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Lesson Plans: 5th Grade Lessons
Classroom-tested American history lessons
The following multi-day lesson plans were created using primary sources and the following textbook: The United States: Making a New Nation, Reflection Series, Harcourt School Publishers, 2007. Each standards-based lesson includes several guided reading strategies with worksheets for students and a scaffolded writing strategy.
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2010 - 2011: Grade 5 Yearlong Plan with Focus Questions and Teacher's Working Theses MS Word 2010 - 2011: Grade 5 Yearlong Plan that lists Academic Literacy Reading & Writing Skills *pdf*
California History Standards	Title of the Lesson	PDF version of the Lesson pdf	Word version of the lesson MS Word
5.1, 5.3, 5.3.3	Iroquois League Multi-day lesson plan	Grade 5 Lesson Plan pdf	Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.2, 5.2.1 5.2.1	Technology and Exploration Multi-day lesson plan		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word Summer 2010
5.2	Explorers 08/11		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.2.2	Conquistadors One day lesson plan	Grade 5 Lesson Plan pdf	Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.2.2	Spanish Exploration 08/11		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.2.2	English Exploration 08/11		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.2.2	French Exploration 08/11		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.2.2	Dutch Exploration 08/11		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.24, 5.31 5.32, 5.45	New France One day lesson plan	Grade 5 Lesson Plan pdf	Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.3	Cultures Meet revised 09/12		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.3	Colonization 08/11		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.4, 5.4.7	Colonial Participation in Town Meetings Multi-day lesson plan revised 08/12	Grade 5 Lesson Plan pdf	Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.4	Triangular Trade Multi-day lesson plan	Grade 5 Lesson Plan pdf	Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.4.4	The Great Awakening Multi-day lesson plan		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word Summer 2010
5.3	Conflicts with Native Americans One day lesson plan	Grade 5 Lesson Plan pdf	Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.4.6	Slavery and Society One day lesson plan	Grade 5 Lesson Plan pdf	Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.3, 5.3.1, 5.3.3 5.5, 5.5.1	Proclamation of 1763 Multi-day lesson plan		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word summer 2010
5.5, 5.5.1	The Stamp Act Multi-day lesson plan		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.5, 5.5.1	American Revolution Multi-day lesson plan revised 05/13		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.5	Boston Tea Party One day lesson plan revised 09/12		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.5	The Townsend Acts and 05/11 the rise of Homespun		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word
5.7, 5.7.2, 5.7.3 5.7.4. 5.7.5	The Preamble Multi-day lesson plan		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word Summer 2010
5.6.4, 5.7.3	Shay's Rebellion One day lesson plan		Grade 5 Lesson Plan MS Word