5th grade Social Studies Syllabus

First Nine Weeks Second Nine Weeks

Third Nine Weeks Fourth Nine Weeks

Unit 1-The Land and Early People Chapter 1-Our Nation’s Geography -States and Regions -The Land -Bodies of Water -Climate and Vegetation -People and the Environment

Chapter 5-The Thirteen Colonies -The New England Colonies -The Middle Colonies -The Southern Colonies UNIT 2 Review and Test Prep and UNIT 2 activities

Unit 4-A Growing Nation Chapter 8-The Constitution -The Constitutional Convention -Three Branches of Government -The Bill of Rights -A Constitutional Democracy

UNIT 5 Review and Test Prep and UNIT 5 activities Unit 6-The United States and the World

Chapter 2-Native Americans -Early People -The Eastern Woodlands -The Plains -The Southwest and the West -The Northwest and the Arctic UNIT 1 Review and Test Prep and UNIT 1 activities

Unit 3-The American Revolution Chapter 6-The Colonies Unite -Fighting for Control -Colonists Speak Out -Disagreements Grow -The Road to War -Declaring Independence

Chapter 9-The Young Republic -Exploring the West -Expanding Borders -From Ocean to Ocean -New Ideas and Inventions UNIT 4 Review and Test Prep and UNIT 4 activities

Chapter 12-A World Leader -A new Role in the World -World War I -Good Times and the Hard Times -World War II -The Effects of the War

Unit 2-Exploration and Settlement Chapter 3-The Age of Exploration -Exploration and Technology -A Changing World -Spanish Explorations -Other Nations Explore

Chapter 7-The Revolutionary War -Americans and the Revolution -Fighting for Independence -Winning Independence -Effects of the War

Unit 5-Civil War Times Chapter 10-The Civil War -The North and the South -Resisting Slavery -The Nation Divides -The War Begins -Toward a Union Victory

Chapter 13-Conflicts and Change -The 1950s -The 1960s -Equal Rights for All -The 1970s and 1980s -1990s

Chapter 4-Building the First Colonies -The Spanish Colonies -The Virginia Colony -The Plymouth Colony -The French and the Dutch

UNIT 3 Review and Test Prep and UNIT 3 activities

Chapter 11-A Changing Nation -Reconstruction -The Last Frontier -New Industries -Cities and Immigration

Chapter 14-A New Century -New Challenges -Our Nation’s Economy -A Global Economy -Growth and the Environment UNIT 6 Review and Test Prep and UNIT 6 activities