Social Studies and the Common Core: Lessons 1-5

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Social Studies and the Common Core helps teachers meet Common Core Standards for English Language Arts through integration with social studies curriculum. Aligned with Common Core Literature Standards for grades 4 – 8, the five two-day lessons provide complete lesson plans, activities, resources, and visuals to teach social studies topics through literature excerpts, period song lyrics, and folktales. Social studies topics covered: Civil War Reconstruction, Late Westward Expansion, World War II, Revolutionary War, and Native Americans.

Aligns with Common Core Literature Standards:

RL. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10
RL. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.7, 5.9, 5.10
RL. 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 6.10
RL. 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.9, 7.10
RL. 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

Included in this download are five separate two-day lessons that take approximately 60 minutes each day.

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Lesson 1: Civil War Reconstruction
Lesson 2: Late Westward Expansion
Lesson 3: Modern U.S. History (WWII)
Lesson 4: Revolutionary War Era
Lesson 5: Native Americans in U.S. History
Social Studies and the Common Core Lessons 1-5