5 Social Studies: Year-Long Overview To be productive members of society, students must be critical consumers of information they read, hear, and observe and communicate effectively about their ideas. They need to gain knowledge from a wide array of sources and examine and evaluate that information to develop and express an informed opinion, using information gained from the sources and their background knowledge. Students must also make connections between what they learn about the past and the present to understand how and why events happen and people act in certain ways. To accomplish this, students must: Use sources regularly to learn content. Make connections among people, events, and ideas across time and place. Express informed opinions using evidence from sources and outside knowledge. Teachers must create instructional opportunities that delve deeply into content and guide students in developing and supporting claims about social studies concepts. In grade 5, students explore what it means to be civilized as they learn about the indigenous peoples of the Americas, European exploration, settlement of the present-day United States, colonial advancements, and the French and Indian War. The in grade 5 highlight the connections among the that students should make as they develop and express informed opinions about the grade 5 claims. A S O N D J F M A M u e c o e a e a p a Grade 5 Content Grade 5 Claims g p t v c n b r r y t Indigenous Cultures of the What is a civilization? X X Americas What happens when European Exploration X X cultures collide? Settlement of the How are civilizations X X Day United States established? How do civilizations Colonial Advancements X X X advance? How does war shape the The French and Indian War development of X X X civilizations?
5 Social Studies: Year-Long Overview To be productive members of society, students must be critical consumers of information they read, hear, and observe and communicate effectively about their ideas. They need to gain knowledge from a wide array of sources and examine and evaluate that information to develop and express an informed opinion, using information gained from the sources and their background knowledge. Students must also make connections between what they learn about the past and the present to understand how and why events happen and people act in certain ways. To accomplish this, students must: Use sources regularly to learn content. Make connections among people, events, and ideas across time and place. Express informed opinions using evidence from sources and outside knowledge. Teachers must create instructional opportunities that delve deeply into content and guide students in developing and supporting claims about social studies concepts. In grade 5, students explore what it means to be civilized as they learn about the indigenous peoples of the Americas, European exploration, settlement of the present-day United States, colonial advancements, and the French and Indian War. The in grade 5 highlight the connections among the that students should make as they develop and express informed opinions about the grade 5 claims. Grade 5 Content Grade 5 Claims A u g S e p t O c t N o v D e c J a n F e b M a r A p r M a y Indigenous Cultures of the Americas What is a civilization? X X European Exploration What happens when cultures collide? X X Settlement of the United States How are civilizations established? X X Colonial Advancements How do civilizations advance? X X X The French and Indian War How does war shape the development of civilizations? X X X Day