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Alabama Course of Study - Social Studies Grades 5 and 6

**Lesson 1 - The Story of Longitude**
August 24-28, 2015

B HAR //Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude// John Harrison

Lesson 2 - Explorers
Alabama Course of Study 4.1, 4.2 Jacques Cartier, Christopher Columbus, Prince Henry the Navigator, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, Leif Eriksson, Hernando de Soto, Juan Ponce de Leon, Francisco Pizarro, Marco Polo, Marquette, Joliet, La Salle, Magellan, Sir Walter Raleigh
 * September 7-11**

Use iPads and iPods to scan a QR code to discover your mystery explorer. Write down 3 facts about your explorer.

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Colonial Seaports - Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Savannah, Charleston Alabama Course of Study 1.2 Fic SPE //The Witch of Blackbird Pond//

Alabama Course of Study 5.0
 * Lesson - Reasons Colonists Came to the New World**
 * September 1**

Religious Freedom B HER //Always an Olivia//

Economic Opportunity Fic McG //Molly Bannaky//

Lesson - Native Americans
Alabama Course of Study 3.1 Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest, Plains Pocahontas Squanto
 * September 8**

Use the Indian Education Trunks for a display of Native American information.
 * Southeast
 * Northeast
 * Northwest
 * Plains
 * Southwest

Course of Study 5.6, 6.1
 * Lesson - Colonial Period 1600-1699**
 * September**

http://www.memoryjoggers.com/2012/05/how-to-memorize-the-13-colonies-in-order/

=How to Memorize the 13 Colonies in Order = //by// Donnalyn Yates I recently came up with an easy way to learn the 13 colonies in chronological order. Stories are a great memory technique because they follow a sequence. The brain stores information using a sequence or pattern, so this is why it works so well. What children need to do, is visualize the story. As you read the story, draw simple little pictures. Use stick figures and have the children draw along at the same time. It makes the story memorable and it’s fun to do. Tell 5 other people the story to reinforce the memorized information. Encourage the entire family to get involved and see who can remember all the colonies in order. A girl named **Virginia** went to **Mass** //(Massachusetts)// every Sunday. Her family always ate a **new ham** //(New Hampshire)// after church. Her sister **Marilyn** //(Maryland)//, was playing a **“Connect-the-dots”** game, //(Connecticut////) but stopped when her dad said,// “Let’s hit the **road for the island**!” //(Rhode Island)//. He called to his wife, “Hurry up **Della** and get something to **wear**”. //(Delaware)//. While driving, they all sang Christmas **Carols** //(North & South Carolina).// Suddenly they saw a **Jersey** cow //(New Jersey)// It had a tag saying it was from **New York** in a big **Pen** //(Pennsylvania)// and the cow’s name was **Georgia**. So they took it back to it’s home.

That’s the end of the story and now you can remember all 13 colonies in order! Tell someone else the story to lock it in your memory. - See more at: http://www.memoryjoggers.com/2012/05/how-to-memorize-the-13-colonies-in-order/#sthash.YKsSRQGO.dpuf

Jamestown 1607 Plymouth 1620 New Amsterdam - Peter Stuyvesant 1646 B STU //Peter Stuyvesant//

Boston, Massachusetts - 1659 (banned Christmas) [] [|http://www.history.com/topics/christmas/videos#evolution-of-christmas]

Salem, Massachusetts witch trials 1692 []

1754-1763 - The French and Indian War Triangular Trade Route [] 1760 - King George III 1765 - Stamp Act March 5, 1770 - Boston Massacre [] []
 * Lesson - Colonial Period 1700-1775**
 * October 20**
 * B HAR Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude**
 * John Harrison**

December 16, 1773 - Boston Tea Party 973.3 DOE 973.3 GUN 973.3 KRO 973.3 MOR The Boston Tea Party []

E BOR //Sleds on Boston Common//

Lesson - Revolutionary War 1775-1783
April 18, 1775 - Paul Revere's ride [] 811 LON //Paul Revere's Ride//
 * November**

Fic COL //My Brother Sam is Dead// [] July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Constitution

Major battle sites [] Battle of Bunker Hill - Boston, Massachusetts September 9, 1781 Battle of Yorktown, Virginia

John Adams, Samuel Adams, Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Edes, Benjamin Franklin, John Gill, Nathan Hale, Alexander Hamilton, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Johnson, James Madison, Joseph Plumb Martin, George Mason, Alexander McDougall, Robert Morris, Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, Daniel Shays, Roger Sherman, George Washington
 * Lesson - American Patriots**
 * December 4**

Use the iPads and iPods to discover the mystery patriot. 1. When was he born? 2. When did he die? 3. Where did he live? Write 3 facts about each person.

Fic WOO //George Washington's Socks// Fic FRI //Early Thunder// Fic NOB //The Scarlett Stockings Spy// Fic OSB //Revolutionary War on Wednesday//


 * Lesson - States and Capitals**

Alabama Course of Study 1.1 DVD 1077

Color the map of the 13 original colonies.


 * Lesson - Presidents**
 * December 11**

Presidents 1789-1872 [|http://potus.com] George Washington 1789-1797 John Adams 1797-1801 Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 James Madison 1809-1817 James Monroe 1817-1825 John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 William Henry Harrison 1841 John Tyler 1841-1845

"__Washing__ __Adam's__ __Je__ans, __Ma__ __Mo__cked __A__unt __Jack__ie's __Va__luable __H__og, __Tyler__"

James Knox Polk 1845-1849 Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 Millard Fillmore 1850-1851 Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 James Buchanan 1857-1861 Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 Ulysses Simpson Grant 1869-1877

Working in pairs, students will write a report about their assigned president. Students will come up with a saying to memorize the 8 presidents from 1845-1877. Fic FRI //The Cabin Faced West//
 * P**olk, **T**aylor, **F**illmore, **P**ierce, **B**uchanan, **L**incoln, **J**ohnson, **G**rant

Fic FIE //Calico Bush//

Betsy Ross June 1776

Lesson - The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Three Branches of Government
December 18, 2014

Lesson. - the First Census 1790 Connect to Constitution and Legislative branch of government http://www.eastconn.org/tah/0910MF2_TrickingTallyman.pdf

Lesson - Westward Expansion
Louisiana Purchase April 30, 1803 [] Lewis and Clark 1804-1806
 * January 8, 2015**

REF 917.8 GRA Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery by Rod Gragg //(This is a beautiful book that has copies of actual letters and maps.)//

B LEW - //Meriwether Lewis// B SAC - //Sacagawea// B YOR - //York// Fic EUB - //Seaman's Journal - On the Trail with Lewis and Clark// Fic MYE - //Lewis and Clark and Me// (Seaman the dog)

List of men recruited to go with Captain Meriwether Lewis: John Ordway Nathaniel Pryor Charles Floyd Patrick Gass Wiliam Bratton John Collins John Colter Pierre Cruzatte Joseph Fields Reuben Fields Robert Frazier Silas Goodrich George Gibson Thomas Prater Howard Hugh Hale Francois Labiche Hugh McNeal John Shields George Shannon John Potts John Baptiste Lapage John B. Thompson William Werner Richard Windsor Peter Wiser (Weiser) Alexander Hamilton Willard Joseph Whitehouse Richard Warfington John Newman George Drouillard Touissant Charbonneau

privates John Dame, John Robertson, Ebenezer Tuttle, Isaac White, John Boley,

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September 16, 1814 - Star-Spangled Banner (Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Maryland) [written by Francis Scott Key] January 8, 1815 - Battle of New Orleans
 * Lesson 11 - War of 1812 (June 18, 2812 - March 23, 1815)**
 * January 15, 2015**

James Madison was the president from March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1817.

In 1812 there were 18 states. (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana) 973.5 JAC //The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner// by Ryan Jacobson (2006 Graphic Novel format) Fic PAP //The Town That Fooled the British// (this is a great book) Fic KRE //Sisters of Scituate Light// E EVA //The Battle of New Orleans// []

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Lesson - Study of black history


 * Lesson -**
 * January 22, 2015**
 * Lesson - Battle of the Alamo**
 * January 29, 2015**


 * Lesson - Battle of the Alamo (****February - March 1836**)


 * February 5, 2015**


 * Lesson - Battle of the Alamo**
 * February 12, 2015**


 * B CRO**
 * Davy Crockett**

Lesson January 29, 2015

The Trail of Tears May 16, 1838

B SEQ SEQUOIA

January 24, 1848
 * Lesson - California Gold Rush**
 * February 19**

Fic FLE //The Great Horned Spoon//


 * Lesson - Slavery in the United States**
 * March 2015**
 * Fic**
 * Henry Box Brown**

B SMA //Seven Miles to Freedom// John Brown B EDM //Sarah Emma Edmonds// Fort Sumter CT 110 FLE Bull Run Battle Hymn of the Republic/Dixie The Long Road to Gettysburg Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address 973.7 FRI Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln
 * Lesson -** **Civil War 1861-1863**
 * March**

Battlefields, Generals B LEE Robert E. Lee B GRA Ulysses S. Grant


 * Lesson 33 - Civil War 1863-1865**
 * April 20**

April 27, 2015
April 14,1865 - Abraham Lincoln assassinated 973.7 Who Shot the President

May 4 Carpetbaggers States re-admitted to union
 * Lesson 35 - Reconstruction**

Fic GAR The Buffalo Soldier (1865/1866)

Alabama Course of Study - Social Studies Grades 5 and 6

@http://alex.state.al.us/standardAll.php?grade=5&subject=T1&summary=2

Fifth-grade students benefit from a positive learning environment that challenges and encourages their efforts and progress. This includes hands-on activities, projects, and cooperative group assignments. They learn from map and globe activities, brainstorming sessions, inquiry-based instruction, student-generated questions followed by research, cooperative learning groups, and art projects as well as the more traditional teaching methods.

updated by Liz Glenn January 30, 2015