Access to Online Textbook: (5y#, password given in class)
Activities
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Geoglobe - Geogames galore | Harcourt – Atlas, virtual tours, news, activities and games. 5th Grade Online Resources Online Textbook – Requires username and password (given in class) Chapter 1: Early People Chapter 2: American Indians Chapter 3: The Age of Exploration Lesson 1: Exploration and Technology Lesson 1: The Spanish Colonies Chapter 5: The New England Colonies Lesson 1: Settling New England Biography Page: Anne Hutchinson Lesson 2: Life in New England Lesson 3: New England’s Economy Primary Sources: Colonial Homes Chapter 6: The Middle Colonies Lesson 1: Settling the Middle Colonies Biography Page: Tamanend Lesson 2: Life in the Middle Colonies Lesson 3: Busy Farms and Seaports
Lesson 1: Settling the South Lesson 2: Life in the South Biography Page: Olaudah Equiano Lesson 3: The Southern Economy Field Trip: Colonial Williamsburg
Lesson 1: Competition for Control Lesson 2: Colonists Speak Out Biography Page: Patrick Henry Lesson 3: Disagreements Grow Lesson 4: The Road to War Biography Page: Phillis Wheatley Lesson 5: Declaring Independence Chapter 9: The Revolutionary War Lesson 1: Americans and the Revolution Biography Page: Mercy Otis Warren Primary Sources: Washington's Mess Chest Lesson 2: Fighting for Independence Biography Page: Bernardo de Galvez Lesson 3: Winning Independence Lesson 4: The Effects of the War Field Trip: The Freedom Trail
Lesson 1: The Articles of Confederation Lesson 2: The Constitutional Convention Lesson 3: Three Branches of Government Lesson 4: Approval and the Bill of Rights Chapter 11: The American Republic Lesson 1: A Constitutional Democracy Lesson 2: The American Ideal Primary Sources: Patriotic Artifacts Lesson 3: Preserving the Constitution Biography Page: Martin Luther King, Jr. Field Trip: The National Constitution Center |