How to learn Grade 5: Social studies

Pennsylvania academic standards: Social studies, Grade 5

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1. Historical Analysis and Skills Development

Vocabulary: historical thinking: Know and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE, AD/CE, century, decade, era, period, timeline, excavation, archaeologist, interpretation, corroborate, bias, perspective — and apply these terms when discussing how we know about the past and how reliable our knowledge is

Borrowing & Debt: What borrowing money means; that loans must be repaid with interest; what credit is; why too much debt can be risky; responsible borrowing
Costs & Revenue: It costs money to make things (costs/expenses); you earn money by selling them (revenue); if revenue is more than costs, that's profit; if costs are more, that's a loss
Social Enterprise: Using business skills to help others or solve social and environmental problems; making money AND making a difference; examples of social enterprises
Earning Money: Ways that children and adults earn money; the connection between work, skills and pay; that harder or more skilled work often pays more
How the Economy Works: What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work

Global Trade: Why countries trade with each other; imports and exports; how goods travel around the world; that different countries use different currencies

Helping Others Resolve Conflicts: Mediate conflicts between others — helping two friends who are arguing by listening to both sides, helping them see each other's perspective, and guiding them toward a fair resolution

Community Rights and Responsibilities: Understand their rights and responsibilities as a member of a community — that everyone has a right to be treated with respect and to feel safe, and that with rights come responsibilities to treat others the same way