US History and Government

October:

Geography and Economics

Document Based Questions (DBQ)

November:

Government

History

Geography

Economics

December - February

Regions of the US

States and Capitals

March - May

Latin America

May-June

Canada

*The sequence of Latin America and Canada are interchangeable.

Link to State Float Directions

General Information about 5th grade Social Studies:

 We will be focusing on the Interdependence, Government, Culture, Geography, Economy, and Technology of the United States, Canada, and Latin America

Our textbook will be Regions by Scott Foresman

Skills include:

Interpretation of documents

Reading maps and other supplemental expository texts

Integrating language arts skills