Pittsford Central Schools
GRADE: 5
The 5th grade program stresses geographic, economic, political and
social/cultural understandings related to the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Approved April 1998
ECONOMICS:
Choices |
Costs and benefits |
Specialization |
scarcity |
capital goods |
labor |
agriculture |
raw materials |
manufacture |
Labor |
Goods |
Services |
Competition: price, quantity |
Currency as a medium of trade |
Resources human, natural |
Distribution |
Wages |
produce |
Economy |
Income |
supply, demand |
Command |
currency |
Market |
Trade - foreign, import, export |
industrial revolution factories |
Competition price, quantity |
Tariffs, |
consumer |
producer |
interdependence |
profit - expenses |
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- Role of government in capitalism, and command economies
- Explain how supply and demand impact cost and production of goods
- Differentiate between goods and services
- Understand the difference between renewable and non-renewable
resources
- Explain how needs and wants impact costs and production of goods
- Explain process of manufacturing a product- raw material to consumer
- Define/explain forces that create a market for a product
- List factors that determine the profit a company makes
- List environmental/ geographic factors that influence the development
of industries
- Cite ways technology has lessened the impact of geography /
environment on industry
CIVICS:
Declaration of Independence |
Checks and Balances |
State of the Union Address |
Constitution |
Law |
monarch |
Bill of Rights |
Census |
Justices |
Amendment |
Taxes |
Judicial |
Democracy |
Balanced Budget |
Supreme Court |
Legislative |
Citizen |
Veto |
Congress |
Parliament |
Impeachment |
Senate |
House of Commons |
Inauguration |
House of Representatives |
Prime Minister |
Cabinet |
Majority/minority |
Revolution |
British North America Act |
Executive |
Dictatorship |
Ambassador |
President |
Federal System |
State, Province, Territory |
Vice President |
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- Legal rights and responsibilities of citizens
- Understand the need for government
- Identify the three functions of government-make the laws, interpret
the laws, serving as leader.
- Recognize the characteristics of a democracy
- Understand electoral processes and qualifications
GEOGRAPHY
plateau |
source |
Plain |
mouth |
Valley |
river |
Mountain |
tributary |
Elevation |
lake |
Peninsula |
canal |
Island |
harbor |
Desert |
bay |
Tundra |
ocean |
Timberline |
Regions |
- Understand climate and why climates vary
- Define population density and explain why it varies
- Differentiate between city, state, country, continent
Identify and locate major mountain ranges in the US, Canada and Mexico
Appalachian |
Coastal Mountains |
Rocky |
Sierra Madre |
Identify and locate the major waterways in the United States, Canada and Mexico
Great Lakes |
Ohio River |
Colorado River |
Mississippi River |
Missouri River |
Columbia River |
St. Lawrence River |
Rio Grande River |
MacKenzie River |
Frazier River |
Identify and locate the oceans
Identify and locate the major cites in the United States, Canada and Mexico
Washington DC |
Houston |
Boston |
Ottawa |
Chicago |
Montreal |
New York City |
Toronto |
Miami |
Vancouver |
San Francisco |
Mexico City |
Los Angeles |
Guadalajara |
HISTORY: One integrated historic unit has been developed entitled the "Westward
Movement."
(available on-line). During the summer of 1999, two additinal units are
planned.
SKILLS:
- Analyze advertising in various sources: newspaper, television, magazines
- Be able to utilize and compare different kinds of maps: historical, physical, political,
product, resource, population
- Create and interpret bar graphs, line graphs and pictographs
- Create and interpret timelines
- Use various research tools: Almanac, Internet, Encyclopedia
- Write a persuasive essay
- Interpret a political cartoon
- Create symbolic representation (i.e. Drawing) based on a written narrative
- Present oral presentation which includes interpretation of maps, charts, graphs or
charts
- Problem solving:
- be able to consider other points of view
- prioritize
- make judgments
- propose action
Library Component:
- Research a social studies topic using at least three different types of library
resources.
- Use almanacs and atlases to gather information about the states and regions of the
United States.
- Access the Internet in the library to find information about the United States.
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