5th GRADE CONTENT

HIGHLIGHTS

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

Observed on the last Monday in May

Honors soldiers who have fallen in the line of duty or veterans who have passed

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

Also called Independence Day

1776

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

First Monday in September

Honors the “work ethic” of Americans

First observance in 1895 to reconcile with labor union members after bloody Pullman Strike of 1894

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

NOVEMBER 11

Observed as Armistice Day in other nations - WW I

Honors all veterans of the American armed services

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

1621

Pilgrims giving thanks for good harvest Shared with Indians

GW - 26th of November

Since 1942 observed on the 4th Thursday in November

**FDR wanted to give merchants more Christmas sales time

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

ENGLISH is the primary language of the United States because the 13 original colonies were founded by the English and their culture dominated as we expanded west.

SPANISH is spoken by the largest minority group in the United States although most Hispanics learn English.

DIVERSITY of languages - mirrors the diversity of the American culture today

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

DIVERSITY of the American Population makes different foods popular

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

UNIQUE AMERICAN ART FORMS

SHORT STORIES

MUSICAL THEATRE

MOVIES

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

UNIQUE AMERICAN MUSIC FORMS

JAZZ

ROCK N ROLL

HIP HOP

5.1.1 Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion)

76% of Americans are Christians

Important Point to Make - religious freedom - separation of church and state ingrained in American culture

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (i.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

RAILROADS had the greatest effect on the Native American culture - spelled DOOM for them as thousands of white settlers came west and railroad companies paid hunters to kill buffalo

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

Railroads transformed the white culture - PIONEERS had faster transportation to the WEST

Businesses could locate in the WEST

Farmers had problems with Railroads overcharging them

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

Railroads were important to the growth of the CATTLE industry

LONG DRIVES to “cow towns” like Abilene, Ellsworth in Kansas where RRs carried stock to CHICAGO

Made CHICAGO the crossroads of America and the major MEATPACKING center of the country

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

SAMUEL MORSE - Telegraph

made huge difference to western settlers to get news in a timely way

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL - telephone

changed the notion of “distance” and “privacy”

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

RADIO

Changed idea of

entertainment

Became a family

event

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

Popularity of “serial” shows

Often sponsored by detergent companies

“soap operas”

Orson Welles - War of the Worlds broadcast - Oct 30, 1938 - hysteria

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

RADIO gave rise to ADVERTISING as a business of its own

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

TELEVISION

Became the major source of NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT

Global awareness

Political impact

Advertising $$$

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

COMPUTER - INTERNET

Instant communication

Globalization

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

SKYSCRAPERS

Urbanization and industrialization led to crowding in cities and so building “UP” became the norm

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

The first skyscraper in the world was built in Chicago. It was called the Home Insurance Building. Before the first skyscraper was built, people were concerned about the elevators and were afraid that they would fall until a man named Otis discovered a way to make elevators safe for everyone. A man named William LeBaron Jenney dicovered a way to use steel beams for the skeleton of the building while all other buildings at the time used bricks for the inside and out.

The building was completed in 1885, but sadly it was demolished in 1931. The Home Insurance Building was 10 stories high and it was 138 feet tall. It was made out of steel and the outer facing material was bricks.Skyscrapers are called skyscrapers because people think that it looks like they are scraping the sky.

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

JAZZ

As black Americans migrated north to cities they brought this unique form of music to areas like Harlem in New York.

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

RADIO and TV

Helped spread musical forms

Crucially important to the advent of Rock n Roll - Elvis and the Beatles

Ed Sullivan Show

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

INDUSTRIALIZATION

Government had to outlaw child labor

Government had to protect unions

Government had to protect employment - Social Security

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

TECHNOLOGY

Government had to establish public utilities to control prices for gas, water, electricity

Laws to govern use of telecommunications and internet

5.1.2 interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology, or cultural diffusion (I.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music, and the growth of government services)

CULTURAL DIFFUSION

Government has made laws to protect different groups from racial, gender, or other types of discrimination

5.1.3 recognize personal, religious, and national celebrations of various American cultures (i.e., Independence Day, Columbus Day, Native American or American Indian Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving)

OCTOBER 12, 1492

Catholics

Italians

5.1.3 recognize personal, religious, and national celebrations of various American cultures (i.e., Independence Day, Columbus Day, Native American or American Indian Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving)

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month originated in 1915 when the president of the Congress of American Indian Associations issued a proclamation declaring the second Saturday in May of each year as American Indian Day. The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November 1990 as “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations have been issued every year since 1994.

5.1.3 recognize personal, religious, and national celebrations of various American cultures (i.e., Independence Day, Columbus Day, Native American or American Indian Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving)

Declared a national holiday in 1986

5.1.4 analyze graphs to show cultural trends (i.e., clothing, music, or radio sales)

**See handout on how to make easy graphs in Excel

Radio Sales 1920's

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in billions of dollars

5.1.4 analyze graphs to show cultural trends (i.e., clothing, music, or radio sales)

**See handout on how to make easy graphs in Excel

Sales of CD-roms for recording and computer use

5.2.1 differentiate between needs and wants on a personal and national level