5th grade Social Studies
10 units matched to the Arizona Academic Standards.
Focus areas
- The American Revolution and the Constitution
- A growing nation and the Civil War
- Reconstruction, industry and reform
Units
Unit 1
Road to Revolution
British taxes, colonial protests such as boycotts and the Boston Tea Party, the Continental Congresses, and why Loyalists and Patriots saw things differently.
Learning standard: 5.SP4.1; 5.E4.1 · the causes of the American Revolution, including British taxes
Unit 2
The American Revolution
The Declaration of Independence and its ideals, key battles from Lexington to Yorktown, help from France and others, and the people of many backgrounds who shaped the war.
Learning standard: 5.H2.1; 5.SP2.1 · the American Revolution and the perspectives of the people who lived through it
Unit 3
Building a Government
Why the Articles of Confederation were replaced, the compromises of 1787, the three branches, checks and balances, federalism and the Bill of Rights (1791).
Learning standard: 5.C3.1; 5.C2.1 · the Constitution, the three branches of government and the Bill of Rights
Unit 4
States & Capitals
The capital cities of the 50 states, and major rivers, mountains and lakes of the United States.
Learning standard: 5.G1.1 · using maps to find the states of the United States and their capitals
Unit 5
A New Nation
The first presidents and parties, judicial review, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, the War of 1812 and early foreign policy.
Learning standard: 5.SP1.3; 5.C2.1 · the people who shaped the new nation and the challenges it faced
Unit 6
Factories & Reformers
The Industrial Revolution in the North, canals, roads and railroads, immigration, public schools, and the abolition and women's rights movements before 1861.
Learning standard: 5.E4.2; 5.H4.1 · new industries and inventions, and the reform movements they led to
Unit 7
The Civil War
How the conflict over slavery led to secession and war, Lincoln's leadership, key events and people from Fort Sumter to Appomattox, and how enslaved people helped win their own freedom.
Learning standard: 5.H2.1; 5.SP4.1 · slavery, the causes of the Civil War and its key events
Unit 8
Reconstruction
Reconstruction from 1865 to 1877 as a bridge to high school US history: the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, Black officeholders, the violence that opposed them and how gains were later rolled back.
Learning standard: 5.C4.1; 5.H4.1 · Reconstruction and the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
Unit 9
Earning & Saving
Making a savings plan for a goal, estimating what a youth business can earn, income, expenses and profit, incentives, career choices and why people save differently.
Learning standard: 5.E1.1; 5.E2.1 · financial risks, and the costs and benefits of choices
Unit 10
Colonies to Constitution
Ordering events from Columbus to the Bill of Rights, including slavery and resistance, to see causes and effects over time.
Learning standard: 5.SP1.1 · putting the events from the colonies to the Constitution in order
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