5th Grade American History/U.S. History Lesson Plans

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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Historical Sites Project

Students will research an historically important site and make a project explaining its historical importance.

Subjects

Speech

American History/U.S. History

U.S. States

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The King's M & M's: The Stamp Act

Learn why colonial Americans were upset with British tax laws, such as the Stamp Act.

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Colonial America

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A Pilgrim Conversation

Students will reinforce their use of quotations by writing an imaginary dialogue among pilgrims as they land at…

Subjects

Punctuation

Creative Writing

Grammar

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Communities: Past and Present

Students explore an online resource to compare community life of the past with that of today.

Subjects

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Community and Ways of Life

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State Scavenger Hunt

Students use reference materials to gather information about the United States.

Subjects

Library Resources

Language Arts and Writing

U.S. States

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Influencing Others in Our World

Students will study the lives of individuals, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, who have positively…

Subjects

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

African-American History

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Educator's Guide to Al Capone Does My Shirts

The discussion topics, lessons and activities in this educator's guide for Al Capone Does My Shirts will help you…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Novels

American History/U.S. History

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Life on the Prairie

Prairie life in the 1800s will come alive for students as they visit historical websites with photographs and…

Subjects

Vocabulary

American History/U.S. History

Language Arts and Writing

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Make a Map Jigsaw Puzzle

Students will review U.S. geography as they create jigsaw puzzles from a printable map. Use this jigsaw puzzle game to…

Subjects

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Geography

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Great Mail Race Survey

Students create a survey to use in the Great Mail Race as a way of learning more about the United States.

Subjects

U.S. States

Geography

American History/U.S. History

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"The Great Compromise" & The Constitutional Convention

Recognize what the "Great Compromise" accomplished, including how it helped give birth to the U.S. Constitution.

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

U.S. Constitutional History

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Marie Curie's Discovery

Students learn about Marie Curie's research and amazing discoveries that led to the Nobel Prize in physics.

Subjects

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Scientists

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Widget Assembly

Explain why the use of interchangeable parts helped factories develop and lessened the role of individual craftsmen in…

Subjects:

Industrial Revolution

American History/U.S. History

Social Studies and History

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ACTIVITIES

Rocks in My Pocket

Deliver a lesson plan that will have your students collecting rocks so they can learn about the mining industry and…

Subjects

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Labor

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Immigrants' Experiences

Students use a Web resource to share some of the experiences of immigrants who recently arrived at Ellis Island. Then,…

Subjects

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Immigration

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Presidential Trading Cards

Students will use the Internet to gather data about the presidents of the United States. They will use this information…

Subjects

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

U.S. Presidents

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Letter for Great Mail Race

Students practice writing and word processing a letter to be used in The Great Mail Race.

Subjects

Language Arts and Writing

Letter-Writing Lessons & Tips

U.S. States

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Hands Off!

Explain what the Monroe Doctrine said, and why President Monroe wrote it.

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Government and Civics

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The Heartbreak of Pioneering

In order to survive the rigors of frontier life, pioneers often faced difficult moral choices.

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

Colonization

American History/U.S. History

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Merchants and Miners

The economics of the Gold Rush were based on an extreme case of supply and demand: merchants had control of the meager…

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Economics

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Sanctuary

Offer a rational opinion about a hypothetical situation involving conscience versus the law.

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Slavery in United States

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How the West Was Won

Identify one reason white settlers wanted Indian lands, and then explain one method the government used in obtaining…

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

Native-American History (American Indians)

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Muckraker's Cake

Identify who the Progressives were and recognize one industry they wanted regulated.

Subjects:

Twentieth Century

American History/U.S. History

Social Studies and History

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