Fifth Grade Lesson Plans

Titles that appear in bold represent the best of the "Share the Knowledge" units presented over the years at Core Knowledge National Conferences.

Language Arts/English

I. Writing, Grammar, and Usage

• Literary Lingo (2008)
• Library Guide to the States (2006)
• Living the Life of a Famous Person (2002)

II. Poetry

• Positively Poetry (2007)
• Reading, Writing, Reciting Exciting Poetry! (1998)

III. Fiction and Drama

• An Adventure with Tom Sawyer (2008)
• Little Women (2007)
• Unearthing the Secrets of the Garden (2001)
• The Bard, The Globe, The Midsummer Night's Dream (2000)
• The Game is Afoot — A Study of Sherlock Holmes (1999)

IV. Speeches

• Speeches on the Not-So-Big Screen (2007)

V. Sayings and Phrases

History and Geography

World:

I. Geography

• Where in the Latitude are You? A Longitude Here (2003)
• Sand and Water (2000)

II. Meso-American Civilizations

• I AM a Researcher — "I"nca, "A"ztec, "M"aya  (2003)

III. European Exploration, Trade, and Clash of Cultures

• Eye on Exploration: Take a Second Look (2006)
• Geography in the Resource Classroom: Using Maps to Understand the Impact of the Meso-American Civilization and European Explorers (2003)
• European Exploration, Trade, and Colonization (2002)

IV. Renaissance and Reformation

• Four Armed Men From The Renaissance (2008)
• The Renaissance: The Rebirth of Ideas (2007)
• Reformation: Revolt and Redirection (2004)
• Ancora Imparo (1998)
• The Reformation (1998)

V. England from the Golden Age to the Glorious Revolution

• Kings and Queens, England: The Golden Age (2003)

VI. Russia: Early Growth and Expansion

• Russia and the Czars (2002)
• The Faces of Russia (2001)

VII. Feudal Japan

• Konnichiwa! Welcome to Japan (2008)
• Feudal Japan: It’s All Japanese to Me! (2005)
• Feudal Japan and the Geography of Japan (1998)

American:

I. Westward Expansion

• The Wild, Wild West (2001)
• Westward We Go! (2001)
• The Westward Expansion (1999)
• Westward Expansion and Spatial Awareness (1997)

II. Civil War

• Heroes of the War Era (2004)
• Realism in Music: The Underground Railroad (2004)
• The Plight of Four Million Newly Emancipated Slaves: Reconstruction 1865-1877 (2002)
• Reconstruction: A Time of Turbulence (1999)

III. Native Americans: Cultures and Conflicts

• Mesoamerica (2005)
• The Marvels of Meso-America: Aztec, Inca, and Maya (2003)
• Aztec, Inca, Maya (1997)

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