5th Grade Social Studies-U.S. History (Period 4th) Assignments

World News Article Summary

Each month between the 1st day and the last day of the month the students will read a news article, fill out the front side of the world news form, and write a five sentence summary on the back.  One summary is due each month from the first day to the last school day.

Daily Homework 

Study f.or all quizzes and tests

Please check Power School for details on grades and missing assignments.

 

Remind texts will come home weekly with information on classes, assignments, projects, and other information.

  Quizlet.com or the Quizlet app. for your phone.  This site will allow the students to access study materials for reading, writing, and social studies classes.

1. create an account

2. join a class

3. type in Mr. Brown's Reading Class, Mr. Brown's Writing Class, or 5th Grade Social Studies Durand Middle School to join the classes

4. Start studying

 

 

13 Colonies Picture Book Project

The students will be researching one of the 13 Colonies.  The project is due on March 15th.  The students will present their picture book to their peers.  The following documents is the requirements and instructions for this project.  We will research on Thursdays until the project is due.  Students may hand write the book or use a word document or Power Point or Google Slides to complete it.

Explorers Unit Research Project 

The students will be researching at school an explorer and creating a written report.  The report can be any of the following:

A written paper

A poster

A Power Point Slide Show

It is due on Tuesday or Wednesday, December 18th or 19th.

We will research on 11-19, 11-20, 11-29, 12-6, 12-13.  Monday, December 17th is a work day to complete the project.

The instruction page is linked below.

Native American Research Project

The student will choose a Native American tribe for their written report and they will be making a model of their tribes home at home.  For the model, they can use any materials to create it.  It should be no bigger that 2' by 2'.  Putting the model in a shoebox works great.

The students will have a choice in their written report. They can write a paper, create a slid show, or make a poster.  If they choose a poster, the poster board will have to come from home.

We will research the tribe at school usually on Thursdays. The students will also have a work day on Wednesday, October 24th to write their paper, finish the slid show, or put their poster together.  The written report should be done by the student at school. 

The project is due on Thursday, October 25th and Friday, October 26th.  They will give a short presentation on their scheduled day.  The date will be chosen in a few weeks.

 

I will attach a copy of the paper containing the project requirements.

 

 

Study vocabulary and for Desert Southwest Quiz on Friday.