5th Grade Social Studies Unit 10

Big Idea:

Understand how changes during the 20th century impacted the United States.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

5.5(A) [Readiness] Analyze various issues and events of the 20th century such as industrialization, urbanization, increased use of oil and gas, the Great Depression, the world wars, the civil rights movement, and military actions

Focus TEKS

5.5(C) [Supporting] Identify the accomplishments of individuals and groups such as Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Dwight Eisenhower, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Colin Powell, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team who have made contributions to society in the areas of civil rights, women's rights, military actions, and politics

Ongoing TEKS

5.21(B) [Supporting] Explain how examples of art, music, and literature reflect the times during which they were created.

5.24(A) [Tools to Know] Differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as computer software; interviews; biographies; oral, print, and visual material; documents; and artifacts to acquire information about the United States;

5.24(B) [Ways to Show] Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

5.24(C) [Ways to Show] Organize and interpret information in outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps;

5.24(D) [Ways to Show] Identify different points of view about an issue, topic, or current event; and

5.24(E) [Ways to Show] Identify the historical context of an event.

5.25(A) [Tools to Know] Use social studies terminology correctly;

5.25(B) [Ways to Show] Incorporate main and supporting ideas in verbal and written communication;

5.25(C) [Ways to Show] Express ideas orally based on research and experiences;

5.25(D) [Ways to Show] Create written and visual material such as journal entries, reports, graphic organizers, outlines, and bibliographies; and

Student Learning Targets:

• I will write to explain the reasons why the U.S. waited to go into WWII and the effect that the U.S. involvement had on the homefront and the war front.
• I will understand important issues, events and individuals in the U.S. during the 20th and 21st centuries: World War II/military actions, the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Infantry Regiment, Navajo Code Talkers
• I will use geographic tools to collect, analyze and interpret data: maps
• I will write to explain the role Communism had in the Korean War and the Space Race.
• I will understand the location and patterns of settlement and the geographic factors that influence where people live
• I will understand the impact of science and technology on society in the U.S.
• I will explain the effects of the Civil Rights Movement in the various regions of the United States.

Essential Questions:

• Why did the United States enter World War II?
• How did life change on the “home front” during the war?
• How were the Tuskegee Airmen alike and/or different from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team?
• Why did President Truman believe he needed to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
• How does the Korean War connect to the Cold War?
• Why was it so important to the U.S. that it be the first to send a person to the moon?
• What did Neil Armstrong mean when he said, “That is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”?
• How did the Civil Rights movement change the country?
• How was Martin Luther King Jr. remembered after his death?
• Why do you think the United States is known as a superpower in the world?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: American Legacy, Studies Weekly

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