Social+Studies

Fifth Grade Social Studies: Visit [|our portal] for websites pertaining to the following topics.

Explorers (1st Nine Weeks)[|UbD]
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• Expository reading/writing: Keynote on explorers from different countries - Spain, France, England • Expository reading/writing: Comic Life - explorers (person, why was discovery important to the world, etc.) • Narrative reading/writing: Novel unit - Blood on the River - blogging (21classes.com), ComicLife author (character, setting, problem-solution, personal recommendation), • Post-Card (AppleWorks or Keynote) - from the perspective of one of the characters to someone back home in England • Flip Chart organizer with country, explorer, facts etc. Visit [|Jamestown Journey] to help plan lessons over the first English settlement

Colonial, French and Indian War (2nd Nine Weeks)[|UbD]
• Expository/technical: 13 Colonies flip book and website, labeling game, products (Patty) • Narrative reading: If You Lived in Colonial Times book - (NEED: Order more copies) • Narrative writing: Write a reflection on Colonial Day - one room school house • Narrative reading/ writing: Sara Morton Day, Samuel Eaton's Day, Tapenum's Day (Kate Waters) picture book series about "day in a life of ..." - read then write comparisons of colonial to modern life • carolhurst.com - good resource for reading connections & writing prompts John, Paul, George, and Ben (and Tom) - play on words story about the founding fathers with a true/false quiz comparing myths and realities - develop a writing activity using this as a model: maybe a summary • Expository writing ideas - Common Sense as model

Revolutionary War, Taxation, Declaration of Independence (3rd Nine Weeks)[|Revolutionary War UbD]
Revolutionary War Rubric - • My Brother Sam is Dead, Johnny Tremain - good read-aloud • Social studies reading-group books sets of six • Write an obituary for Crispus Attucks • Expostory reading/writing connections: cause and effect, problem-solution, sequence - flip books • Persuasive reading/writing/technology connections: Boston Massacre - propaganda and news article writing, Liberty Kids computer game/article writing software (NEEDS: Tammy needs, may want to get more copies or district license) also pbskids.org has good resources • NEEDS/IDEAS: Pictures or artifacts from Rev War to write about (like the shoe or object writing assignment)

__**Economic relationships**__ __**England's reasons for contro**__l __**England's reasons for taxation**__
 * England imposed strict control over trade.
 * England taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War.
 * Colonies traded raw materials for goods.
 * __Political relationships__**
 * Colonists had to obey English laws that were enforced by governors.
 * Colonial governors were appointed by the king or by the proprietor.
 * Colonial legislatures made laws for each colony and were monitored by colonial governors.
 * England desired to remain a world power.
 * England imposed taxes, such as the Stamp Act, to raise necessary revenue to pay the cost of the French and Indian War.
 * To help finance the French and Indian War.
 * To help with the maintaining of English troops in the colonies.
 * __Sources of colonial dissatisfaction__**
 * Colonies had no representation in Parliament.
 * Some colonists resented power of colonial governors.
 * England wanted strict control over colonial legislatures.
 * Colonies opposed taxes.
 * The Proclamation of 1763 hampered the western movement of settlers.
 * __Ideas of John Locke__**
 * People have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
 * Government is created to protect the rights of people and has only the limited and specific powers the people consent to give it.
 * __Key philosophies in the Declaration of Independence__**
 * People have "certain unalienable rights" (rights that cannot be taken away)---life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.
 * People establish government to protect those rights.
 * Government derives power from the people.
 * People have a right and a duty to change a government that violates their rights.
 * __Key individuals__**
 * King George III: British king during the Revolutionary era.
 * Lord Cornwallis: British general who surrendered at Yorktown.
 * John Adams: Championed the cause of independence.
 * George Washington: Cammander of the Continental Army
 * Thomas Jefferson: Major author of the Declaration of Independence
 * Patrick Henry: Outspoken member of House of Burgesses; inspried colonial patriotism with "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.
 * Benjamin Franklin: Prominent member of Continenetal Congress; helped frame the Declaration of
 * Independence.
 * Thomas Paine: Journalist, author of Common Sense.
 * __Other important individuals__**
 * Phillis Wheatley: A former slave who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence.
 * Paul Revere: Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival.
 * __Key Events__**
 * Boston Massacre: Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British soldiers.
 * Boston Tea Party: Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
 * First Continental Congress: Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with England
 * and to promote independence.
 * Battle of Lexington and Concord: This was the site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War.
 * Approval of the Declaration of Independence: Colonies declared independence from England (July 4, 1776).
 * Battle of Saratoga: This American victory was the turning point in the war.
 * Surrender at Yorktown: This was the colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of
 * the Revoloutionary War.
 * Signing of the Treaty of Paris; England recognized American independence in this treaty.
 * __Colonial advantages__**
 * Colonists' defense of their own land, principles, and beliefs.
 * Support from France and Spain.
 * Strong leadership.
 * __Articles of Confederation__**
 * Provided for a weak national government.
 * Gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states.
 * Provided for no common currency.
 * Gave each state one vote regardless of size.
 * Provided for no executive or judicial branch.//

Constitution, Forming a New Government, and Leadership (4th Nine Weeks)
[|Consitution UbD] • The Great Little Madison • Shhh! We're Writing the Constitution - United Streaming video • The Landry News • Brochure on three branches of government • ABC or number book - Amendments • Persuasive speech to Continental Congress • Picture books Fifth Grade Social Studies: Visit [|our portal] for websites pertaining to the following topics.