Course Overview
This “Upper Elementary/Middle School" (grades 6 to 8) Social Studies video course covers all concepts a student needs to complete 5th grade Social Studies. The course provides an overview of the history of North America from 12,000 years ago up until 1789. This course uses different modes of learning—vocabulary review, writing prompts, drawing, graphic organizers—to provide students with everything they need to understand how the United States came to be.
This course includes:
- 7 SECTIONS
- 44 ACTIVITIES
- 45 VIDEO LESSONS
- 45 REVIEW QUIZZES
- ANSWER KEYS TO ALL ACTIVITIES
- SAMPLE ANSWERS FOR ALL WRITING ACTIVITIES
- 6+ HOURS OF VIDEO LESSONS
Course goals
Upon course completion, students will be able to:
- Identify continents, oceans and states on a map.
- Explain how human came to live on the continent of North America.
- Explain why Europeans came to North America.
- Describe how Europeans came to North America.
- Describe the failures and successes of early European settlements in North America.
- Provide a clear and detailed timeline of the Causes of the American Revolution.
- Explain the major battles and strategies of the American Revolution.
- Describe the people of the revolution—patriots, loyalists, women, African Americans, British soldiers and Continental soldiers.
- Explain the first attempt at governing the USA and why it failed.
- Explain the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Target Audience
This video course is primarily intended for students in grade 5 (ages 10-11) and anyone looking for a history of the beginnings of the United States and North America.
Course Requirements
Students taking this course need no previous experience with history.
COURSE TOPICS
SECTION 1 GEOGRAPHY
LESSON 1 WHERE ARE WE?
LESSON 2 CONTINENTS & OCEANS
LESSON 3 REGIONS OF THE USA
SECTION 2 EARLY MIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA
LESSON 4 THE WHYS AND HOWS OF MIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA
LESSON 5 EARLY PEOPLES IN NORTH AMERICA
LESSON 6 RISE OF EMPIRES
LESSON 7 NATIVE AMERICANS
LESSON 8 EASTERN HEMISPHERE—CHINA/EUROPE
LESSON 9 EASTERN HEMISPHERE—AFRICA
SECTION 3 EUROPEAN EXPLORATION
LESSON 10 VIKINGS
LESSON 11 THE RENAISSANCE
LESSON 12 PORTUGUESE EXPLORATION AND REASONS FOR EXPLORATION
LESSON 13 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
LESSON 13A OTHER SPANISH EXPLORERS
LESSON 14 SPANISH CONQUISTADORS
SECTION 4 SETTLEMENT IN THE NEW WORLD
LESSON 15 ROANOKE
LESSON 16 JAMESTOWN
LESSON 17 FRENCH AND DUTCH SETTLEMENTS
LESSON 18 PILGRIMS AND PURITANS
LESSON 19 THE 13 COLONIES—GEOGRAPHY AND INTRO
LESSON 20 COLONIAL LIFE—CLOTHING
LESSON 21 COLONIAL LIFE—FAMILY ROLES
LESSON 22 COLONIAL LIFE—WORK AND TRADE
LESSON 23 COLONIAL LIFE—RELIGION AND SCHOOL
MIDTERM EXAM
SECTION 5 CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
LESSON 24 THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
LESSON 25 BRITISH TAXES
LESSON 26 MORE BRITISH TAXES
LESSON 27 MORE BRITISH TAXES
LESSON 28 THE BOSTON MASSACRE
LESSON 29 THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
LESSON 30 THE INTOLERABLE ACTS
LESSON 31 THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
SECTION 6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
LESSON 32 PEOPLE IN THE REVOLUTION
LESSON 33 PAUL REVERE’S RIDE
LESSON 34 LEXINGTON & CONCORD
LESSON 35 THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
LESSON 36 THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
LESSON 37 THE BATTLE OF TRENTON
LESSON 38 THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA
LESSON 39 AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE REVOLUTION
LESSON 40 WOMEN IN THE REVOLUTION
LESSON 41 VALLEY FORGE
LESSON 42 THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN/TREATY OF PARIS
SECTION 7 POST WAR GOVERNMENT
LESSON 43 THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
LESSON 44 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
LESSON 45 THE BILL OF RIGHTS
FINAL EXAM
