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Social Studies Overview
Social Studies Overview
The fifth grade standards in New Mexico focus on inquiry. We read and learn while asking students to make connections to historical and world events. Students will read historical accounts and think about how those events shaped our communities.
Unit 1: Geography
Unit 1: Geography
Theme 4: Human Impact on the Environment
Geography; Geographic Representations and Reasoning
Geography; Location, Place and Region
Human-Environmental Interactions and Sustainability
Unit 2: The Civil War
Unit 2: The Civil War
Theme 2: Inequity and Justice in the United States
Historical thinking
Cause and consequence
Critical consciousness and perspectives
Unit 3: Identity through Novel Studies
Unit 3: Identity through Novel Studies
Theme 5: Identity in Multiple Spaces
Critical Consciousness and Perspectives
Ethnic, Cultural, and Identity Studies; Diversity and Identity
Unit 4: US Independence
Unit 4: US Independence
Theme 2: Inequity and Justice in the United States
Historical thinking
Cause and consequence
Critical consciousness and perspectives
Unit 5: US Government
Unit 5: US Government
Theme 1: Development and Establishment of the US Government
Civic and political institutions:
Processes, rules, and laws
Civic dispositions and democratic principles
Roles and responsibilities of a civic life
Unit 6: Economics
Unit 6: Economics
Theme 3: Human Right and Economic Development
Theme 3: Human Right and Economic Development
Economics/Personal Financial Literacy; Economic Decision Making
Economics/Personal Financial Literacy Economic Systems and Models
Theme 6: Personal Financial Literacy
Economics Personal Financial Literacy
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