GR+5+Social+Studies


 * IOWA **** CORE CURRICULUM – SOCIAL SCIENCES **
 * 5TH GRADE **
 * BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE **

Chap. 4-13
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * BS1. Understand the changing nature of society ||  || 4.1-Understand the role of women and how that role changed throughout the settlement of North America, up to the women’s suffrage movement and in the United States today || BS1:

BS2: Chap. 4-13

BS3: Chap. 4-13

BS4: Chap. 4-13

BS5: Chap. 4-13

BS6: Research Papers || Qtr. 1-4 ||
 * BS2. Understand the influences on individual and group behavior and group decision making ||  ||   ||^   || Qtr. 1-4 ||
 * BS3. Understand how personality and socialization impact the individual ||  ||   ||^   || Qtr. 1-4 ||
 * BS4. Understand the process of how humans develop, learn and adapt to the environment and internalize their culture ||  || 4.4-Identify examples of stereotyping and conformity ||^   || Qrt. 1-4 ||
 * BS5. Understand current social issues to determine how the individual formulates opinions and responds to issues ||  || 6.3-Analyze the decision-making skills by studying how focusing on how political decisions are made

12.4-Explain how information and experiences may be interpreted differently by people from diverse cultures with different points of view. ||^  || Qtr. 1-4 ||
 * BS6. Understand how to evaluate social research and information ||  ||   ||^   || Qtr.3-4 ||


 * ECONOMICS – 5TH GRADE **

Ch 7 Southern Economy Ch 6 Economic choices - Ch 5 Lsn 3 Ch 11 - 4th qtr
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * E1. Understand the role of scarcity and economic trade-offs and how economic conditions impact people’s lives ||  ||   || Ch 8 tax laws

Ch8, Ch 9

Ch 10

Ch 4 - 7 || 2nd qtr 2nd qtr

2nd qtr

1st qtr 4th qtr ||
 * E2. Understand the functions of economic institutions ||  ||   ||^   || **none** ||
 * E3. Understand how governments throughout the world influence economic behavior ||  || 2.4-Understand the concept of free enterprise and how it affected the economy of the colonies and how it affects today’s economy

5.8-Understand that taxes are used to fund projects at the state, local and federal levels ||^  || 2 - 3 qtr

3rd qtr || 2.2-Understand the role of trade in the colonies (triangular trade) ||^  || 2nd qtr ||
 * E4. Understand factors that create patterns of interdependence in the world economy ||  || 2.1-Understand the early role of trade between the colonists and Native Americans in North America

** GEOGRAPHY – GRADE 5 **


 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * G1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments ||  || 1.1-Interpret and use various representations of the earth (relief, elevation, historical maps, globes, photos)

1.2-Estimate distance, calculate scale and other geographic relationships || All chapters

Ch 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Ch 4, 5, 6, 7

Ch 11

Science Ecosystems Ch 9 - weather Ch 1 || All qtrs || 3rd qtr ||
 * G2. Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions ||  || 1.5-Interpret and analyze the physical features of land and how they affected the colonial ways of life (southern, middle, New England colonies) ||^   || 2nd qtr
 * G3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of communities and the movement of populations ||  || 1.6-Understand how the natural resources of the land affected the economy of the colonies

10.3-Understand the effects of the California Gold Rush on territorial expansion of the United States ||^  || 2nd qtr

4th qtr || 1st qtr ||
 * G4. Understand how physical processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans ||  || 1.4-Define physical system changes (seasons, climates, weather-climate graphs) ||^   || 2nd qtr

** HISTORY – 5TH GRADE **


 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||  ||
 * H1. Understand historical patterns, periods of time and the relationships among these elements ||  || 12.2-Interpret information given in the form of a timeline

12.3-Understand the chronology of events beginning with the establishment of the colonies leading up to the forming of the United States ||  ||   ||   ||
 * H2. Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of power, authority, and governance ||  || 5.1-Understand the conditions, actions and motivations that led to conflict between the colonies and Great Britain

5.2-Understand the different forms of government the colonists established (Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Articles of Confederation)

7.1-Understand how the Declaration of Independence led to a separation from Britain and the development of a self-governing nation

7.2-Understand how conflicts within the Articles of Confederation led to the development of the United States Constitution

7.2-Understand how conflicts within the Articles of Confederation led to the development of the United States Constitution || ch. 8

Mayflower Compact - ch. 4 House of Burgesses - ch. 4 Articles of Confeceration - ch. 8

Declaration of Ind - ch. 8

weakness of Articles - ch. 8 pp. 330-331

Constitution - ch. 10

ch. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13

ch. 4,5,,6,7,11,13

Ch. 4, 8

Ch. 4, 5,6,7,8,9,11

Ch.4,5,6,11,13

Ch.13 || qtr 2

qtr. 1

qtr. 1

qtr. 3

end qtr 2

qtr 2

qtr 3 ||  ||
 * H3. Understand the role of culture and cultural diffusion on the development and maintenance of societies ||  || 3.1-Understand that Americans are a diverse people coming from many different countries and ethnic groups

3.2-Understand the influence of 3.2 continued: immigrants on the culture of the United States

3.3-Identify the influences of the French and Spanish on the American colonies

4.2-Analyze the effects of the settlement of North America had on Native Americans, individual tribes and overall way of life

10.1-Understand the reasons why immigrants from various places came to North America

10.2-Understand the effects of immigration on society today ||^  || qtr. 1, 2, 4 qtr.1,2,4 qtr. 1,2,3 qtr.1,2,3,4 qtr.1,2,4 qtr.4 ||  ||
 * ^  ||^   ||^   || Ch.5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13

Ch.5,6,7,12,13 ||^  ||   ||   ||
 * H4. Understand individuals and groups within a society may promote change or the status quo ||  || 4.3-Demonstrate understanding of slavery and emancipation ||^   || Qrt.1,2,3,4, ||   ||
 * H5. Understand the effect of economic needs and wants on individual and group decisions ||  || 2.3-Understand the role of slavery and how it affected the economy of the different colonies and regions

8.3-Understand how tensions

about slavery and between regions of the United States led to the Civil War

10.4-Understand the impact of the slave trade on North America ||^  || Qtr.1,2,4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||^   || Ch.4,5,6,7,8,11,13

Ch.11,13

Ch.12

Ch.4 ||^  ||   ||   ||
 * H6. Understand the effects of geographic factors on historical events ||  || 1.3-Understand how various landforms affected the westward movement in the United States ||^   || Qtr.1,2,3,4 ||   ||
 * H7. Understand the role of innovation on the development and interaction of societies ||  || 9.1-Understand the influence of technology on transportation in the United States

9.2-Understand the influence of technology on warfare ||^  || Qtr.4 ||   ||
 * H8. Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues ||  || 12.1-Understand the differences between primary and secondary sources ||^   || Qtr.1 ||   ||

** POLITICAL SCIENCE/CIVIC LITERACY – 5TH GRADE **


 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * PS1. Understand the rights and responsibilities of each citizen and demonstrate the value of lifelong civic action. ||  || 6.2-Understand obligations of paying taxes and obeying laws || Ch. 10 Lesson 4

Ch. 10 Lesson

Ch. 10 Lesson 2 & 4

Ch.10 Lesson

discussion of current events as things happen || Qtr.3 ||
 * PS2. Understand how the government established by the Constitution embodies the enduring values and principles of democracy and republicanism ||  || 5.3-Understand how conflict and cooperation helped develop the system of government we have today

5.4-Understand the purpose and meaning of the Constitution ||^  || Qtr. 3 ||
 * PS3. Understand the purpose and function of each of the three branches of government established by the United States Constitution ||  || 5.4-Use specific terminology to identify the three branches of government (judicial, legislative, executive) and explain the role each serves

5.6-Understands the concept of checks and balances in the United States government ||^  ||   ||
 * PS4. Understand the differences among local, state and national governments ||  || 5.7-Identify the three levels of government (local, state, national) and responsibilities of each ||^   ||   ||
 * PS5. Understand the role of the United States in current world affairs ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||