5th Grade
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Unit 5.1
5.1 Read-Aloud
5.1 Book Club
Genre Chart - Realistic Fiction/Adventure
Maps and Outside Sources
I Survived Hurricane Katrina
Day 4 - New Orleans Katrina Flood map
Kensuke's Kingdom
How to Survive on a Deserted Island
Hatchet
10 Wilderness Survival Lessons from Hatchet
Unit 5.2
5.2 Read-Aloud
5.2 Book Club
Genre Chart - Realistic Fiction
Nonfiction Articles:
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
What Is a School Psychologist?
5 Things Kids Should Know: Party Etiquette
The Janitor's Boy
Wonder
Real Life Wonder Family - ABC News
How One Unkind Moment Gave Way to Wonder
6 Lessons Wonder Can Teach Us About Bullying
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Unit 5.3
5.3 Read-Aloud
Day 1 - Genre Chart - Historical Fiction
Day 3 - Blank Map - The 13 British Colonies
Day 3 - Labeled Map - The 13 British Colonies
Day 3 - The Original 13 Colonies
Day 4 - Overview of the American Revolution
Day 4 - Revolutionary War Timeline
Day 5 - Slavery in the Colonies
Day 5 - The History of Slavery in America - Sojourner Truth, Part 1 of 3 Note: Start Video at 9:18
Day 11 - Loyalists vs. Patriots
Day 37 - Crossing the River Jordan
5.3 Book Club
Unit 5.4
5.4 Read-Aloud
Day 1 - Genre Chart - Biography
Day 1 - The Domestic System vs. The Factory System
Day 2 - The Effects of Industrialization in the U.S.
Day 7 - Declaration of Dependence
Day 24 - Child Labor Laws Comparison Chart
Day 24 - Employee Rights Posters
Day 25 - Video Outline Children in the Fields
Day 25 - Video: Children in the Fields: The Debate on Child Farm Labor
Day 26 - Timeline of an Attempt to Change Agricultural Child-Labor Regulations
5.4 Book Club
Genre Chart - Historical Fiction
Maps and Outside Sources
Iqbal
Child Labor in the Carpet Industry
Around Pakistan in 10 Fun Facts
Counting on Grace
Days 2-4 - Map of cotton mill town
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
Lyddie
Day 14 - Girls at the Weaving Machines
Unit 5.5
5.5 Read-Aloud
5.5 Book Club
Outside Sources:
Among the Hidden
Among the Hidden Bonus Information
11 Facts about Hunger and Famine
First Light
Code Orange
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