5th Grade Social Studies Unit 9

Big Idea:

Explain social, economic, and political changes which occurred during the turn of the 20th century.

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

Ongoing TEKS

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

5.24 Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:

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 growth of industry in the post-Reconstruction era.
• I will write from the first person perspective of a Chinese immigrant working to build the transcontinental railroad.
• I will write a letter from the perspective of a Northern factory worker to his or her manager and to their state senator and representatives concerning wages and work conditions and the need for changes in the workplace.
• I will write to analyze the causes of effects of the womenś rights movement to the U.S. government.
• I will explain the causes and effects of World War I.
• I will write to explain the causes and effects of the Great Depression and how the New Deal brought the U.S. out of the Great Depression.

Essential Questions:

• Why did urbanization occur following Reconstruction?
• How did Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone affect the telegraph?
• How did the building of the transcontinental railroad affect the economic development of the US?
• Why did many people want to move west following the Civil War?
• Why do you think many people consider building railroads the greatest technological invention ever in the United States even though it negatively impacted so many groups of people?
• How do the contributions of Andrew Carnegie compare to those of Henry Ford?
• How did discrimination and segregation in the South affect life for people living there?
• Why do women today owe Susan B. Anthony thanks?
• Why was the United States trying to remain neutral at the beginning of WWI and how did we end up going to war?
• How did life during the Great Depression compare to life during the Roaring 20s?
• How did the Dust Bowl contribute to the problems of the Great Depression?
• Why do you think Roosevelt’s New Deal brought hope to Americans?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: American Legacy, Studies Weekly

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