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5th Grade Social Studies

Report Card Learning Targets
Standard 1: Students will understand the exploration of North America transformed human history.
I can...
  • describe and explain the growth and development of the early American colonies.
  • assess the global impact of cultural and economic diffusion as a result of colonization.
  • distinguish between the rights and responsibilities held by different groups of people during the colonial period.

Suggested Technology Enabled Activities, Websites, Projects, Apps

  • Mission-US:  For Crown or Colony
  • The American Revolution
  • The Patriot Spy
  • The Effects of the American Revolution Nearpod
  • Causes of the American Revolution Nearpod

Standard 2: Students will understand the chronology and significance of key events leading to self-government.
I can...
  • describe how the movement toward revolution culminated in a Declaration of Independence.
  • evaluate the Revolutionary War's impact on self-rule.​
  • BrainPop GameUp: American Revolution Timeline
  • Colonial Town Center
  • Declaration of Independence Nearpod
  • Lewis and Clark Adventure
​Standard 3: Students will understand the rights and responsibilities guaranteed in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.
I can...
  • assess the underlying principals of the US Constitution as the framework for the United States' form of government, a compound constitutional republic.
  • assess how the US Constitution has been amended and interpreted over time, and the impact these amendments have had one the rights and responsibilities of citizens of the United States.
  • BrainPop GameUp: Branches of Government
  • Branches of Power
  • The Three Branches
  • Branch-o-Mania Game
  • Nearpod- TED: Bill of Rights
  • Amendments Matching Game
  • Congress for Kids

Standard 4: Students will understand that the 19th century was a time of incredible change for the United States, including geographic expansion, constitutional crisis, and economic growth.
I can...
  • investigate the significant events during America's expansion and the roles people played.
  • assess the geographic, cultural, political, and economic divisions between regions that contributed to the Civil War.
  • evaluate the course of events of the Civil War and its impact both immediate and long-term.
  • understand the impact of major economic forces at work in the post-Civil War.
  • Mission US: Flight to Freedom
  • Mission US: A Cheyenne Oddessy
  • Mission US: City of Immigrants
  • Nearpod: Westward Expansion
  • Civil War
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Slavery in America Nearpod 
  • WebRangers US

Standard 5: Students will address the causes, consequences and implications of the emergence of the United States as a world power.
I can
  • ​describe the role of the United States during World War I, The Great Depression, and World War II.
  • assess the impact of social and political movements in recent United States history.
  • evaluate the role of the United States as a world power.
  • Quizizz- The U.S. & World War I
  • Nearpod- World War I: The League of Nations
  • National Park Service- The Great Depression
  • ​Quizizz- World War II and Cold War
  • Nearpod- ReadWorks Bundle- Modern History
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