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Louisiana Bayou Bridges Grade 5

Focus:
Grade 5 of the Louisiana Bayou Bridges Curriculum Series covers medieval history and the beginnings of the modern world. Students will explore Europe’s Middle Ages and read about the growth of empires in the Middle East and West Africa. They will encounter Indigenous cultures of North America, then meet the Aztec of Mexico and the Inca of South America. Students will learn about the spread of new ideas across Europe during the Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution, which helped launch an era of European exploration and an age of contact between Europe and Asia, Africa, and the Americas that changed the world forever.

Instruction Time: 45–55 minutes per class period

 

Each unit includes the following:

TEACHER GUIDE: Each Teacher Guide explains the program components and provides suggested pacing, detailed lesson plans, activity page masters, and chapter and unit assessments.

STUDENT READER: Each Student Reader is engagingly written and richly illustrated with maps and color images. Each volume includes primary sources, vocabulary call-outs, and a glossary.

STUDENT WORKBOOK: Each workbook includes selected primary sources and activity pages from the Student Reader and Teacher Guide, plus  note-taking graphic organizers and pages for completing the Checks for Understanding and Performance Tasks. NOW INCLUDED IN THE DOWNLOAD!

ONLINE RESOURCES: The Online Resources for each unit provides links to background information for teachers, timeline card slide decks, resources to support guided reading, and additional activities, including artifact studies, primary source examinations, and virtual field trips.

Louisiana Bayou Bridges Grade 5 English

Grade 5 Units

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Unit 1: The Medieval World UNIT MATERIALS

After the collapse of the Roman Empire in western Europe, a period of unrest, conflict, and transformation takes place. Meanwhile, Islam develops in the Arabian Peninsula and begins to spread, spurring the Crusades.

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Unit 2: West African Kingdoms UNIT MATERIALS

From the 600s to the mid-1500s CE, three large and powerful kingdoms—Ghana, Mali, and Songhai—rise and fall in West Africa.
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Unit 3: Civilizations in North America UNIT MATERIALS

Civilizations flourish across North America prior to the arrival of Europeans, many of which still exist today.

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Unit 4: The Inca and Aztec Empires UNIT MATERIALS

From the 1300s to the 1500s CE, the Inca and Aztec develop large, complex civilizations in South America and Mesoamerica.

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Unit 5: Renaissance and Reformation UNIT MATERIALS

In the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries CE, the Renaissance and Reformation cause changes not only in the arts and philosophy but also in the structure of the Christian church and humankind’s approach to the sciences.
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Unit 6: Age of Contact UNIT MATERIALS

During the Age of Exploration, Europeans venture out to explore the world in an effort to reap the profits of trade and colonization. Their efforts transform not only Europe but Africa and the Americas as well.
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