HIS0500: 5th Grade History and Geography
05/01/2024 to 05/30/2025 • Modified 04/23/2024Course Description
This history course relates to the history of the United States from pre-Columbian times until 1865. Students will use historical and geographical analysis skills to explore the early history of the United States and understand the ideas and events that strengthened the Union. Students will continue to learn fundamental concepts in civics, economics, and geography as they study United States history chronologically and learn about change and continuity in our history. They will also study documents and speeches that laid the foundation for American ideals and institutions and examine people’s everyday life at different times in the country’s history through the use of primary and secondary sources.
Prerequisite
4th Grade History & Geography
Schedule
Module 1: Geography
- Week 1: Oceans and Continents
- Week 2: Regions of the United States
- Week 3: Bodies of Water in the United States
- Week 4: Mountains and Deserts in the United States
Module 2: Archaeology and the First Americans
- Week 5: Early Cultures in North America
- Week 6: Exploration
- Week 7: North American Tribe Project
- Week 8: Ancient African Empires
- Week 9: Quarterly Review Week
Module 3: The Founding of Colonial America
- Week 10: First Settlements
- Week 11: Colonial Expansion
- Week 12: Early Life in the Colonies
- Week 13: Revolution Begins
Module 4: Declaring Independence
- Week 14: Beginning of Independence
- Week 15 Major Events of the Revolution
- Week 16: Independence
Module 5: Important People of the Revolutionary War
- Week 17: Important People of the Revolutionary War
- Week 18: Quarterly Review
Module 6: Organized Government and New Land
- Week 19: Forming Government
- Week 20: First Presidents
- Week 21: New Land
- Week 22: Lewis and Clark
Module 7: A Changing Landscape
- Week 23: Westward Expansion
- Week 24: Important Inventions
- Week 25: Abolition
- Week 26: Women of the 1800s
- Week 27: Quarterly Review
Module 8: Differences that Divided a Nation
- Week 28: Differences
- Week 29: A Nation Divided
Module 9: Civil War
- Week 30: The Civil War Begins
- Week 31: Civil War
- Week 32: Important Leaders of the Civil War
- Week 33: Reconstruction
Module 10: Civil War Life
- Week 34: Life During the Civil War
- Week 35: Women of the Civil War
- Week 36: Review Week
