5th Grade Social Studies Textbooks

The Addison Fifth Grade Team teaches social studies with a project learning and simulation approach. This technique brings History alive as you the students will feel, think, and empathize with people through US History. Along with these experiences we provide, there are also some interesting texts that we read.

A History of US Series - Joy Hakim

Master storyteller Joy Hakim has revised and expanded her pioneering history of the United States for this second edition - now in full color. This award-winning series begins during the last Ice Age with hunter-gatherers who head east to a new continent in search of game and fish. The tale continues with other voyagers who sail west over a broad ocean to the same abundant land. The books lead us through the stories of this New World, recounting the events that have defined our past and will shape our future.

	A History of US - The First Americans - Prehistory-1600 Climb into your time-and-space capsule-and hang on tight! Trek across Beringia with the hunter-gatherers. Hunt seals with the Inuit; harvest corn on a cliff-top mesa; hunt the mighty buffalo. Sail with Leif Eriksson and Christopher Columbus. Stand with the conquistadors at the gates of a splendid Aztec city. The world of the First Americans is about to change forever.
	A History of US - Making 13 Colonies - 1600-1740 People are coming to America - all kinds of people. If you're European, you come in search of freedom or riches. If you're African, you come in chains. And what about the Indians, what is happening to them? Soon thirteen colonies are born, each with its own story. Meet Pocahontas and John Smith in Jamestown. Join William Penn and the Quakers in Pennsylvania. Sit with the juddges at the Salem witch trials. Hike over the mountains with Daniel Boone. and let Ben Franklin give you some salty advice in his Poor Richard's Almanac.
	A History of US - From Colonies to Country - 1710-1791 The French and Indian War! The Declaration of Independence! The Revolutionary War! The constitutional Convention! Tom Paine, Ben Franklin, Abigail Adams, Deborah Sampson - and many, many more- all play a part in the thrilling tale of how 13 young colonies went to war against their powerful mother country - and won!
Early United States - Harcourt Brace Social Studies Organized like a traditional Social Studies text, this book also covers the history of our country from Natives to the Constitution. Along with detailed information of people, places, and events, this text also contains crucial documents to American History like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
	Early United States - Harcourt Brace Social Studies