Reader’s Workshop



5th Grade Social Studies

*Suggested Activities/Resources

Month |Unit of

Study |Key Points |*Pre Learning |*During Learning |*Post Learning |Essential Question |*Technology |*Resources | |September-October |United States and Canada’s Geography

|-Major land and waterway

-Natural resource

-Climate regions

-Environmental challenges

-Natural disasters

*Integrate map skills into geography

|-Carousel (poster/picture)

-Connections (Judy Dodge’s sheet)

-Dinah Zikes foldable

-Cooperative controlled cloze

|-Interactive bookmark

-A Write about

-Noting What I learned

-3-Dmap “Erie Canal”

-Outline map

-“Nothing but the Truth” |-Region Tour Scrapbook

-Journal Entries

-Sum it up

-Fact storming

-Choice board

-Compare/contrast

-Travel brochure of a region

-Refer to curriculum connection activities in teacher edition.

|How did geography influence the development of the United States and Canada? |-Google Earth

-Virtual Tours

-Library videos

(Module 4)

*Can be accessed through school website under student tab.

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- |-“Nature’s Fury”

-Paul Bunyan

-“The Great White Hurricane”

-“O Canada!” Provincial poetry

-“Nunavut, Land of the Inuit”

-“See America,” by Elizabeth Ulrig

-Textbook Supplements: Idea Factory & Assessment Book | |November-December |United States and Canada’s History and Government |US History

-Immigration & migration

-Lewis and Clark Expedition

-Westward Expansion

-Industrial Revolution

Canada’s History

-Native Americans (Inuit)

-Fur Trade

-British Rule of Canada

US vs Canada’s Government

-US Branches of gov’t

-Federal/ State/ Local

-Bill of Rights/ Constitution

-Prime Minister

-Parliament & Senate

-Charters of Rights and Freedoms |-Photo Collage- on the SmartBoard

Leaders

Buildings

Symbols

-Citizenship test

-Carousel

Documents and Photos

|-Tri – fold flip book: Three Branches

-Timeline

-Family Interview and Choice Activity (Class Presentation, Scrapbook, PPt., etc.)

|-Photo Collage-Jeopardy

-Sum-it-up!!

-Citizenship test

-Artifact Box-

In groups, By country/Time period

-Simulation of Ellis Island

-Refer to curriculum connection activities in teacher edition.

-Writing: Persuasive Writing

“Why should the US government allow you to immigrate |How do culture and key events connect to shape a nation?

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-Library videos

-Ben’s Guide to Gov’t



-Schoolhouse Rock

- Ellis Island site

(Module 1)

|-“Citizenship Grades 4-6” by Timelinks/ Mcgraw Hill

-“The US Constitution,” by Jean Williams

-“The Bill of Rights,” by Michael Burgan

-Textbook Supplements: Idea Factory & Assessment Book

Close Read

Poem on Statue of Liberty

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Liberty or Death Speech by Patrick Henry

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January-Mid February |United States and Canada’s Economies |-Economic Regions

of the U.S. (Supply and Demand)

-Economic Regions

of Canada

-U.S., Canada, and

the World

-Environmental

Issues

|-Dinah Zikes foldable label

-biotechnology

-knowledge economy

-energy scarcity

-automobile and technology |-Fill in foldable

-Color and label US map by economic regions

|-Four More p. 85-87

-Post card (p. 29 Idea Factory p. 104 TE)

-Business Plan (Students create a company and complete a business plan)

-Refer to curriculum connection activities in teacher edition.

|How does the economy shape a region? |-

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-Library videos



(Module 3B) |-“The Lorax”

-“Just a Dream”

-Textbook Supplements: Idea Factory & Assessment Book

| |Mid February-March |Latin America: Physical Geography of Latin America

|-Three subregions

-Landforms

Waterways

-Wealth of Natural Resources

-The Colombian

Exchange

-Climate |-Artifact box p. 37-39 (JD Purple book)

-Columbia Exchange W/pictures p.146

*use activity again to review

-Slideshow of images from all 3 regions (play Caribbean music) |-Label and color 3 subregions of Latin America

-South America

-Middle America

-The Caribbean

|-3-D Map: Building the Panama Canal

-Refer to curriculum connection activities in teacher edition.

|How did geography influence the development of civilizations? |-

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-Library videos

(Module 2A) |“The Kapok Tree Encounter”

-Textbook Supplements: Idea Factory & Assessment Book

| |April-May |Latin America:

History and Culture |-Native Americans (Olmecs, Aztecs, Mayas, and Incas)

-Colonial Rule

-Forming New

Nations

-Political and

Economic Challenges

-The People of

L.A. and Culture |-Photo finish: using vocabulary

-Anticipation Guide |-Tally sheet of vocabulary use

-Create diorama

(class)

-Early Civilization chart

-Timeline |-Vocabulary bingo

-Dictator role play

-Refer to curriculum connection activities in teacher edition.

|How do civilizations change? |-Early Civilizations

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-Library videos |-Textbook Supplements: Idea Factory & Assessment Book

Close Read

Manifest Destiny | |June |Latin America Today

|-Mexico

-Central America

-The Caribbean

-South America |Who am I DR

Who am I Mex | |-Refer to curriculum connection activities in teacher edition.

|What causes a society to develop? |-

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-Library videos

|-Textbook Supplements: Idea Factory & Assessment Book

| | Revised 6/2013

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