and populations of the North and South. 

-Identify the role that slavery played in the south. 

L2: -Identify ways blacks resisted slavery. 

-Describe rebellions of blacks against slavery.

-Explain how the Underground Railroad was used to free enslaved people.

L3: -Compare the views on slavery of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

L3: -Identify the main cause of the start of the Civil War. 

Chapter 15

L1: -Identify the resources of the North and South.

-Compare the strategies of the North and South in the Civil War.

-Describe the early battles of the Civil War.

L2: -Compare and contrast life for Northern and Southern soldiers.

-Analyze the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation on blacks.

 
 

 


Third Quarter

Unit 6:                                                    Times of Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                  People Moving West

                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 7:                                                    A Divided Nation

                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                War and Reconstruction

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

L3: -Describe the events of the Battle of Gettysburg.

-Analyze President Lincoln’s Civil War goals as expressed in the Gettysburg Address.

-Identify major battles of the Civil War.

L4: -Explain why Congress disagreed with Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction.

-Evaluate the impact of amendments 13-15.

-Describe the life for blacks after the war.

Chapter 16

L1: -Analyze the developments that helped link the East and the West.

-Describe the difficulties faced in building the transcontinental railroad.

L2: -Explain how the Homestead Act worked.

-Describe the hardships of farming on the Great Plains.  

L3: -Describe the ways that transcontinental railroads, farmers, and ranchers changed the Great Plains.

Chapter 17

L1: -Identify important inventions.

-Describe the rise of the oil industry in the US. 

L2:  -Explain the reasons why immigrants came to the US.

-Explain the reasons labor unions were formed. 

L3: -Evaluate the American decision to purchase Alaska.

-Explain how the US acquired Hawaii.

Chapter 18

L1: -Define who the muckrakers were and explain what they wanted to do. 

-Identify Roosevelt’s major reforms

-Explain how and why the US built the Panama Canal. 

L2: -Describe why and how World War I was fought. 

-Explain how and when women go the right to vote. 

L3: -Describe major developments during the 1920s. 

-Explain how the New Deal was created to combat the Great Depression.

L4: -Identify the causes and results of World War II.

Chapter 19

L1: -Describe the beginning of the Cold War.-Analyze the American decision to fight in the Korean War. -Describe the early battles of the Civil War.

L2: -Identify the major components of the Civil Rights Movement.

L3: -Identify the major of events of the space race.

-Analyze major causes and effects of the Vietnam War.

L4: -Describe how relations between the US and the Soviet Union changed during the 1980s.

 
 

 

 

 


Fourth Quarter

Unit 8:                                                 Crossing the Continent                                       

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                               

                                                Industry and Immigration

                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 9:   

                                Becoming a World Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Into the Twenty-first Century