SALTA 5th grade

a. Identify key reasons why people move and the traits necessary for survival. b. Examine causes and consequences of important events in the United States expansion (e.g. Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition, treaties with American Indians, Homestead Act, Trail of Tears, California Gold Rush). c. Compare the trails that were important during westward expansion (e.g. Oregon, Mormon, Spanish, California). d. Assess the impact of expansion on native inhabitants of the west.

expansion, Civil War, abolition, Underground Railroad, compromise, emancipation, reconciliation, free-market system, industrial revolution

Essential Vocabulary

Exploring the Perspectives of the Civil War Social Studies: 4.2, 4.3, ELA: W.5.2, RI.5.7, RI.5.6

● Compare and contrast the perspectives of the North and South that led to the Civil War using a WebQuest in which students will create a journal entry, newspaper article, and chart. http://questgarden.com/45/67/6/070227071016/t-index.htm Effects of the Industrial Revolution Social Studies: 4.4, ELA: SL.5.1, SL.5.2, RI.5.1, RI.5.3, RI.5.9 Students will read frst hand accounts, conduct interviews, and draw conclusions about the effect of industry on American life. http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/was-there-industrial-revolution-americ ans-work-civil-war#section-16899 Standard 4: Objective 2-4 Civil War http://www.civilwar.org/education/students/kidswebsites.html Pink & Say by Patricia Polacco (book) Up the Learning Tree by Marcia Vaughan Standard 4: Objective 4 Industrial Revolution http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/industrial_revolution.html

Guidance for Integration

Suggested Unit Resources

Reading Street Connection

Explicit Ties to Reading Street

Content Integration

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