Social Studies Pacing Guide Overview For Grade 5 CommunitiesScott Foresman

September

October

November

3 weeks
*Geography of the Western
Hemisphere

2 weeks
*Geography of the US

2 weeks
* State Assessment Preparation &

(rivers, mountains, regions, states,

deserts, landforms)

Administration 2 weeks

5.8.4. Discuss the experiences of

settlers on the overland trails to the
West (e.g., location of the routes;
purpose of the journeys; the
influence of the terrain, rivers,
vegetation, and climate; life in the
territories at the end of these trails).

5.8.2. Name the states and territories

that existed in 1850 and identify their
locations and major geographical
features (e.g., mountain ranges,
principal rivers, dominant plant
regions)

* Culture West & East *Ancient

Civilizations *Native Americans
5.1 Students describe the major preColumbian settlements, including the
cliff dwellers and pueblo people of the
desert Southwest, the American
Indians of the Pacific Northwest, the
nomadic nations of the Great Plains,
and the woodland peoples east of the
Mississippi River.

5.2 Students trace the routes of

early explorers and describe the
Can use this site to show students the
early explorations of the Americas. geographical features of areas in the
U.S. https://www.mapquest.com/
http://www.history.com/topics/explo
ration/exploration-of-north-america http://www.primarygames.com/socstudi Helps students understand cliff
es/usstatespacman/
dwellers
Interactive map of the routes of
https://www.nps.gov/meve/learn/histor
explorers
yculture/cliff_dwellings_home.htm
Overview Lesson #4-5
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsc Reference Guide: Geography Terms
i/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5 Handbook: Geography Skills
A Braid of Lives: Native American
s_u2/
2 weeks
Childhood
Overview: A Visual introduction to *State Assessment Preparation
the Western Hemisphere

Unit 1: Early Life east and West

December

January

February

4 weeks
*Contact and Exploration

3 weeks
* Colonization and Conflict

4 weeks
* Independence & Government

5.2 Students trace the routes of early 5.3 Students describe the cooperation
explorers and describe the early
and conflict that existed among the
explorations of the Americas.
American Indians and between the
Indian nations and the new settlers.
Unit 2: Connections Across
Continents
1 week
*Independence & Government
5.2.3. Trace the routes of the major
land explorers of the United States, 5.4.7. Explain the early democratic
the distances traveled by explorers, ideas and practices that emerged during
and the Atlantic trade routes that
the colonial period, including the
linked Africa, the West Indies, the significance of representative
British colonies, and Europe.
assemblies and town meetings.

5.5.3. Understand the people and

events associated with the drafting and
signing of the Declaration of
Independence and the documents
significance, including the key
political concepts it embodies, the
origins of those concepts, and its role
in severing ties with Great Britain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=dnV_MTFEGIY

Unit 4: The American Revolution

Song of the preamble to the

Constitution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=2XMzIExVT5M&list=PLClPNxh9d
2qogEDZgT3Ud7IAEOewLsujC&inde
x=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_3Ox6vGteek&list=PLJLEafviXRt
_PM0B9pt46rkeu2hXxC5Uc&index=
15

5.5 Students explain the causes of the

American Revolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=HlUiSBXQHCw&index=11&list=P
Unit 3: Colonial Life in North America LJLEafviXRt_PM0B9pt46rkeu2hXxC
5Uc

Read Liberty or Death: The American

Revolution: 1763-1783
Primary sources from the American
Revolution
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/refere
nces/landmark.cfm

March

April

May

3 weeks
*Expansion & Change

2 weeks
* Slavery & Emancipation

2 weeks
*Immigration & Industry

5.6.7. Understand how the ideals set

forth in the Declaration of
Independence changed the way
people viewed slavery.

5.4.6. Describe the introduction of

5.8 Students trace the colonization,
slavery into America, the responses of immigration, and settlement patterns
slave families to their condition, the
of the American people from 1789 to
ongoing struggle between proponents the mid-1800s, with emphasis on the
and opponents of slavery, and the
role of economic incentives, effects of
https://www.archives.gov/founding- gradual institutionalization of slavery in the physical and political geography,
the South.
and transportation systems.
docs/declaration-transcript
Unit 8: Expansion and Change

Unit 5: Life in a New Nation Unit 6:

A growing Nation
1 week

2 weeks
*Peace & Prosperity

5.7 Students describe the people and

events associated with the
development of the U.S.
Constitution and analyze the
Constitutions significance as the
foundation of the American
republic.
*Slavery & Emancipation Unit 7:
War Divides the Nation

5.7.5. Discuss the meaning of the

American creed that calls on citizens
to safeguard the liberty of individual
Americans within a unified nation, to
respect the rule of law, and to preserve
the Constitution.
Read Sweet Clara and the Freedom
Quilt

5.7.6. Know the songs that express

American ideals (e.g., America the
Beautiful, The Star Spangled
Banner).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Ajn9g5Gsv98&index=18&list=PLJL http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_t
EafviXRt_PM0B9pt46rkeu2hXxC5Uc extbook.cfm?smtID=11&psid=3835
5.6.7. Understand how the ideals set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
forth in the Declaration of
v=vPKp29Luryc
Independence changed the way people
viewed slavery.
Unit 9: The United States and the
World
Unit 7: War Divides the Nation
2 weeks
*Immigration & Industry
5.8 Students trace the colonization,
immigration, and settlement patterns of
the American people from 1789 to the
mid-1800s, with emphasis on the role
of economic incentives, effects of the
physical and political geography, and
transportation systems.

http://crfimmigrationed.org/index.php/l
essons-for-teachers/71-immigrantarticle-1
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_t
extbook.cfm?smtID=11&psid=3804
Unit 8: Expansion and Change

June

3 weeks
* Exam Review & Portfolio
Assessment