Fifth Grade

Social Studies

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Indigenous First Nations

A book cover with a photo of two people in traditional Blackfeet clothing

The Blackfeet

A book cover showing people at a Cherokee ceremony

The Cherokee

An illustration of a person wearing a loincloth and walking through a creek

FactCite123: Development of Agriculture

An illustration of a group of hunters battling a large animal

FactCite 123: Hunters and Gatherers

An illustration of a group of natives settling in the desert

FactCite123: Start of Civilization

A book cover showing a group of people paddling wooden canoes

The Inuit 🔊

A book cover showing a man in traditional Iroquois dress

The Iroquois 🔊

A book cover showing the long huts of the Iroquois people

The Iroquois 🔊

A book cover showing two modern Navajo women weaving

The Navajo

A book cover showing a person in a Pueblo traditional outfit

The Pueblo 🔊

A book cover showing a pencil drawing of a forest

The Pomo 🔊

A book cover showing children in Shawnee clothing

The Shawnee

A book cover showing two men in Sioux clothing

The Sioux

A book cover showing a man in traditional clothes playing an instrument

Traditional Stories of the Plains Nations

A book cover showing a traditional village

The Tlingit 🔊

Exploration and Early Settlement

A book cover with a picture of Christopher Columbus and three old ships

Christopher Columbus and the Americas 🔊

A book cover showing men marching into battle in colonial clothes

Colonial America - FactCite Biography for Beginners 🔊

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The Dreadful Smelly Colonies 🔊

A book cover with statues of English explorers

English Explorers 🔊

A book cover showing colonists just arriving

Fact and Fiction of American Colonization

A book cover showing colonists and natives talking in a field

The First Thanksgiving 🔊

A book cover showing statues of French explorers

French Explorers 🔊

A book cover showing statues of Italian explorers

Italian Explorers 🔊

A book cover showing colonists rowing in a boat

The Jamestown Colony

A book cover showing people in a city center talking in colonial times

Life in Colonial America

The Northern Colonies 🔊

The Northern Colonies 🔊

A book cover showing statues of Portuguese explorers

Portuguese Explorers 🔊

An illustration of the Mayflower

Science on the Mayflower 🔊

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Spanish Explorers 🔊

A book cover showing a farm owner

The Southern Colonies 🔊

A book cover showing a drawing of a colonist town

The Thirteen Colonies

Exploration and Early Settlement

America is Born 🔊

America is Born 🔊

American Revolution 🔊

American Revolution 🔊

The American Revolution 🔊

The American Revolution 🔊

Betsy Ross 🔊

Birth of the Star-Spangled Banner 🔊

Birth of the Star-Spangled Banner 🔊

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence in Translation: What It Really Means 🔊

The Declaration of Independence in Translation: What It Really Means 🔊

Establishing the American Colonies 🔊

Establishing the American Colonies 🔊

Fact and Fiction of the American Revolution

Fact and Fiction of the American Revolution

Great Women of the Revolution 🔊

Great Women of the Revolution 🔊

Life During the Revolutionary War

Life During the Revolutionary War

Paul Revere 🔊

A Rebel Among Redcoats 🔊

A Rebel Among Redcoats 🔊

The Rebellious Colonists and the Causes of the America 🔊

The Rebellious Colonists and the Causes of the America 🔊

Rebel with a Cause 🔊

Rebel with a Cause 🔊

Revolutionary War - FactCite Biography for Beginners 🔊

Revolutionary War - FactCite Biography for Beginners 🔊

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Secrets of the American Revolution 🔊

A Spy Called James* 🔊

A Spy Called James* 🔊

A book cover showing George Washington going into battle

Was the American Revolution Revolutionary? * 🔊

Writing the Declaration of Independence 🔊

Writing the Declaration of Independence 🔊

Establishing a New Government

The Bill of Rights 🔊

The Bill of Rights 🔊

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Creating the Constitution 🔊

A book cover showing colonists panning for gold

The California Gold Rush and the '49ers 🔊

Cutting A Path: Daniel Boone & The Cumberland Gap 🔊

Cutting A Path: Daniel Boone & The Cumberland Gap 🔊

The Declaration of Independence in Translation: What It Really Means 🔊

The Declaration of Independence in Translation: What It Really Means 🔊

Establishing the Judicial Branch 🔊

Establishing the Judicial Branch 🔊

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Establishing the Legislative Branch 🔊

A book cover showing colonists forming government

Expanding A Nation: Causes and Effects of the Louisiana Purchase 🔊

A book cover with a portrait of George Washington

George Washington and the American Presidency 🔊

A book cover showing people on horses traveling and looking sad

The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears 🔊

A picture of John Fremont

John Fremont - FactCite Biography for Beginners 🔊

A book cover showing a man paddling a canoe with supplies

The Journey of York: The Unsung Hero of the Lewis & Clark Expedition 🔊

A photo of Kit Carson

Kit Carson - FactCite Biography for Beginners 🔊

A picture of Levi

Levi Strauss - FactCite Biography for Beginners 🔊

Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Clark

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition 🔊

A book cover with a drawing of people panning for gold in a river

Life During the California Gold Rush

The Louisiana Purchase 🔊

The Louisiana Purchase 🔊

A book cover showing an image of the Bill of Rights

Making the Bill of Rights 🔊

A book cover showing people in covered wagons

Manifest Destiny and the Journey West 🔊

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Meriwether Lewis - FactCite Biography for Beginners 🔊

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The Oregon Trail

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Science on the Oregon Trail 🔊

A book cover with a picture of an old train

The Transcontinental Railroad

A book cover showing a constitutional convention

The US Constitution and Bill of Rights

A photograph of Clark

William Clark - FactCite Biography for Beginners 🔊