5th+Grade

In 5th Grade students continue studying the history of the United States beginning with Reconstruction through the present day.

__South Carolina Standards__
Standard 5-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of Reconstruction and its impact on racial relations in the United States.
 * [[file:wiktips/std5_1_godBlessTheChild.ppt|God Bless the Child]]
 * Goin' Someplace Special
 * Harlem Renaissance [[file:Jazz_on_a_Saturday_Night.ppt__1_(2).pptx]]

Standard 5-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the continued westward expansion of the United States.
 * Klondike Gold
 * [[file:TravelWestCoveredWagon.pptx]]
 * [[file:Dandelions.pptx]]

Standard 5-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of major domestic and foreign developments that contributed to the United States’ becoming a world power. Standard 5-4:
 * [[file:The WrightBrothers.ppt]]
 * Annushka's Voyage
 * Coolies
 * [[file:The WrightBrothers.ppt]]
 * Grandfather's Journey
 * If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island
 * Sarah, Also Known as Hannah
 * Thomas Alva Edison: A Great Inventor
 * When Jessie Came Across the Sea

The student will demonstrate an understanding of American economic challenges in the 1920s and 1930s and world conflict in the 1940s.

 * The Bracelet
 * The Harmonica
 * [[file:wiktips/std5_4_luckyStar.ppt|The Lucky Star]]
 * Tar Beach
 * [[file:A_is_for_Abigail_Ellie(1).ppt]]

Standard 5-5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the social, economic, and political events that influenced the United States during the Cold War era.
 * I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King
 * Martin's Big Words
 * My Name is Jimmy Carter
 * [[file:wiktips/std5_5_sitInHowFourFriendsStoodUpBySittingDown.ppt|Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down]]
 * Sit In

Standard 5-6: ===The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, social, economic, and environmental challenges faced by the United States during the period from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the present.===