New York Social Studies Pack Grade 5

NEW: The entire pack is now editable on Google docs.

I love writing engaging social studies lessons to make learning about history more exciting for students! This is the fourth state I have tackled so far, and it is by far, the BIGGEST! By request, here is the New York Social Studies Pack for Grade 5. This pack includes assessments and teacher directions. This large file includes all of the following:

There is a READ FIRST file to help you with the order of instruction.

Comparative Cultures and Geography of the Western Hemisphere- 230 pages

- Western Hemisphere Centers- 5 centers to study the climate, landforms, agriculture, language, and population of different areas of the Western Hemisphere.

- Western Hemisphere Country Research Project

- Historical Event in the Western Hemisphere Research Project

- Environmental Issues in the Western Hemisphere News Report

- Map Centers

• The Dominican Republic- 40 pages- Articles and activities to learn about the geography, economics, culture, and government of the D.R.
• Mexico- 40 pages-Articles and activities to learn about the geography, economics, culture, and government of Mexico.
• Canada- 42-pages-Articles and activities to learn about the geography, economics, culture, and government of Canada.
• USA- 50 pages -Articles and activities to learn about the geography, economics, culture, and government of the United States
• Brazil- 42 pages-Articles and activities to learn about the geography, economics, culture, and government

Complex Societies and Civilizations- 55 pages

- Informational pages for the Maya, the Inca, the Aztecs

- Civilization Sort

- Farming Practices of Civilizations

- How Geography affected these Civilizations

- Plan your own Civilization

Early Peoples of the Americas- 36 pages-- Activity for Google Slides included

- Native American Project with informational pages for Plains, Southeast, Northeast, Arctic, Northwest, California, and Southwest Tribes; Each tribe has an activity such as a craft or a play

- Comparing Tribes

Economics and Economics Systems- 70 pages

- Needs and Wants with a fun activity

- Different Economies of the Western Hemisphere

- Scarcity

- Water Scarcity in Haiti

- A shopping activity in Haiti

- Factors of production Activities

- Inflation with an online activity and inflation calculator

- Natural resources map making activity

- A fun barter-economy simulation

- Produce sticker homework

- Global interdependence and Trade

- How Bananas get from farm to table

- Specialization

-Setting up an Island Society

European Exploration and its Effects- 90 pages Digital Activity included

- A HUGE pack of information on various explorers along with activities to make them interesting

- Triangular Trade and the conditions for enslaved Africans

- European Colonies

- Sugarcane Industry and how it affected slavery

BONUS ACTIVITY: Social Studies Centers- Timelines and Sources

A set of centers with a focus on Civil Rights

- Six centers on (1) C.E./B.C.E, (2) Decades, Centuries, Millennia, (3) timelines, (4) multiple-tier timelines, (5) primary sources, (6) secondary sources

Final project- Create a timeline about Civil Rights using what you learned in these centers.

Check out the preview. It is a small part of what is included in this set!