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Social Studies — Grade 5
Goal 2, Objective 2.02
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Comparing Governments - Local, State, and National
- This lesson on comparing governments will focus on looking at the similarities and differences between local, state, and federal governments in North Carolina and the United States. It is suggested that this lesson be followed by "Comparing Governments - International" by Tami Weaver and Wendy Pineda, also found on the Learn NC website.
This plan could be easily adapted for eighth grade or high school ESL students. - Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and English Language Development)
- By Tami Weaver and Wendy Pineda.
- Election Time Database
- After using various methods of researching information, students will create a database and use it to answer questions about the current election. At the conclusion, students will create a poster or Hyperstudio presentation of their findings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills)
- By Lee Yahnker.
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- Balancing three branches at once: Our system of checks and balances
- Students use primary source documents to investigate how the three branches of the American government can check each other. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- The First Amendment: What's fair in a free country?
- Students consider the limitations that have been placed on the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech by subsequent U.S. Supreme Court rulings. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Free ride
- Explores the true cost of many “free” services provided by the government. Roads and schools are used as examples to introduce the concepts of taxation, government expenditure and government revenue. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics)
- Provider: National Council on Economic Education
- We must not be enemies: Lincoln's first inaugural address
- This series of lesson plans aims to help students to understand the historical context and significance of Lincoln's inaugural address through archival documents such as campaign posters, sheet music, vintage photographs and documents. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities