SOCIAL STUDIES

forFifth Grade

RATIONALE

• The primary purpose of the pre-kindergarten through high school social studies program is to help young people understand,through the study of the past and present, what it means to be a human being in society and develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world of finite resources.

GOALS• To enable learners to gather and interpret information using

perspectives from appropriate fields of social studies, to use methods and skills drawn from the social studies, and to actively engage in learning.

• To enable learners to explain how the world's people cope with the challenges of existence, examine issues from multiple perspectives, and exhibit respect for individual and cultural diversity.

• To enable learners to make informed judgements and decisions, act in accordance with democratic processes and principles, and courteously consider differing views.

OBJECTIVES

• 1. The learner will identify significant individuals from the past in North America and explain their contributions to the cultural heritage of the United States

• 2. Given maps of North America, the learner will use the maps to supplement information about the immigration of a cultural group to the region and indicate a major reason for the movement of the group to the region

• 3. Given a choice among changes in landforms, climate, natural vegetation, or resources, the learner will discuss the positive or negative consequences of a change occurring in one of the choices

• 4. The learner will select an example of producers and consumers exchanging goods or services and indicate the benefits of the exchange for each group

• 5. After identifying two democratic governments in North America, the learner will illustrate, with specific examples, a characteristic of democracy that they hold in common6. The learner will analyze information by organizing key ideas with their supporting facts

WRIGHT BROTHERS BIOGRAPHICAL AND

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION WEB SITES

http://www.wright.edu/~james.c.johnson/index.html

Welcome to the Dayton Ohio Heritage Web Index! The purpose of this web site is to give the visitor desiring more information concerning Dayton, Ohio's heritage, a launching point in exploring the wealth of information available on the Internet. I am continually striving to thoroughly search out web sites that directly relate to Dayton's heritage.

This Month in US History

http://www.dareware.com/history.htm

This site has a month’s worth of one sentence blurbs for each day of the month from various years. Would be good for timeline objective.

The First Ladies of the United States of AmericaFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's Greeting

The White House Historical Association has published The First Ladies to give us an opportunity to know these fascinating women better. The biographies were written by Margaret B. Klaphthor, Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution. Mrs. Klapthor has spent 50 years studying our First Ladies, and her findings put each woman into perspective. She highlights their individual achievements as well as their qualities that make them similar.

http://www2.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/firstladies.html

http://www.firstladies.org/Flbib2.htm

First Ladies of the United States Bibliography

The web site contains descriptions of over 40,000 books,articles, letters, manuscripts, and other literary works by and about our nation’s First Ladies.

Miami Valley RailTrailsMiami Valley Ohio USA

Ohio House Of Representatives

Welcome: This is the Greene and Montgomery Counties of Ohio's Rails-To-Trails Pages. On these pages we will give you information about each of the

RailTrails and other trails centered on Dayton and Xenia Ohio.

http://www.intellweb.com/trails/

http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/Canals.html

A CANAL CHRONOLOGY

This site contains a chronology of canals from 4,000 B.C. when King Menes built a canal in Upper Egypt to 1996 when an historic plaque was placed at Buffalo’s harbor on the Niagara river.

ACTIVITIES

• Read the journal of Mrs.. Grant

• Research the history of NCR

• Plot the development of canals on a timeline

• Make a travel log across Ohio using various modes of travel

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html

Lesson Ideas offer strategies and lesson plans developed by education professionals to help integrate primary sources, especially those in American Memory, into the classroom.

The Learning Page

http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/webmuseums/

Geographic Index:

Cyberspace : purely virtual destinations

Africa and the Middle East

Antarctica

Asia

Australia

Europe

New Zealand and Oceania

North America

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Guise to Museums and Cultural Resources

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/terr_hp.html

Territorial expansion of The United States

This site has territorial maps from 1775 to 1920. The maps are mostly by decade so that the expansion is very visibly displayed.

FAMILY HISTORYPete Harames, Mills High School, Millbrae, NM

Appropriate for grades 5, 8 & 11.

OVERVIEW: This assignment is designed to get students involved inan activity in which they can work closely with their family,identify their ancestors, appreciate their ethnic backgrounds,understand the concept of immigration, connect events in historywith the movement of their ancestors, become more cognizant oftheir own unique individual makeup and its cultural origins, and develop a better understanding of the United States as a meltingpot.

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst32.txt

http://turnerlearning.com/efts/ellis.html

In Migration to America, students meet immigrants from the turn of the century and get a firsthand feel for what these new Americans experienced at Ellis Island. They get an inside look at museum artifacts and re-enactors provide an emotional account of the immigrant experience. Immigration law enforcement officers address the issues surrounding immigration today. Also, adolescents who have recently immigrated to America share their perspectives on what it is like to be an immigrant in America today.

ELLIS ISLANDImmigration Museum, NY

1995

http://artsci.wustl.edu/~langproj/gslides/amerwander/english/ga-01.html

The Founding of Germantown in 1683

Reasons for the Mass German Immigration in the 19th Century

Other Religious Immigrant Groups from Germany

ACTIVITIES

• Research architectural influences of German immigration

• Field trip to Germantown

• Map migration of different ethnic groups as a group project

• Write book reports on relevant biographies

http://www.bastrop.isd.tenet.edu/maps.html

Color Landform Atlas of the United States

Color Landform Atlas of the United States

This site contains shaded relief maps, county maps, black and white maps, and satellite image maps for each state of the United States. External links are also provided to other city and state resources.

http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/Maps.html

Exploring MapsExploring Maps

Exploring maps is an interdisciplinary set of materials on mapping for grades 7-12. Students will learn basic mapmaking and map-reading skills and will see how maps can answer fundamental geographic questions: “Where am I?” “What else is here?” “Where am I going?”

http://info.er.usgs.gov/education/teacher/what-do-maps-show/WDMSTGuide.html

What Do Maps Show (grades 5-8) What Do Maps Show (grades 5-8)

Introduction and Activities

Location: position on the Earth's surface

Place: physical and human characteristics

Relationships with places: humans and environment

Movement: people interacting on Earth

Regions: how they form and change

http://www.mapblast.com/mblast/index.mb

MapBlastMapBlast

MapBlast has a local selection that gives points of interest, news, weather, and events. Students can input an address and the map is displayed along with latitude and longitude.

ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

• Have students place push pins on map of North America at sites family visits throughout the year

• Locate latitude and longitude of cities they visited on vacation

• Play Oregon Trail

• Write a paper explaining physical features that impacted the Oregon Trail route

http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/socstudies/socsoc.html#Trash

Trash: Out of Site - Out of Mind

Overview: Our city, Wichita, has a population of the combined metro area pushing half a million. Daily, the trash generated per capita is 7.1 pounds, compared to the national average of 4.4 pounds, and our landfill is full, stuffed with 1,500 tons of garbage each day. What can be done about the garbage we produce, and how can this wasteful public attitude be changed?

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/K6goals.htm

Evidence of Student Learning: Social Studies Learning Goals in Economics

Here are social studies learning goals in economics for K-6 expressed in terms that are appropriate for presentation at the designated grade level. This document was prepared by Mary Lynn Reiser (UNO Center) working with elementary teachers in the Omaha Public Schools. The material was compiled and arranged from the National Council on Economic Education curriculum guides, more specifically from the National Council A Framework for Teaching Basic Economics K-12, 1995.

http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/socialstud/grade3-6/wl549-2.html

Project: Make a Tradesperson’s Sign

Explore the depth of resources that Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, has to offer by sampling part of its online exhibit. At Colonial Williamsburg Historical Almanack, online visitors can meet people, see places, experience colonial life, study a colonial time line, and check out many additional resources.

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teachsug.htm

Using the Internet to Teach Economics:An Idea Page

Students at all levels get excited about using the web and can benefit from using the web for up-to-date information. Recommended grade levels are shown, but you should tailor the project to your students. At the end, we even have a couple of web projects for K-4!

ACTIVITIES

• Set up lawn mowing/babysitting regions within the students’ neighborhood and discuss the degree of competition in the market

• Participate in Junior Achievement

• Run the classroom as a lab for budgeting for the entire year, include rent, jobs, and prices

http://www.vote-smart.org/reference/primer/congress.phtml?checking=

Major Differences Between the Two Houses of Congress:

An Introduction to the U.S. Government

Project Vote Smart

The United States CongressThe United States Congress

Welcome to the fall 1999 issue of Inside the White House, a newsletter designed to introduce you to some of the interesting people, places, and events in our nation's capital. In this issue, you will meet a few of the people who work in the Executive Office of the President at the White House.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/inside/html/fall99/html/

INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSEINSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE

http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/art-to-zoo/elections/cover.html

Winning the Vote: How Americans Elect Their

President

Winning the Vote: How Americans Elect Their

President

Lesson plans and resources for teaching this material. Lesson plans include electoral college, political parties, and campaigns.

http://www.logs.org/teaactivities.html

For Teachers

Try the Big6 Information Access Skills Lesson Plan. Introduce students to the Legislative or Judicial process with the Rule-Making Game and You Be the Judge. Take advantage of the vast amount of library resources from the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) system or browse through some popular social studies sites. Don't forget to look at the Ohio Social Studies Curriculum Model and the Ohio Proficiency Learner Outcomes.

LIVING OHIO GOVERNMENT SERIES

Activities

http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Court_Structure/

STRUCTURE OF THE OHIO

JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Flowchart of the judicial system that includes the types of cases handled is each court.

ACTIVITIES

• Participate in Kid’s Voting

• Give allegiance, republic, indivisible, liberty, and justice as vocab/spelling words

• Use the Cub Scout Handbook as a resource for citizenship.

• Ask an Eagle Scout to come in and speak on citizenship and how an individual fits into the system.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/briefroom.html

Today at the White House

Summaries of today's press releases from the White House Press Office

Today's Press Briefings of the White House Press Corps by the Press Secretary

This Week at the White House

The White House at Work Archives

This week's press briefings and releases

Welcome | Statehouse | Senate | Atrium | Statues & Monuments Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board | Tour Information | Statehouse Museum Shop | Search

http://www.statehouse.state.oh.us/

A VISIT TO CAPITOL SQUARE

Cross Curricular Lessons

• The next two sites focus on the international issues of clean water and clean air.

• Students can utilize these sites from a science standpoint.

• These sites can also be used for the fifth grade social studies strand Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities.

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/earthdaycentral/96/project_wet/project_wet.htm

PROJECT WET LESSON PLANS

The Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide is an interdisciplinary water education program developed for teachers of kindergarten through grade 12 and for non school educators such as environmental education specialists and youth organizational leaders. The guide is a new member to the family of national environmental education programs including Project Learning Tree and Project Wild.

http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/monops/lessons/lesson_plans.html

Office of Air Quality

Air Quality Planning & Assessment Division

This site provides lesson plans on environmental issues such as acid rain, deforestation, ozone, and air pollution. The lessons are listed by grade level.

ACTIVITIES

• Assign groups by ability and have each group list the rights and responsibilities of a family member, class member, school member, etc.

• View the website Visit to the Capitol for affective learning

• Read letters to the editor and list opinion clues

• After taking a position on the steps needed to protect clean water and air students can write to their government representatives giving their position on the issues of clean water and air.

Reasons for using web sites

• Teachers find using the internet valuable for a variety of reasons.

• Current information.• Students easily

engaged• Varied modalities• Material for all grades

available• No need to locate and

bring in materials

Reasons for using web sites

• Students find using web sites for class projects valuable for a number of reasons.

• More fun• No boring research• Reports easy and neat• Pictures available• Group members can

view the sites at the same time