Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies — Grade 5

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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.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); By Linda Mazzei.

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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. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

Weeping camel: How do rituals compare?: In this Xpeditions lesson, students identify characteristics of traditional and modern rituals found in different cultures. Through reading articles and watching videos of several rituals, students identify some of their characteristics. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

Viking longhouse: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear where early Viking explorers may have gone after their visit to America. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 5 Science and Social Studies); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Top ten cities: In this Xpeditions lesson, students identify and study the most populous cities in their state, province, or country. They also learn about population distributions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

Spices in your favorite foods: Studying spices is a tasty way for students to learn about natural resources, trade, and our use of international products. In this lesson students will discover the importance of spices in history and will focus on the significance of spices in the foods... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: Xpeditions

Reviving Bodie: In this lesson students will research the ghost town of Bodie and imagine that the state of California has decided to make Bodie a town again and to let people settle there. The groups will write guides for the town's new potential citizens explaining the... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: Xpeditions

Quilting: The story of the Underground Railroad: In this lesson from Xpeditions, students use the Internet to research the dangers that escaping slaves faced along the Underground Railroad and the factors that helped the slaves make it to freedom. They'll conclude by designing quilts describing what they've... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: Xpeditions

Pirate map: In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore reasons pirates frequented certain areas, taking into account the relationship between piracy and the slave trade. Activities in this lesson engage students in whole class discussion, online learning, and development... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 Social Studies); Provided by: Xpeditions

Orphan trains: The purpose of this lesson is to examine social trade-offs in the context of the Orphan Trains and society's treatment of children whose parents can longer care for them. Gaining an understanding of the concept of social trade-offs may be one of the most... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: Science Netlinks

On the Oregon Trail: In this lesson, students work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of traveling on the Oregon Trail. The goals of this lesson are: to learn about the pioneer experience on the Oregon Trail to... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: EDSITEment

Mission geography: USA: In this Xpeditions lesson, students research and learn about the culture, physical geography, and history of states in each region of the United States. Students develop a "family travel plan" and create an itinerary to highlight interesting destinations in... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

Lewis and Clark: "The Object of This Mission": In this lesson, students will compete against each other for the best “land” and “resources” in the classroom as a way to introduce issues involved in vying for land. They will learn about the mission of the Lewis and Clark expedition... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: Xpeditions

Lewis and Clark: A Legacy to Remember: In this lesson, students will design a memorial that illustrates the legacy of the Lewis and Clark expedition from a geographic perspective. This lesson should be done after the students study the Lewis and Clark expedition or view the large-format film... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: Xpeditions

The great migration: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about the migration of African Americans to Harlem, beginning with the original migration of blacks to North America. Students explore paintings by Jacob Lawrence to understand the experience of blacks who migrated... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 and 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Go west: Imagining the Oregon Trail: A 2,000-mile trek across a continent — with no idea what awaits you on the other side. Tell your students to put on their traveling shoes and prepare for the journey of their lives! In this lesson from EDSITEment, students compare imagined travel... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: EDSITEment

Geotourism: Friendly destinations: In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about a partnership between the government of Honduras and the National Geographic Society to highlight the concept of geotourism and its benefits. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

Geo-friendly travel: Destination Honduras: In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about a partnership between the government of Honduras and the National Geographic Society to highlight the concept of geotourism and its benefits. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

Exploring cross-age tutoring activities with Lewis and Clark: In this ReadWriteThink lesson, cross-age tutoring gives high school students the opportunity to guide elementary students (in grades 3-5) to a deeper understanding of the adventures of Lewis and Clark. Students use the book How We Crossed the West... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 and 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

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