Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies — Grade 5

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Archaeobotany: Students will use pictures of seeds, an activity sheet, and a graph to identify seven seeds and the conditions in which they grow. They will also infer ancient plant use by interpreting archaeobotanical samples and determine changing plant use by Native North Carolinians by interpreting a graph of seed frequency over time.; Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5, 8)
Creating your own rock art: Students will use regional rock art symbols or their own symbols to cooperatively create a rock art panel. They will also use a replica of a vandalized rock art panel to examine their feelings about rock art vandalism and discuss ways to protect rock art and other archaeological sites.; Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)
Looking at an object: Students will analyze unfamiliar objects in order to observe the attributes of an object, infer the uses of objects; and discover how archaeologists use objects to learn about the past.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
Women In Flight: Using music to study American women pioneers in flight: As North Carolina's 97-98 Christa McAuliffe Teaching Fellow, I designed this plan to musically enhance the 5th grade social studies of American heroes, focusing on women pioneers in flight. It is intended to utilize singing and rhythmic activities to compare and contrast the lives of Amelia Earhart and Christa McAuliffe. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to successfully complete a solo trans-Atlantic flight and tragically disappeared while attempting to fly around the world in 1937. Christa McAuliffe was selected for NASA's Teacher-in-Space program and tragically died in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. I traditionally use this plan close to the January 28 anniversary of the shuttle disaster.
NOTE: I have suggested specific songs and instrumental selections found in the Silver Burdett music series. However, similar topical songs in other music series or listening selections such as Holst's "The Planets" could be substituted, yet maintain the integrity of the lesson.; Author: Robin Smathers; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
World War II at home: Victory Gardens: Students will learn about home front activities during World War II. Using primary source documents and photographs, students will discover how children their own age participated by growing Victory Gardens. They will design their own gardens and propaganda posters.; Author: Linda Mazzei; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
From boomtown to ghost town: Students discuss how a specific economic activity in a region can facilitate the creation of towns, which often turn into ghost towns if the economic activity ends.; Provider: National Geographic; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
Not "Indians," Many Tribes: Native American Diversity: Students will heighten their awareness of Native American diversity as they learn about three vastly different Native groups in a game-like activity using archival documents such as vintage photographs, traditional stories, photos of artifacts, and recipes.; Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities; Format: lesson plan (grades 3, 5)
Our National Parks: Recreation and preservation: Students will learn about the National Park system in the United States and identify human modifications to the physical environment and the intended and unintended effects of those modifications.; Provider: National Geographic; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
Searching for gold: A collaborative inquiry project: Students develop inquiry skills and content area knowledge in this collaborative project that focuses on the Gold Rush.; Provider: IRA/NCTE; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
Traces: Historic archaeology: In this unit, students will “recover” and analyze artifacts from sites in use from the settlement period to the second half of the 19th century.; Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
Weather complaints: Students will refer to a climate map to predict what the climate might be like in specified United States cities.; Provider: National Geographic; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
What is geography?: Students work in groups to analyze a website to locate information about a particular country or region, and then create presentations showing how the geographic concepts described in the themes can be used to help solve environmental problems.; Provider: National Geographic; Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)