Grade Level:
5th
Six Weeks:
5th
Overarching Concept:
Continuity and Change
Organizing Idea:
How Variables Cause Change
Erosion and Weathering Intro
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Erosion
Erosion 3
Can Plants Help
Prevent Soil Erosion?
What are Tides?
An Introduction to Continental
Drift and Plate Tectonics
The Types of Fossils and
How They Were Formed
How Fossils Help Us Learn
About the History of the Earth
Our Restless Planet
Volcanoes: Mountains of Fire
Glaciers
Natural Resources
Valuable Trash
Controlling and Reducing Pollution
Railroads
Westward Expansion
The Mid 1800s - Homesteading
Family Life
The American West at the
Beginning of the 19th Century
Homesteading on the
American Frontier
How We Lived
Science and Technology
Purchasing Alaska
Annexing Hawaii
Spanish - American War
World War I Begins in Europe
The War Comes to the U.S.
WWI Comes to an End
Suffrage
Internet Sites Chart
PowerPoint Presentations Chart
Link to the Scott Foresman Web site
Elementary Curriculum
Instructional Resources
