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Featured Resources
5th Grade: New TEKS; New Resources!
- The Biographies of the Important People in the new 5th Grade TEKS
- 5th Grade Vocabulary chart with picture support
- The Elementary Social Studies Literature List
- K-5 Content Charts
[Our thanks to Mapra Gentry, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Elementary Social Studies Coordinator,
and Pete Yackus, Fort Bend ISD Elementary Social Studies Coordinator for sharing these.]
- Current and New 5th Grade TEKS Side-by-Side comparison
[A big thank you to our district Coordinator Joe M. Ramirez for developing these for K-12!]
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
This collection of American History resources provides documents and exercises for classroom use, encourages excellence in student writing, and offers professional development opportunities for educators. Included on this website are:
- American History Quizzes
- Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars
- Creating Digital Historical Documentaries
- Featured Documents for your Classroom
- Historians' Podcasts
- History Teacher of the Year Information
- Major Topics in American History
- Primary Source Documents
- Traveling Exhibits for Schools and Libraries
Featured Teachers
Social Studies salutes 5th grade teacher Mrs. Holly Brewer at Odom Elementary
Ms. Brewer integrates social studies into reading and writing. Her students make connections from their work to their own life. When Ms. Brewer's students were studying the colonists period of U. S. history, students commented that in the future people will be studying them in their time period. Students read a book on the colonists, then created a report by summarizing in their own words what they had read answering a preselected question. They drew pictures to add visualization to their project. Excellent job 5th grade students!
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