Social Studies
We will begin the year exploring major events and dates in American History. Next, we will cover a brief Unit on Geography and review government to prepare our 5th graders for the units to come. Below are the really BIG questions we will be answering throughout the year.
1. How did the interaction of three worlds transform human societies?
2. Why did different colonial regions develop in North America?
3. How did life in the three colonial regions set the stage for colonists to join in the cause for independence?
4. Why did colonists from district regions join to create an independent nation?
5. How did colonial experience and ideas about government influence the creation of the new nation?
6. Why is federal government organized to give and to limit power?
1. How did the interaction of three worlds transform human societies?
2. Why did different colonial regions develop in North America?
3. How did life in the three colonial regions set the stage for colonists to join in the cause for independence?
4. Why did colonists from district regions join to create an independent nation?
5. How did colonial experience and ideas about government influence the creation of the new nation?
6. Why is federal government organized to give and to limit power?