GEORGETOWN ISD
ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS
June 2011
Introduction§113.7. Social Studies, Grade 5.
(a) Introduction.
(1) In Grade 5, students learn about the history of the United States from its early beginnings to the present with a focus on colonial times through the 20th century. Historical content includes the colonial and revolutionary periods, the establishment of the United States, and issues that led to the Civil War. An overview of major events and significant individuals of the late-19th century and the 20th century is provided. Students learn about a variety of regions in the United States that result from physical features and human activity and identify how people adapt to and modify the environment. Students explain the characteristics and benefits of the free enterprise system and describe economic activities in the United States. Students identify the roots of representative government in this nation as well as the important ideas in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Students recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. Students examine the importance of effective leadership in a democratic society and identify important leaders in the national government. Students examine fundamental rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. Students describe customs and celebrations of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in the nation and identify the contributions of famous inventors and scientists. Students use critical-thinking skills including sequencing, categorizing, and summarizing information and drawing inferences and conclusions.
(2) To support the teaching of the essential knowledge and skills, the use of a variety of rich primary and secondary source material such as biographies; novels; speeches and letters; and poetry, songs, and artworks is encouraged. Selections may include Yankee Doodle. Motivating resources are also available from museums, historical sites, presidential libraries, and local and state preservation societies.
(3) The eight strands of the essential knowledge and skills for social studies are intended to be integrated for instructional purposes with the history and geography strands establishing a sense of
time and a sense of place. Skills listed in the geography and social studies skills strands in subsection (b) of this section should be incorporated into the teaching of all essential knowledge and skills for social studies. A greater depth of understanding of complex content material can be attained when integrated social studies content from the various disciplines and critical-thinking skills are taught together.
(4) Throughout social studies in Kindergarten-Grade 12, students build a foundation in history; geography; economics; government; citizenship; culture; science, technology, and society; and social studies skills. The content, as appropriate for the grade level or course, enables students to understand the importance of patriotism, function in a free enterprise society, and appreciate the basic democratic values of our state and nation as referenced in the Texas Education Code, §28.002(h).
Fifth GRADE / Social Studies
Fourth Quarter / 10 Weeks
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Graphic sources, inferring, set purpose, draw conclusions, cause/effect, text structure, compare/contrast, prediction, sequence, background knowledge.
MAJOR CONCEPTS
Civil War (3 weeks)
Industrial Revolution (2 weeks)
Immigration (3 weeks)
20th & 21st Century (2 weeks)
Reading Street ELAR CONCEPTS/TEKS:
Fig. 19 5.E.3 Summarize texts in ways that maintain logical order within a text
5.9.A Summarize or paraphrase what the reading was about, maintaining meaning and logical order
5.18.C.1-2 Write responses to literary texts and provide evidence from a literary text to demonstrate understanding
5.18.C.3-4 Write responses to expository text and provide evidence to demonstrate understanding
5.11.D Use graphics to locate information
5.10.A.1 Draw conclusions from the information presented by a author
5.11.A Summarize main ideas and supporting details in a text in ways that maintain meaning
5.11.B.2 Verify facts through established methods
5.11.A.1 Summarize main ideas in a text in ways that maintain meaning and logical order
Fig. 19 5.C Monitor and adjust comprehension
TEKS and STUDENT EXPECTATIONS / ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY STANDARDS (ELPS) / SPECIFICITY, VOCABULARY, EXAMPLES and NOTES / RESOURCES / DIFFERENTIATION
CIVIL WAR
SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS
5.4History. The student understands political, economic, and social changes that occurred in the United States during the 19th century.
5.9Geography. The student understands how people adapt to and modify their environment.
5.12Economics. The student understands the impact of supply and demand on consumers and producers in a free enterprise system.
5.13Economics. The student understands patterns of work and economic activities in the United States. / ELPS:
Language Learning Strategies:
a.) use prior knowledge to understand meanings in English
e) Use and reuse new vocabulary in speaking and writing to build academic vocabulary
Listening
b.) Recognize English sound system in new vocabulary
d.) Monitor understanding of spoken language & seek clarification.
e.) Use visual, contextual, and linguistic support to understand
f) Derive meaning from a variety of media.
g.) Understand general meaning, main points, and important details of spoken lang.
h.) Understand implicit ideas and information.
i.) Demo. Listening comprehension by following directions, retelling or summarizing, responding to questions, collaborating with peers, and taking notes.
Speaking
b.) Use high frequency words to identify, describe, retell information represented or supported by pictures.
d.) Speak using grade-level vocabulary in context
f.) Ask and give info using high frequency vocabulary including key words and expressions.
g.) Express opinions, ideas, and feelings.
h.) Narrate, describe, and explain.
j.) Respond orally to info from media sources / 5.4 (E)identify the causes of the Civil War, including sectionalism, states' rights, and slavery, and the effects of the Civil War, including Reconstruction and the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution
5.9 (A)describe how and why people have adapted to and modified their environment in the United States, past and present, such as the use of human resources to meet basic needs; and
(B)analyze the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the environment in the United States, past and present.
5.12 (B)evaluate the effects of supply and demand on business, industry, and agriculture, including the plantation system, in the United States.
5.13 (B)identify and explain how geographic factors have influenced the location of economic activities in the United States
VOCABULARY:
State’s Rights, Civil War, Gettysburg, home front, Emancipation proclamation, draft, surgeon, immigrant, confederacy (confederate),Union, compromised, abolitionist, secede, plantation, plantation system, amendment, reconstruction, 13th, 14th and 15th amendments / Scott Forseman
Unit 7, Chapters 14 – 15, all lessons
History Alive:
Lesson 18 – 19
Websites:
· American Civil War- History.Com
· History.com
· Brain-Pop/Civil War
Videos:
Fun with History
-Discovery Education-
Dear America: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson: Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 [26:49]
ActivitiesYeArt – 1861, 1865
Images
Songs
· Lodge McCammon Songs: Jefferson Davis
· Teacher and the Rockbots: Civil War
/ G/T: Allow students to explore and create student generated products based on content areaStruggling: Allow additional time, provide vocabulary frame, realia, hands on activities, fill in the blank notes, and front load vocabulary, use sentence stems
Studyisland.com
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS
5.4History. The student understands political, economic, and social changes that occurred in the United States during the 19th century.
5.11Economics. The student understands the development, characteristics, and benefits of the free enterprise system in the United States.
5.12Economics. The student understands the impact of supply and demand on consumers and producers in a free enterprise system.
5.13Economics. The student understands patterns of work and economic activities in the United States.
5.23Science, technology, and society. The student understands the impact of science and technology on society in the United States. / Reading
c.) Develop sight word vocab, use environmental print, & comprehend language structures in written materials.
d.) Use prereading supports like graphic organizers, illustrations, and pretaught vocab.
f.) Use visual and contextual support to read texts, develop vocab & background knowledge
g.) Demonstrate comprehension through shared reading, retelling, summarizing, responding to questions, and taking notes.
i.) Demonstrate comprehension by summarizing text and distinguishing main ideas from details (YeArt)
j.)Demonstrate comprehension through predicting and drawing inferences and conclusions
k.) Demonstrate comprehension by evaluating written information and analyzing text.
Writing(YeArt)
b.) Write using newly acquired and content-based vocabulary.
f.) Write using a variety of sentence lengths, patterns, and connecting words.
g.) Narrate, describe, and explain in writing. / 5.4 (B)identify and explain how changes resulting from the Industrial Revolution led to conflict among sections of the United States;
(F)explain how industry and the mechanization of agriculture changed the American way of life
5.11(A)describe the development of the free enterprise system in colonial America and the United States;
(B)describe how the free enterprise system works in the United States;
(C)give examples of the benefits of the free enterprise system in the United States.
5.12 (A)explain how supply and demand affects consumers in the United States;
(B)evaluate the effects of supply and demand on business, industry, and agriculture, including the plantation system, in the United States.
(A)compare how people in different parts of the United States earn a living, past and present;
(D)describe the impact of mass production, specialization, and division of labor on the economic growth of the United States; and
(E)explain the impact of American ideas about progress and equality of opportunity on the economic development and growth of the United States.
5.23 (A)identify the accomplishments of notable individuals in the fields of science and technology, including Eli Whitney, John Deere,
VOCABULARY:
Industry, supply and demand, industrial revolution, mechanization, mass production, specialization, labor, economic growth, child labor / Scott Forseman:
Unit 8, Chapter 16, Lesson 1, Chapter 17, Lesson 1.
History Alive:
Lesson 20
Websites:
The Industrial Revolution
Brainpop.com
Videos:
Fun with History
A Segment of: Dear America: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson: Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
IMMIGRATION
SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS
5.13Economics. The student understands patterns of work and economic activities in the United States.
5.22Culture. The student understands the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to the United States.
. / 5.13 (B)identify and explain how geographic factors have influenced the location of economic activities in the United States;
(C)analyze the effects of immigration, migration, and limited resources on the economic development and growth of the United States;
5.22(A)identify the similarities and differences within and among various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in the United States;
(B)describe customs and traditions of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in the United States; and
(C)summarize the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to our national identity
VOCABULARY: immigration, migrant worker, limited resources, prejudice, sodbuster, homesteaders, / Scott Forseman:
Unit 8, Chapter 17, lesson 2 – 3.
History Alive:
Lesson 20
Websites:
Scholastic.com/Immigration
Immigration
Brainpop.com
Video
-Discovery Education-
Dear America: So Far from Home: The Story of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl: Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 [29:46]
The Industrial Revolution (1750-1915) [19:58]
20TH & 21ST CENTURY5.5History. The student understands important issues, events, and individuals in the United States during the 20th and 21st centuries.
5.23Science, technology, and society. The student understands the impact of science and technology on society in the United States. / 5.5 (A)analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as industrialization, urbanization, increased use of oil and gas, the Great Depression, the world wars, the civil rights movement, and military actions;
(B)analyze various issues and events of the 21st century such as the War on Terror and the 2008 presidential election; and
(C)identify the accomplishments of individuals and groups such as Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Dwight Eisenhower, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Colin Powell, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team who have made contributions to society in the areas of civil rights, women's rights, military actions, and politics
5.23 (A)identify the accomplishments of notable individuals in the fields of science and technology, including Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, the Wright Brothers
(B)identify how scientific discoveries, technological innovations, and the rapid growth of technology industries have advanced the economic development of the United States, including the transcontinental railroad and the space program;
(C)explain how scientific discoveries and technological innovations in the fields of medicine, communication, and transportation have benefited individuals and society in the United States; and
(D)predict how future scientific discoveries and technological innovations could affect society in the United States.
VOCABULARY:
20th century, information age, New Deal, Equal Rights amendment,
World War I, World War II, Cold War, Great Depression, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, nuclear weapons, segregation, transcontinental railroad, space exploration, urbanization / Scott Forseman:
Unit 9, Chapter 18 – 19, all lessons
Brainpop.com
Activities
YeArt – 1917, 1920, 1929, 1941, 1945, 1950, 1965, 1991, 2001, 2008
Videos
Animated Hero Classics: Thomas Edison and the Electric Light [30:00]
George Washington Carver, Renaissance Man [4:22]
Animated Hero Classics: The Wright Brothers [26:33]
A Segment of: Animated Hero Classics: The Wright BrothersONGOING SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS:
(24)Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:
(A)differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as computer software; interviews; biographies; oral, print, and visual material; documents; and artifacts to acquire information about the United States;
(B)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;
(C)organize and interpret information in outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps;
(D)identify different points of view about an issue, topic, or current event; and
(E)identify the historical context of an event.