5th Grade Social Studies - First Quarter
Timeframe Objective
Weeks 1-4
Standard Resource
What are the invisible lines that divide the Earth into hemispheres?
Which direction do longitude and latitude lines run? How can we use
them to locate a specific place in the world?
Where am I if I’m at __ longitude and __ latitude? If I’m in Westville,
Illinois, what is a possible longitude and latitude coordinate?
Can you identify north, south, east, and west on a map?
How can physical features promote where activities are located?
Geography:
locate If you live in a different region, how would the physical features around
states, contintents, you change your lifestyle?
major oceans and What are the 50 United States, 7 continents, major oceans and bodies of
bodies of water, and water, and major landforms?
major mountains and
landforms
Textbook:
introductory
chapter
Geography:
latitude/longitude,
cardinal directions
Geography:
Use maps to answer
questions and solve
problems.
Understand map
scale, symbols,
physical maps,
political maps, and
historical maps.
Weeks 5-9
Essential Question
What physical features restrict human activities (or have in the past)?
What physical features promote human activities (or have in the past)?
Why do we use map scale when measuring distances on a map?
Why do maps include symbols?
What do political maps show?
Why do we need physical maps?
What can a historical map show you?
How did the cold temperatures make it possible for people from Asia to
Early Cultures:
Ice come to North America?
Ages, Aztecs and Why did the hunter-gatherers start to farm?
Incas
Why was war an important part of Aztec life?
What did the Aztec and Inca do to build their empires?
Native Americans: Can you locate and describe Native American regions?
locate and describe How did the arrival of Spanish and Europeans affect the Native American
Native American
culture?
regions: Southwest, What were some of the traditions and ceremonies of the different Native
Woodlands, Plains, American groups?
West
Native Americans:
What natural resources in each region did the people depend on for food,
describe how they
shelter, and clothing?
used their
What types of technology changed the way of life for each Native
environment for
American group?
survival and to
improve their way of
life
Textbook:
introductory
chapter
(Insert as
appropriate)
Textbook:
introductory
chapter
(Insert as
appropriate)
Textbook:
Chapter 1
Textbook:
Chapter 2
Textbook:
Chapter 2