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Social Studies — Grade 5

Goal 3, Objective 3.04

Goal 3

The learner will examine the roles various ethnic groups have played in the development of the United States and its neighboring countries.

Objective 3.04

Hypothesize how the differences and similarities among people have produced diverse American cultures.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Civil Rights Wax Museum Project
In this lesson plan, students will choose African Americans prominent in the Civil Rights Movement and research aspects of their lives. They will create timelines of their subjects' lives and a speech about their subjects, emphasizing why they are remembered today.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Sabrina Lewandowski.
Native American music: Two North Carolina tribes
In this lesson plan, students will listen to songs from two North Carolina tribes. Students will learn about the music through listening, analyzing, singing, moving, and playing instruments.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education and Social Studies)
By Merritt Raum Flexman.

Lesson plans on the web

Go west: Imagining the Oregon Trail
Students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical fiction: Using literature to learn about the Civil War
Students use a book from The American Girls Collection® to learn about the characteristics of historical fiction and slavery during the Civil War. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies and English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
History in quilts
Students will recognize how people from different cultures and time periods have passed down the tradition of quiltmaking. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Jamestown changes
Students study census data showing the names and occupations of early settlers of the English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, to discern how life changed in the Jamestown settlement in the first few years after it was founded. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
A lens into the past
Students gain an understanding of the new life of immigrants in this country and learn how the medium of photography can record and recount history. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Native Americans today
In this lesson, teachers use children's nonfiction books and the Internet to help their students develop accurate, substantive information about Native American people in the present day. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Understanding Tenement Life
Students explore what daily life was like for the millions of poor Irish, German, Jewish, and Italian immigrants living in tenement apartments at the turn of the century. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Weeping camel: What is a ritual?
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 4–5 Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
What is history? Timelines and oral histories
Students understand that the past is different depending on who is remembering and retelling it. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
What they left behind: Early multi-national influences in the United States
Students make connections between European voyages of discovery, colonial spheres of influence, and various aspects of American culture. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities