5th Grade Social Studies I Can Statements

5 th Grade Social Studies I Can Statements
Geography: Chapter 1
• I can use maps and atlases to answer questions and solve problems.
• I can make and label maps.
• I can locate the states (13 original) and major landforms and bodies of water of the
United States.
• I can locate and describe real places using latitude, longitude, and cardinal directions.
• I can identify physical (climate, topography, bodies of water) and human (language,
economics, political systems)
characteristics of a place.
• I can locate cities in the regions of Missouri and the United States.
• I can apply information in format, graphics, sequence, maps, diagrams, charts and
index to clarify and connect concepts to the main ideas. (CA)
Native Americans: Chapter 2 &3
• I can summarize the characteristics of the different Native American cultures before the
arrival of Europeans.
• I can locate and describe Native American regions.
• I can identify major patterns of settlement and movement among Native Americans.
• I can identify fact and opinion and recognize bias and points of view. (CA)
• I can select, investigate and present a topic on Native American cultures using primary
and secondary resources
(examples: oral interviews, artifacts, journals, documents, photos and letters)

Discovery, Exploration and Early Settlement: Chapter 5 & 6 (Can omit Chapter 4)
• I can explain the causes and effects of the European exploration and colonization of the
Americas.
• I can identify the successes and challenges faced by European explorers.
• I can identify and explain why some early American settlements succeeded and why
others failed.
• I can identify major patterns of settlement and movement among the early settlers of the
Americas.
• I can make, label and use (answer questions and solve problems) maps of:
o The countries of the explorers who contributed to the colonization of the Americas.
o The lands claimed by European countries as the result of their exploration in the
New World.
o The major topographical features of the early English settlements.
• I can describe interactions among Native Americans, Immigrants from Europe and
Africans brought to America.
• I can select, investigate and present a topic on this period of history using primary and
secondary resources
(examples: oral interviews, artifacts, journals, documents, photos and letters).
• I can apply information in format, graphics, sequence, maps, diagrams, charts and
index to clarify and connect
concepts to the main ideas. (CA)
Colonial Period
• I can locate the 13 original colonies and describe the features that would aid or hurt
expansion.
• I can describe interactions among Native Americans, Immigrants from Europe and
Africans brought to America
from discovery to the Bill of Rights.
• I can identify facts and opinions and recognize bias and points of view. (CA)

• I can select, investigate and present a topic using primary and secondary resources
(examples: oral interviews,
artifacts, journals, documents, photos and letters).
The Revolutionary War
• I can explain the American Revolution including:
• The point of view of Patriots, Loyalists and Neutralists
• Reasons why the American colonists were successful
• Reasons why the British were unsuccessful
• I can identify important points in the Declaration of Independence (inalienable rights
and government by the
consent of the governed)
• I can identify the causes and consequences of the American Revolution.
• I can identify facts and opinions and recognize bias and points of view. (CA)
• I can select, investigate and present a topic using primary and secondary resources
(examples: oral interviews,
artifacts, journals, documents, photos and letters).
The United States Constitution
• I can identify important points in the Constitution (limited government, rule of law,
majority rule, minority
rights, separation of powers and checks and balances).
• I can identify important points in the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1 – 10).
• I can tell the difference between the powers and functions of local, state and national
government.
• I can select, investigate and present a topic using primary and secondary resources
(examples: oral interviews,

artifacts, journals, documents, photos and letters).
JA BizTown
• I can apply the economic concepts of scarcity, supply and demand, and opportunity cost
(trade-offs).
• I can identify the role of technology in our economy.
• I can interpret the past, explain the present and predict future consequences of
economic decisions.
Social Studies Skills*
• I can create tables, bar graphs, line graphs and pictographs to better represent and
interpret data. (MA)
• I can identify faction and opinion and recognize bias and points of view. (CA)
• I can apply information in format, graphics, sequence, maps, diagrams, charts and
index to clarify and connect concepts to the main ideas. (CA)
• I can select, investigate and present a topic using primary and secondary resources
(examples: oral interviews, artifacts, journals, documents, photos and letters).
Service Learning
• I can demonstrate how I am an active citizen.
• I can develop a creative solution to a problem in the community. (21 st Century Skills)