5th Grade, Research and Inquiry Activities

Taking a Stand

  1. Goin’ Someplace Special - Civil Rights
  2. Shiloh - Careers
  3. Maya Lin, Architect of Memory - National Monuments
  4. The Night of San Juan - Let’s Surf!
  5. Sleds on Boston Common - Narrative Poetry

The American West

  1. Valley of the Moon: The Diary of Maria Rosalia De Milagros - Settling the West
  2. A Historic Journey - Studying Nature
  3. Black Cowboy Wild Horses - Song Lyrics
  4. Davy Crockett Saves the World - Tall Tales
  5. When Esther Morris Headed West - Women's Suffrage

Using Your Wits

  1. The Catch of the Day, A Trickster Play - Fables
  2. The Golden Mare, The Firebird, and the Magic Ring - Cinderella Tales
  3. Tricky Tales - Corridos
  4. Blancaflor - Rancho Life
  5. The Unbreakable Code - Cinquains and Other Kinds of Poems

Team Up to Survive

  1. Spirit of Endurance - The Poles
  2. Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy - Mythology
  3. Heroes in Time of Need - Go Travel!
  4. Zathura - Astronomy
  5. Skunk Scout - National Parks

Investigations

  1. Hidden Worlds - Poems
  2. These Robots Are Wild! - Discoveries and Inventions
  3. Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight - Write a Haiku!
  4. Hurricanes - Hurricane Poetry

Changes

  1. Miss Alaineus - National Spelling Bee
  2. Carlos and the Skunk - Animal Defenses
  3. A Dream Comes True - Paralympics
  4. Weslandia - Hybrid Produce
  5. The Gri Gri Tree - Whales