Social Studies Curriculum
Topics of Study in 5th Grade Social Studies:
August- Geography
September- Native Americans
October- European Explorers/Exploring the New World
November- Early English Settlements and Comparing the Colonies
December- Slavery and Colonial Williamsburg
January- Growing Tensions Between the Colonies and Britain
February- The Declaration of Independence and The Revolutionary War
March- The Constitution and The Bill of Rights
April- Manifest Destiny and Settling the West
May- The Causes of the Civil War and The Major Battles of the Civil War