Purpose

The purpose of this blog is to share ideas of how to teach 5th grade Social Studies.  While I have been teaching fifth grade for the last four years, I only taught Social Studies for two of those years.  Those Social Studies hours were only 1-2 hours a week (unless you count the Social Studies I incorporated into the Language Arts block).  This year I have the privilege of teaching fifth grade and fourth grade Social Studies.  I am glad that my students will now receive 5 hours of Social Studies instruction a week.  Now I have the task of finding fun ways to make our early US history come alive for them so that they can make meaning from what they are learning.  I am also trying to help my students meet the Language Arts Common Core Standards as well.  I look forward to the fun challenge and hope others may share their ideas or be able to use some of my ideas!