Bath School Department 2003
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade 5

Content Standard: History
A. Chronology

Students will use the chronology of history and major eras to demonstrate the relationships of events and people.
Common Assessment(s):
Performance Indicators

Students will be able to:

Essential Elements
(Specific grade level learning objectives)
Suggested Performance Activities

Suggested Classroom Assessments
Vocabulary

1. Describe the effects of historical changes on daily life.

Relation of daily life to the historical events:

  • early exploration
  • Colonial times
  • American Revolution

The students will read their textbook, historical fiction, biographies, and diaries. They will participate in simulations.

The students will write in their reading log and in their journal.

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2. Identify the sequence of major events and people in the history of Maine, the United States, and selected world civilizations. (Gr. 5: U.S.)

Sequence of events and people in these historical eras:

  • early exploration
  • Colonial times
  • American Revolution

The students will read their textbook, historical fiction, biographies, and diaries. They will participate in simulations.

The students will make a time line showing the major events and people in U.S.  history.
They will make character wheels.

rebellion
era
sequence
cause/effect
decade
civil