learning from U.S. History
A fifth grade social studies curriculum
This fifth grade U.S. history curriculum is built upon primary sources and is an alternative to textbooks that are often one-sided or politicized. This curriculum is one example of how historians and educators can work together to de-center a singular perspective and to offer elementary social studies with greater historical accuracy. This is a work-in-progress curriculum that will change as new primary sources emerge and historical interpretations shift.
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To cite this curriculum: Berry, D.R., Adair, J.K., and Green, E. (2021). Learning from U.S. History: A Fifth Grade Curriculum. https://sites.google.com/view/learningfromushistory
Land Acknowledgement
We would like to acknowledge that we are writing this curriculum on the indigenous lands of Turtle Island, the ancestral name for what is now called North America.
We would like to acknowledge and pay our respects to the Alabama-Coushatta, Caddo, Carrizo & Comecrudo, Coahuiltecan, Comanche, Kickapoo, Lipan Apache, Tigua Pueblo, Tonkawa, Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo all the American Indian and Indigenous Peoples and communities who have been or have become a part of these lands and territories in Texas.
the authors/Curators
UMA
Student at St. Francis School
Gideon
Student at St. Francis School
Additional Curriculum Contributors
Dr. Katherina Payne, UT Austin
Dr. Anna Falkner, University of Memphis
Pamela Mathai, Navarro Early College High School
Dr. Esther Kim, William and Mary College of Education
Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez, UC Boulder
Complete List of Contributors to the UT Elementary Social Studies Methods Course, which greatly informs our work.