Work for the week of
 May 18 - May 22 

Grade 5 Social Studies

Thursday 5/21/20
 
Washington Crosses the Delaware
 
On Google Classroom
*Read pg. 168-169
*Using RAFT, answer the following:
1. Who did Washington send to spy on the British in New York? (1pt)
2. How old was the spy and what did he do? (3pts)
3. What happened to the spy? (2pts)
4. What was the last thing the spy said to the British? (1pt)
5. German mercenaries who controlled the towns for the British were called__. (1pt)
6. When did Washington and his men decide to cross the Delaware River? (1pt)
7. How did crossing the Delaware River in secret on a cold night help the Continental
    Army win in Trenton? (1pt)
8. How did George Washington improve the morale of his troops? (1pt)


Wednesday 5/20/20
 
The First Victories
 
On Google Classroom
*Read pg. 166-167
*Using RAFT, answer the following:
1. Why did many people think that the colonists could not win the war? (3pts)
2. What was the effect of Ethan Allen capturing Fort Ticonderoga? (1pt)
3. Why was Colonel Henry Knox’s journey daring? (4pts)
4. What did the British choose to do once they were cornered by Washington’s
    troops? (1pt)
5. When did the British sail out of Boston? (1pt)

Tuesday 5/19/20
 
Ch. 5 Section 4 Vocabulary
On Google Classroom
Define the following vocabulary words:
1. Mercenaries
2. Retreat
3. Morale
4. Enlisted
5. Alliance

Monday 5/18/20
 
A Brave Step 
 
On Google Classroom
*Read pgs. 164-165 
*Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. Was it a fact or opinion that the colonies had the right to become a separate
     country? (1pt)
2. Who signed the Declaration of Independence first & why? (2pts)
3. When did Congress vote to approve the Declaration of Independence? (1pt)
4. What did the people do to celebrate the event? (3pts)
5. Which groups of people were not recognized under the phrase “all men are
     created equal”? (3pts)
6. The Declaration of Independence established the idea that the United States
    government would be based on what? (3pts)

Friday 5/15/20
NO SCHOOL

Thursday 5/14/20
 
The Declaration of Independence

On Google Classroom
*Students will Read pg.163
*Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. How did John Locke inspire Thomas Jefferson? (1pt)
2. What rights did Thomas Jefferson and Congress believe were worth fighting
    for? (3pts)
3. What were 2 grievances against King George III that were listed in the
    Declaration of Independence? (2pts)
4. What did Thomas Jefferson say people should do if the government tries to
    take their rights away? (1pt)


Wednesday 5/13/20
 
A Government of Our Own
 
*Read pg.162
*Using RAFT, answer the following:
1. What were the 3 reasons why Congress chose Thomas Jefferson to write the
    Declaration of Independence? (3pts)
2. How old was Thomas Jefferson? (1pt)
3. Who asked Congress to vote on independence? (1pt)
4. Who was in the committee that created the Declaration of Independence?   
    (5pts)
5. What did Congress remove from the Original Declaration of Independence”? (1pt)


Tuesday 5/12/20
 
The Second Continental Congress
 
On Google Classroom
*Students will Read pg. 160-162
*Using RAFT, answer the following:
1. To disagree means to have a different opinion about an issue. Why did the
     loyalists and patriots disagree? (2pts)
2. What central question did the Second Continental Congress need to answer? (1pt)
3. Why did many representatives want to remain peaceful with Britain? (1pt)
4. What was Thomas Paine’s choice as Congress debated? (1pt)
5. What was the name of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet? (1pt)
6. Why was his pamphlet a success?

Monday 5/11/20
 
Ch. 5 Section 3 Vocabulary
 
Students will define the following vocabulary words:
1. Continental Army
2. Petition
3. Independence
4. Rights
5. Treason

Friday 5/8/20
 
The First Shots 
 
*Students will Read pg. 158-159
*Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. What caused the militia and British soldiers to begin fighting in Lexington?
    (2pts)
2. What happened when the British reached Concord? (2pts)
3. Why did the Patriots want to keep the British soldiers in Boston? (1pt)
4. What important event let the British know that the colonists were ready for
    war? (1pt)
5. What was the role of the Patriot women? (1pts)
6. Why were some of the soldiers called minutemen? (1pt)
7. How many British soldiers were killed and wounded by the time they reached
    Boston? (1pt)


Thursday 5/7/20
 
The Colonial Representatives Meet  & Paul revere’s Ride
 
*Read pg. 156-157
*Using Raft, answer the following:
1. Why did the colonists believe that they might have to fight the British? (1pt)
2. What sentence is Patrick Henry saying in the illustration/picture on pg. 156?
    (1pt)
3. Why did the British want to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock? (1pt)
4. What did the lanterns hung inside the church mean to the Patriots? (1pt)
5. According to the illustration/picture on pg. 157, how did Paul Revere let
    people know that the British troops were coming? (1pt)
6. From the chart on pg. 157, fill in the missing effect.
 
March to Concord

Wednesday 5/6/20
 
The BostonTea Party
 
*Read pg. 154-155
*Using RAFT, answer the following:
1. What alternative did the colonists have to protesting and boycotting tea from
     the British East India Company? (1pt)
2. Why might the colonists have disliked the British India Company? (1pt)
3. What problem did the British have with the colonists after the Boston Tea
    Party? (2pts)
4. Why did the colonists call the new laws the “Intolerable Acts”? (1pt)
5. To control is to rule or direct something. How did Britain show they had control
    over the colonies? What did they do? (1pt)
6. Who were the Loyalists? (1pt)
7. Who were the Patriots? (1pt)

Tuesday 5/5/20
 
The Colonists Rebel: The Boston Massacre
 
*Read pgs. 152-153
*Using RAFT, answer the following:
1. Why might a British soldier have felt unwelcome in Boston in 1770? (1pt)
2. What caused the Boston Massacre? (1pt)
3. Write a newspaper headline that describes this event. (#1 Pg. 152)
4. Why did John Adams defend the British soldiers in court? (1pt)
5. Why was it important for colonists to hear news about protests and British actions? (2pts)

Monday 5/4/20
 
Ch. 5 Section 2 Vocabulary
 
Students will define the following vocabulary words:
1. Massacre
2. Quarter
3. Martial law
4. Patriots
5. Loyalists
6. Neutral
7. Militia
 
Friday 5/1/20
 
Townshend Acts Repealed, Mostly 
 
*Students will Read pg. 148-149
*Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. What was the same about the colonists’ reaction to the Stamp Act and the
    Townshend Acts? (2pts)
2. What effect did the boycotts have on Britain’s debt? (2pts)
3. What group of women played a significant role in boycotting English goods? (1pt)
4. How did those women protest the Townshend Acts? (1pt)
5. What did the British do to try and stop the protests? (1pts)
6. What did Parliament do to stop the protests in 1770?  
    (1pt)
7. Answer the Cause & Effect Chart from #5 on pg. 148 by filling in the missing effects.
 
Boycotting Britain
 

Thursday 4/30/20
 
The Colonists Take Action and New Taxes from Great Britain 
 
*Students will Read pg. 146-147
*Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. Why was Patrick Henry’s speech a significant event leading up to the American 
    Revolution? (1pt)
2. What were the effects of the colonists’ protests? (3pts)
3. What is an imported good? (1pt)
4. What were the Townshend Acts? (1pt)
5. How did the colonists react to the Townshend Acts? (2pts)
6. What is one way that Parliament could react to the colonists’ boycotts and protests?  
    (1pt)
7. Fill in the chart below from #4 on Pg. 147 with details about the Townshend Acts.
 
All About the Townshend Acts

Wednesday 4/29/20
 
Ch. 5 Lesson 1
 
Tensions with Britain: Trouble Over Taxes 
 
*Students will Read pg. 144-145
*Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. Why did Britain decide to tax American colonists? (1pt)
2. What was the Stamp Act? (1pt)
3. What is Britain’s Parliament? (2pts)
4. Why did the colonists think that Parliament should not tax them? (1pt)
5. Complete the graphic organizer from pg. 145 # 2 by filling in the missing cause and
    effect.
 

Tuesday 4/28/20
 
Ch. 5 Lesson 1
 
* Define their Ch. 5 vocabulary: debt, congress, repeal, effigy, Boycotts, & tariff

Monday 4/27/20
 
Samuel Adams
 
*Read pg. 141-143
*Using RAFT, answer the following:
1. What is a revolution? (1pt)
2. Who did Samuel Adams countrymen call him? (1pt)
3. Why did the British think Samuel Adams was dangerous? (3pts)
4. Who started the fight for Liberty? (1pt)
5. Where did Samuel Adams grow up? (1pt)
6. Where did Samuel Adams go to school? (1pt)
7. At what age did he graduate college? (1pt)
8. What did Sam Adams do to inform people of the British injustices? (3pts)
9. What Thomas Jefferson call Samuel Adams? (1pt)
10. What was George Washington known as? (1pt)
11. What was Thomas Jefferson remembered for? (1pt)
12. What was Paul Revere known for? (1pt)


Friday 4/24/20

Ch. 4 Assessment Pgs. 137-138 On Google Classroom

Thursday 4/23/20
Ch. 4 Lesson 4
 
The British Win 
 
*Read pgs. 134-135
* Define the terms: Treaty, Pontiac’s Rebellion, & Proclamation of 1763
*Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. What is one detail sentence that supports the main idea that in 1755, the British   
    returned and hoped to capture Fort Duquesne? (1pt)
2. Why was George Washington an advisor to General Braddock during the French and
    Indian War? (2pts)
3. Describe interactions among Native Americans, English, and French for control of  
    North America by explaining what happened when the Iroquois joined the British side.
    (2pts)
4. Why did the treaty between England and France upset the Native Americans? (1pt)
5. Explain what effect the Proclamation of 1763 had on colonization. (2pts)
    [Question #5 from pg. 135]
 

Wednesday 4/22/20
Ch. 4 Lesson 4
 
War Between Britain and France 
 
*Students will Read pg. 132-133
* Define the term: Ally
* Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. What is one detail sentence that supports the main idea that the British thought the
    valley was theirs? (1pt)
2. What does the picture on pg. 133 show? (1pt)
3. Describe interactions among Native Americans, English, and French for control of  
    North America by explaining why many Native Americans supported France in the
    French and Indian War? (1pt)
4. What does the quote on pg.133 show about the relationship between the Iroquois
    and the French and British? (2pts)
 5. Complete the graphic organizer from pg. 133 # 4 by completing the sequence chart.
    List 2 other key events leading up to the start of the French and Indian War.

Tuesday 4/21/20
Ch. 4 Lesson 4
 
Conflicts Begin: The French and Indian War 
 
*Students will Read pg. 130-131
* Define the term: King Philip’s War
*Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. What was the name in Europe for the French and Indian War? (1pt)
2. What does the map on pg. 130 show? (1pt)
3. Describe interactions among Native Americans, English, and French for control of  
    North America? (2pts)
4. Why did colonists want the Native American’s land? (2pts)
5. Complete the graphic organizer from pg. 131 # 2 with details that support the main
     idea.


Monday 4/20/20

Fighting Back Against Slavery
 
*Students will Read pg. 126-127
* Define the term: Uprisings
*Using Raft, students will answer the following:
1. What is one detail sentence that supports the idea that enslaved people did not have
    rights? (1pt)
2. Why was learning to read and write a way for enslaved Africans to fight against
    Slavery? (2pts)
3. Why did enslaved Africans resist? (3pts)
4. Explain slaveholders’ reactions to slave uprising and what did they do? (2pts)
5. What does the continued resistance by enslaved Africans show about them? (2pts)
6. List 2 details to support the main idea that both slave traders and slaveholders
    mistreated enslaved Africans. (2pts) [Question #5 pg. 127]
7. Question #4 Pg. 126 Complete the graphic organizer by filling in two more details that   
     support the main idea.