Fifth Grade Social Studies

About Grade 5 Social Studies

Grade 5 social studies (5th grade, ages 10–11) is 40 lessons in 5 units: Unit 1 — Geography & Culture (lessons 1–8), Unit 2 — History & Civics (lessons 9–16), Unit 3 — Economics & Resources (lessons 17–24), Unit 4 — Community & Global Citizenship (lessons 25–32), and finally Unit 5 — Capstone & Showcase (lessons 33–40), project work that brings the year together. Along the way, children learn to order major events of the Middle Ages and the Age of Exploration on a timeline, define budget, income, and expense in your own words and define cultural exchange as sharing and learning with respect.

Start here: Lesson 1: Maps: Scales and Coordinates is free to open and print. Every other lesson has a free preview of its mini lesson and vocabulary.

Paper first: each lesson is printed before you call your child. You read it once and talk it through, your child does the exercises on paper, and you correct together with the Parent checklist — about 45 minutes at the table. The next day, a 10-minute screen review of the same lesson.