Assessment/Implementation Statement
Grade Five
The Board of Trustees adopted Harcourt and Nystrom materials for the purpose of implementing the Social Studies curriculum. The assessment components for grade 5 include the use of text-based, criterion-referenced tests which measure the learning objectives found in the GFPS Curriculum Guide. Daily Geography (GROW) can be utilized as supplemental instructional material for the adopted curriculum.
Required
units needed to cover the curriculum objectives:
Chapter 1 First Americans
Chapter
2 Indians of
Chapter 3 Age of Exploration
Chapter
4 Encounters in the
Chapter
5 European Settlement in
Chapter 6 Life in the British Colonies
Chapter
7 The
Middle Colonies (Difference between
Colonies)
Chapter
8 War for
Chapter 9 The Constitution
Chapter 10 A New Government Begins
Chapter 11 On the Move
Chapter 12 The Way West
Chapter 13 Background to the Conflict
Chapter 14 Civil War and Reconstruction
Chapter 15 Industry and Immigration
Chapter 16 The Last Frontier
Other
chapters related to the curriculum:
Chapter
17 The
Chapter 18 Good Times and Bad
Chapter 19 The Cold War Years
(Parts of Chap. 19 can be integrated into Martin Luther King instruction during January.)
Classroom instruction can be supported through the use of American documents, Gazetteer, the almanac, the biographical dictionary, and other sources of information in the back of the teacher’s edition.
Unit tests are required. A score of 70 percent is considered satisfactory. Test data will be collected on LXR. As students prepare for unit tests, teachers should direct students to the chapter and unit review pages and study guide pages. These provide a summary of the key ideas, people, and events.