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5th Grade

Social Studies          Social Studies           Social B

 
 
Throughout the year, students will learn information processing and map skills. The students will be identifying important people, places, events, movements, and issues related to our study of United States history since the Civil War.  These areas will include:
  • Reconstruction
  • The United States as an Emerging World Power
  • World War I
  • The Roaring Twenties
  • The Great Depression
  • World War II
  • The Cold War
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • Issues from the 1970s to today

Students are participating in projects/activities related to these topics.  Some of these activities are individual assignments while others are partner/group projects.  

 

Science and Social Studies Links
Geography
•  Our World
•  The 4 Oceans
•  Continents and Oceans Game
•  The Continents
•  Maps and Globes
•  World Maps
•  World Almanac for Kids
•  The Continents from A-Z
•  World Geography Library
•  England Links
•  United States
•  All About Virginia
•  State Websites
•  State Bird Songs
•  Virginia Facts
•  Virginia Kids
•  VA Flag
•  Explore the States
* Gerorgia Facts

Communities and Long Ago
•  Explore this House
•  Life in Colonial Williamsburg


Government
•  Ben's Guide to Government
•  White House for Kids
•  American Presidents
•  If You Were President
•  Be President for the Day


Ancient China
•  Loogootee Studies China
•  China
•  Kids Konnect: China
•  Daily Life in Ancient China
•  Sagwa's Web Quest
•  Welcome to China
•  Great Wall: Panoramic View

Plants
• Plant Parts
•  Helping Plants Grow
•  Backyard Plants
•  Growing Plants
•  Plants and Animals
•  Botanists in Training
•  Plant Life Cycles Video
•  Kids' Valley Garden
•  Plants and Our Environment
•  A Year in the Life of a Tree



Magnets
•  Magnetism
•  Magnets
•  Magnets and Springs


Matter
•  Matter
•  Solids, Liquids, and Gases
•  States of Matter
•  Solids and Liquids
•  Matter Experiment
•  Gases Around Us


Famous Americans
•  Famous People in History
•  People in History
•  Famous Americans
•  Multicultural Heroes
•  George Washington
•  Abraham Lincoln
•  Martin Luther King, Jr.
•  MLK Legacy
•  Jackie Robinson
•  Susan B. Anthony
•  Helen Keller


Animals
•  National Zoo
•  Butterflies
•  Butterflies and Bugs
•  Insect Cabinet
•  Monarch Life Cycle
•  Chick and Duck Hatching
•  Chick Hatchery
•  Herman the Worm
•  Frog Life Cycle
•  Life Cycles
•  Animal Adaptations
•  Habitats
•  Be a Habitat Hero
•  Habitats
•  Animal Bytes
•  Animals: Get the Facts


Weather
•  Weather Wiz Kids
•  Weather Together
•  Interactive Weather Maker
•  Water Cycle
•  Weather Dude Basics
•  Water Cycle
•  Web Weather for Kids
•  Zoom Water Cycle
•  Marshall Elem. Weather

Economics
•  Econopolis
•  Economics Songs
•  Money Program
•  Economics Powerpoint
•  US Mint for Kids
•  Kids Bank
•  3 Types of Resources


Native Americans
•  Scenes from Eastern Woodlands
•  Powhatan Fact Sheet
•  Powhatan Information
•  People of the Eastern Woodlands
•  Plains Indians
•  Plains Information
•  Plains Indians
•  Sioux in Depth
•  People of the Plains
•  Pueblo Information
•  Southwest Indians
•  People of the Southwest
•  Native Americans of the Plains
•  Native American Homes
•  Native American Transportation
•  Native American Review


Dental Health
•  Teeth and Eating
•  Healthy Teeth
•  Teeth
•  Kid's Stuff: Teeth


Fire Safety
•  Risk Watch
•  Sparky the Fire Dog


Other S.S. and Science Sites
•  Smithsonian for Kids
•  National Geographic for Kids
•  Ranger Rick
•  Bill Nye the Science Guy
•  Environmental Kids Club
•  Today in History
•  NASA
•  ReviseWise Science
•  Weekly Reader

* Optical Illusions
 
Search Engines for Kids
•  Yahooligans
•  Ask Jeeves for Kids