5th Grade Social Studies and History Lesson Plans

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  • Strides for Women Posters

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    Strides for Women Posters

    Students research the lives of accomplished women and create posters displaying the information. This is a great lesson…

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    Creative Writing
    Suffrage and Women's Rights
    Writing
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    Learning About Voice Through Photographs Assessment

    Assessment that aligns with the "Learning About Voice Through Photographs" lesson.

    Subjects:
    Speech
    Ancient Civilizations
    World History
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  • Instant Expert: Ancient Egypt

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    Instant Expert: Ancient Egypt

    Become an instant expert on ancient Egypt. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to…

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    Ancient History
    Ancient Egypt
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  • Instant Expert: Explorers

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    Instant Expert: Explorers

    Become an instant expert on explorers. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to introduce…

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    Discovery and Exploration
    Explorers
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  • Instant Expert: Ancient Greece

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    Instant Expert: Ancient Greece

    Become an instant expert on ancient Greece. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to…

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    Social Studies and History
    Ancient History
    Ancient Greece
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  • Instant Expert: Ancient China

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    Instant Expert: Ancient China

    Become an instant expert on ancient China. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to…

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    Social Studies and History
    Ancient History
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  • Instant Expert: Knights

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    Instant Expert: Knights

    Become an instant expert on knights. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to introduce…

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    Social Studies and History
    European History
    Middle Ages
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  • Instant Expert: Fossils

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    Instant Expert: Fossils

    Become an instant expert on fossils. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to give students…

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    Archeology
    Fossils
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  • Lewis & Clark Trading Post

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    Lewis & Clark Trading Post

    Lewis and Clark wanted to open up more of North America to trade. Trade was vital to the local peoples at this time.…

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    Social Studies and History
    Discovery and Exploration
    Mathematics
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  • Immigrant Statistics

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    Immigrant Statistics

    Students research American immigration and use arithmetic to determine some facts and statistics about various immigrant…

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    Immigration
    Mathematics
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  • Consensus & The Articles of Confederation

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    Consensus & The Articles of Confederation

    Explain why the Articles of Confederation failed to properly govern the newly formed United States.

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    U.S. Historical Documents
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  • Hands Off!

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    Hands Off!

    Explain what the Monroe Doctrine said, and why President Monroe wrote it.

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Government and Civics
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  • The Heartbreak of Pioneering

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    The Heartbreak of Pioneering

    In order to survive the rigors of frontier life, pioneers often faced difficult moral choices.

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    Colonization
    American History/U.S. History
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  • Merchants and Miners

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    Merchants and Miners

    The economics of the Gold Rush were based on an extreme case of supply and demand: merchants had control of the meager…

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Economics
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  • Plotting the Apollo Landing Sites

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    Plotting the Apollo Landing Sites

    Students learn about the Apollo missions' landing sites.

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    Science
    Astronauts and Space Flights
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  • You Are There!

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    You Are There!

    In this creative writing activity, students will write an original historical fiction story.

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    Creative Writing
    Writing
    Language Arts and Writing
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  • Treasure Map

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    Treasure Map

    Employing a map's key, symbols, and scale, students will read a map of their classroom correctly in order to find a…

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    Geography
    Map
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  • Blind Passage

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    Blind Passage

    The search for the maritime Northwest Passage was highly prized but never fulfilled during the "Age of Discovery."

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    Discovery and Exploration
    American History/U.S. History
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  • A Question of Tolerance

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    A Question of Tolerance

    It is as important to listen to a different opinion as it is to question it. This printable social studies activity…

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Colonial America
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  • Map It Out

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    Map It Out

    On a map, trace a character's travels in a story.

    Subjects:
    Reading and Literature
    Language Arts and Writing
    Social Studies and History
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  • Sanctuary

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    Sanctuary

    Offer a rational opinion about a hypothetical situation involving conscience versus the law.

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Slavery in United States
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  • How the West Was Won

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    How the West Was Won

    Identify one reason white settlers wanted Indian lands, and then explain one method the government used in obtaining…

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Native-American History (American Indians)
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  • Muckraker's Cake

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    Muckraker's Cake

    Identify who the Progressives were and recognize one industry they wanted regulated.

    Subjects:
    Twentieth Century
    American History/U.S. History
    Social Studies and History
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  • Crash

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    Crash

    Review the 1920s by simulating the meteoric rise of that decade's stock market, which ended in a disastrous crash.

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Economics
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