Conroe ISD
COVID-19
Digital Learning Instructional Overview
5th Grade
Social Studies
mAY 26-28, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can analyze various issues and events of the 21st century such as the War on Terror and the 2008 presidential election.
Student can identify the accomplishments of individuals and groups such as … Ronald Reagan and Colin Powell who have made contributions to society in the areas of military actions and politics.
Resources Recommended / recursos recomendados
End of the year ACTIVITY
Create a poster of your favorite unit in Social Studies that you have learned about this year. Include pictures and text to describe the unit.
OR
Create a collage about a person you have learned about this year in Social Studies. Include pictures and text to describe that person.
mAY 18-22, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can analyzes various issues and events of the 21st century such as the War on Terror and the 2008 presidential election.
Student can identify the accomplishments of individuals and groups such as … Ronald Reagan and Colin Powell who have made contributions to society in the areas of military actions and politics.
Directions
high-school-makes-masks-2001008185-article_only.pdfNEWSELA
Read Article
celebrities-host-online-graduations-2001008644-article_only.pdfNEWSELA
Read Article
accordionist-stoop-show-2001008561-article_only.pdfNEWSELA
Read Article
mAY 11-15, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as … civil rights movement and military actions.
Student can identify the accomplishments of individuals and groups such as … Dwight Eisenhower, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez … Ronald Reagan who have made contributions to society in the areas of military actions and politics.
mAY 4-8, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as … world war.
Student can identify the accomplishments of individuals and groups such as … Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Tuskegee Airmen, 442nd Regimental Combat Team who have made contributions to society in the areas of military actions and politics.
Vocabulary
Use Quizlet to practice new vocabulary
WWII war bill.pdfArticle
Look at the different war time posters. Create a poster based on your knowledge of WWII. Use the video and the information from last week's lesson as background knowledge for your poster.
Virtual Trip
April 27-mAY 1, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as … world war.
Student can identify the accomplishments of individuals and groups such as … Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Tuskegee Airmen, 442nd Regimental Combat Team who have made contributions to society in the areas of military actions and politics.
April 20-24, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as industrialization … Great Depression.
Student can summarize the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in the United States.
Student can analyze the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the environment in the United States, past and present.
Video
Watch the video to gain background knowledge about the Great Depression
Great Depression 5th grade.pdfRead
Read and answer the questions
Newspaper Article
Click HERE to make a copy of the activitiy. Use the newspaper template to create an article about the Great Depression. Remember to include important information: Date, Names and how the people were effected. Use the video and reading to complete the article.
April 13-17, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as industrialization, urbanization … civil rights.
Student can identify the accomplishments of individuals and groups such as Jane Addams and Susan B. Anthony.
Student can analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as … world wars.
Events after the assassination of Archduke of Austria readworks.pdfrEAD
Timeline
TheGreatWar_7 Amazing Things_Mini-Poster WW1.pdfRead
Read the infographic about WWI
Video
Background information about WWI
World War 1 readworks.pdfrEAD
Read and answer questions
April 6-10, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can identify the challenges, opportunities, and contributions of people from various … immigrant groups.
Student can analyze the effects of immigration, migration, and limited resources on the economic development and growth of the United States.
Student can summarize the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to our national identity.
Video
Watch the video to gain background knowledge of Immigration
march 30-April 3, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can identify the accomplishments of notable individuals in the field of science and technology, including … Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, the Wright Brothers.
Student can identify how scientific discoveries, technological innovations and the rapid growth of technology industries have advanced the economic development of the United States.
Student can evaluate the effects of supply and demand on business, industry … in the United States.
Video
Background information about the Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution Discussion Question.pdfWriting
Complete the quick write about the Industrial Revolution
Duckster Industrial Revolution U.S- read this article, and use to answer the discussion post
Industrial Revolution Timeline - use this timeline to answer the the discussion post
march 23-27, 2020
Standards Addressed
Student can analyze the reasons for the location of cities in the United States.
Student can analyze the effects of immigration, migration, and limited resources on the economic development and growth of the United States.
Video
Background information about the Transcontinental Railroad.
Dust Bowl.pdfNEWSELA
For more reading levels and extension activities visit NEWSLA.
The+First+Transcontinental+Railroad.pdfMap
Read and map the Transcontinental Railroad