5th Grade Social Studies

Egyptian Mummification

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• What mummification was and how it was performed
• Why mummification was done
• How the belief in mummification reinforced the societal hierarchy

4th Grade, 5th Grade, Social Studies, Social Studies

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Learn about the range of reasons for the westward movement
• Compare what travel was like in the past, compared to today
• Create a 3-D model of a covered wagon, that can reinforce memory about the lesson of the time period

5th Grade, Social Studies

Westward Expansion Timeline

OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• How timelines summarize events and put them into chronological order
• The general order of events during the settling of the West in the U.S.
• How to research events and their dates of occurrence