Social+Studies

=** Welcome to 5th Grade Social Studies **=


 * American Revolution Readings **


 * Preamble to The Constitution of the United States

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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French and Indian War and Proclamation of 1763 Video Clip media type="file" key="French and Indian War and Proclamation of 1763.asf" width="300" height="300"

Sugar Act 1764 Video Clip media type="file" key="Sugar Act 1764.asf" width="300" height="300" Townshend Acts, Writs of Assistance, and Boston Massacre Video Clip media type="file" key="Townshend Acts__Writs of Assistance and Boston Massacre__1767 to 1770.asf" width="300" height="300" The Stamp Act media type="file" key="The_Stamp_Act_and_Declaratory_Act__1765.asf" width="300" height="300" The Quartering Act media type="file" key="The_Quartering_Act__1765.asf" width="300" height="300" The Committees of Correspondence media type="file" key="The_Committees_of_Correspondence__1772.asf" width="300" height="300" Intolerable Acts media type="file" key="The_Intolerable_Acts__1774.asf" width="300" height="300" The Boston Tea Party media type="file" key="The_Boston_Tea_Party__1773.asf" width="300" height="300" The First Continental Congress media type="file" key="The_First_Continental_Congress__September_5_October_26__1774.asf" width="300" height="300" James Town Colony to the Revolutionary War media type="file" key="From_Jamestown_Colony_to_the_Revolutionary_War__The_Origins_of_American_Democracy.asf" width="300" height="300"

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===**Current events will take place once a week. Students will be given dates to present their current events during the first quarter. Only about 3-5 students will present per week depending on our topic of study.** === ===**During our in-class examples, students circle key words in their newspaper articles to assist on creating a summary. This creates a summary that is both brief and full of useful key concepts from the article.** ===

Latitude and Longitude []

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