Note: Weblinks appear only once although they may address more than one benchmark.
5th Grade Social Studies Benchmark Targets by Strand
By year's end, all students will:
| Strand | # | Benchmark Target |
Link to TEKS | Curriculum Connection |
| History | 1. | Identify the causes and effects for the establishment of colonization. | 5.1, 5.10 |
History, Economics and Government |
| Geographical links related to Columbus text information Simple timeline of Colonial times Student research papers about colonization Timeline of early events
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| 2. | Outline the events that led to American Independence. | 5.2, 5.6, 5.16, 5.25, 5.26, | History, Geography, Government, and Social Studies Skills | |
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Revolutionary Maps primary source materials America's Story from America's Library era Story about British control of coins |
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| 3. | Name the people and their contribution of the American Revolution. | 5.2, 5.3, 5.16 |
History, Government | |
| Flash Presentations on Famous Americans Biographies Resources many centuries Hyper History timeline of important people How Math and Science Affected George Washington's Life more on Molly Timeline of Washington links to his papers Washington Timeline Revolutionary Period Thoughts on War (interpretations of historical characters) |
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| 4. | Identify the causes and effects of the American Revolution. | 5.2, 5.19, 5.16, 5.24 | History, Government, Citizenship, Science, Technology and Society |
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| Flash videos worth waiting for them to load! Highlights of the American Revolution Was there another Point of View? Map of British route Lexington, Concord April 1775 Benedict Arnold - American traitor |
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| 5. | Analyze important issues and events of the 20th century in the United States. | 5.5 | History | |
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Women get the vote leader timeline |
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| 6. | Identify the causes and effects of the Civil War. | 5.4, 5.16, 5.19, 5.24 |
History, Citizenship, Science, Technology and Society | |
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a simple Timeline of the Civil War 5 integrated lessons around book Light in a Storm extensive Timeline of the Civil War Photographs of Civil War by Matthew Brady [previewing is recommended as always] |
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| Geography | 7. | Demonstrate competency of geographic tools in a variety of formats to collect, analyze and interpret data. | 5.6 | Geography |
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index Famous Americans timelines ***** Outline Maps of the United States and World Journey North Mystery Class 2003 Resources database of Native American images of North West Researching Family History/ Attic Artifacts Boomerang Box kids game of latitude Using the Boomerang Box Website |
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| 8. | Identify and compare a variety of regions and their states in the U.S.
using characteristics such as landforms, climate, Vegetation, politics, population, and economy. |
5.7 | Geography | |
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Digital pictures taken from the Space Station Population information from US census Native Web database Xpeditions Atlas download .gif files, import them into Kid Pix and make your own maps! Name the State Game primary games 15 questions Name the State Game Geoquiz more comprehensive World Quiz Continents and Oceans Name the State Game demo toon university
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| 9. | Describe the reasons and ways people adapt to and modify the environment. | 5.9 | Geography | |
| Use digital camera to document a building's progression. | ||||
| 10. | Classify and categorize locations of cities and patterns of Settlement, past and present. |
5.8 | Geography | |
Map Machine from National Geographic includes Historical category |
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| Economics |
11. | Understand the characteristics of free enterprise system and the impact of supply and demand. | 5.12, 5.13 | |
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Supply and demand in the Gold Rush lesson plan Era story about Gold Rush supply and demand prices |
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| Government |
12. | Investigate and analyze the framework of government created by the constitution, the importance of leadership in a democratic society and the fundamental rights of American citizenship guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. | 5.17, 5.20, 5.21 |
History, Government and Citizenship |
Presidents of the United States 1917 Women picketing for voting rights Washington Timeline Early Republic Bens Gov Select for your grade level |
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| 13. | Understand how colonial governments were organized and the important ideas of the Declaration of Independence. | 5.15, 5.16 | ||
Whitehouse for Kids quiz about the Declaration of Independence 100 Milestone Documents Declaration of Independence Evolution of Liberty(sidebar) is a multimedia timeline that stretches from 1200s to 2000 Lesson Plan Analysing the causes of Declaration of Independance Jefferson, author of Declaration Declaration with painting of signing Declaration with revisions by Congress Choose Seclected Writings on sidebar 100 Milestone Documents Articles of Confederation |
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| Citizenship | 14. | Name the people and their contributions of the Civil War. | 5.4 | History, Citizenship |
Biography Searchable database of 25,000 names in many centuries |
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| Culture |
15. | Identify the similarities and differences within and among racial, ethnic, and religious groups in the U.S. | 5.10, 5.23 | Economics, Culture |
| Lakota Sioux site Native American observations about the solar system |
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| 16. | Identify the significance of selected U.S. patriotic symbols, customs, celebrations, and landmarks and their relationships between the arts, music and literature to the times in which they were created. | 5.18, 5.22 | Citizenship, Culture | |
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Symbols Match Game (memory type matching) |
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| Science and Technology | 17. | Examine and outline political, economic, and social changes that occurred during the 19th century. |
5.4, 5.13, 5.14, 5.16 |
History, Economics, Government |
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Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress about Lewis and Clark An era Story about Louisiana Purchase and L& C an era Story about Edison's Lab 19th Century Lewis and Clark Expedition Exploring Pioneer America Unit from Arts Edge Historical Maps from University of Texas many topics!
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| 18. | Cite the important issues, events, and individuals of the 20th century and make predictions based on past scientific discoveries. | 5.5, 5.24 | History, Science and Technology | |
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Declaration of War against Germany 1917 19th Amendment Women's Right to Vote 1920 National Interstate and Defense Highways 1956 John Glenn's words 1st manned space flight 1962 timewarp archiving technology through the decades Would You Ride the Space Elevator?
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| Social Studies | 19. | Research a variety of U.S. History topics using social studies skills and a variety of primary and secondary sources | 5.25, 5.26 5.27 |
Social Studies Skills (e.g. Colonial times, famous patriots, Civil War) |
| Primary Historical Sheet Music with supporting information about politics, inventions,sports and other information Eyewitness history through the eyes of those who lived it TEACHER should preview before use Primary Documents list of 100 milestone documents with links to them. American Currancy Index link to tour by era at left side Library of Congress index and search available Pictures of the American West Over 30,000 images! Secondary Internet Public Library - Presidents of the USA What has happened in the White House?
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| themes | monthly themes | |||
| TEKS SEARCH | Marco Polo Search by TEXAS TEKS Alignment | |||
| Be a SpyKid! | GeoSpy A GREAT game to locate states, continents within a time limit! | |||
| videos | www.digitalcurriculum.com visit with your librarian or stcp if you don't already have an account | |||
| search engines | Kids' Click sites selected by librarians | |||
| District Library | Humble District Library Pages | |||
| Internet library | Internet Public Library Great sources! | |||
| Contest for teachers | Create a National History Day Lesson Plan deadline for this year has passed, check this link after January 1, 2004 to see if contest continues. | |||
| Quotations | Wordlist of Quotations awesome! | |||
*"Including" references non-negotiable components; "such as" references examples.
