St. Gabriel Classical Academy
Est. 2022

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Fifth Grade Curriculum

Fifth Grade: The American Year

George Washington, Gilbert Stuart

History, Religion, and Literature Integrated

History and Religion

Literature

Trimester One:

Colonization and Colonial Life

Teacher Texts

*Our United States, Woodburn, Moran & Hill

*An Elementary History of Our Country, Eva March Tappan

*From Sea to Shining Sea, Catholic Textbook Project

Student Texts

*An Elementary History of Our Country, Eva March Tappan

*American Hero Stories, Eva March Tappan

*Leonard Calvert and the Maryland Adventure, Ann Jensen

Supplemental History Texts

American Colonial Life: Eyewitness Accounts, Albert B. Hart

American History Stories, Mara Pratt

Catholics in America, James T. Fisher

North American Indian (DK Eyewitness)

Kateri-Native American Saint, Giovanna Paponetti

The Catholic Faith comes to the Americas, Seton Press

The Catholic Faith comes to the New World, Seton Press

Primary Sources

Mayflower Compact

Literature Related to History

An American Book of Golden Deeds, James Baldwin

The Children’s Book of America, William Bennett

Kateri Tekakwitha, Evelyn Brown

Fr. Marquette & the Great River ,August Derlith

Juanita; Pedro; Song of the Swallows, Leo Politi

Story of Junipero Serra, Florence White

Music: American folk songs & ballads (Wee Sing America!), spirituals, Scott Joplin, John Jacob Niles, John Henry Clay Work

Trimester

Two:

From Declaration to Constitution

Teacher Texts

*An Elementary History of Our Country, Eva March Tappan

*From Sea to Shining Sea, Catholic Textbook Project

Vindicating the Founders, Thomas West Eyewitness American Revolution

Student Texts

*An Elementary History of Our Country, Eva March Tappan

*American Hero Stories, Eva March Tappan

Supplemental Texts

Our Country’s Founders: Words of Advice to Young People, William Bennett

American History Stories, Volumes 1-4, Mara Pratt

American Revolution (DK Eyewitness)

King George, What Was His Problem?, Steve Sheinkin

Shh! We’re writing the Constitution, Jean Fritz

Declaration of Independence, Illustrated by Sam Fink

Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze

Primary Sources

*Declaration of Independence

*Articles of Confederation

*Constitution

*Common Sense by Thomas Paine

*Patrick Henry’s Speech from March 23^rd 1775

*Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre

Literature Related to History

Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes

Meet George Washington (Landmark Books)

Meet Thomas Jefferson (Landmark Books)

Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia (Landmark Books)

Paul Revere’s Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Concord Hymn, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trimester

Three:

Civil War

Westward Expansion to Roosevelt

Teacher Text

* An Elementary History of Our Country, Eva March Tappan

*From Sea to Shining Sea, Catholic Textbook Project

Letters & Speeches of Abraham Lincoln

*Slaves Who Dared: The Stories of 10 African American Heroes, Mary Garrison

Student Texts

*An Elementary History of Our Country, Eva March Tappan

*American Hero Stories, Eva March Tappan

Supplemental Texts

Mr. Lincoln’s High-Tech War, Thomas B. Allen

Civil War (DK Eyewitness)

How We Crossed The West: The Adventures of Lewis & Clark, Rosalyn Schanzer

Literature Related to History

Harriet Tubman & The Underground Railroad, Michael Martin

Meet Abraham Lincoln, Barbara Cary

Frederick Douglas Fights for Freedom, Adler & Byrd

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe (excerpts)

Sounder, William Armstrong

Across Five Aprils, Irene Hunt

Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder

A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart

Paul Bunyan and other Tall Tales, Jane B. Mason

John Henry, Julius Lester

Johnny Appleseed, Stephen Kellogg

The Wright Brothers,Quentin Reynolds

The Story of Thomas Alva Edison, Margaret Cousins;

Lewis & Clark in their own words, George Sullivan

Mother Seton & the Sisters of Charity, Alma Power Waters

Mother Cabrini, Francis Parkinson Keyes

Saint Katherine Drexel,Friend of the Oppressed, Ellen Terry

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham

Language Arts

Shurley Grammar: English Made Easy (Level 5)

Handwriting Book

Spelling Book

Religion

Faith and Life; Image of God

See “History, Religion, and Literature Integrated” above

Latin

*Living Latin

Nature Studies

Behold and See

The science curriculum is guided primarily by the teacher’s thoughtful integration of various resources in accordance with the general and grade specific objectives for nature study. There are no textbooks. The Delta Science Modules offer a combination of hands-on experiments and related workbook activities. Anna Botsford Comstock’s Handbook of Nature provides an observational and experimental approach to the study of nature that is deeply human.

Mathematics

*Math Dimensions

*Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe, Michael S. Schneider

*Constructing the Universe Activity Book, Volumes 1-6, Michael S. Schneider

Related to Historical Time Period

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham

Molly Bannaky, Alice McGill

What Are You Figuring Now? A Story about Benjamin Banneker, Jeri Ferris

Supplemental Texts

Calculus by and for Young People, Don Cohen

The Confe$$ions and $ecret$ of Howard J. Fingerhut, Esther Hershenhorn

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll

The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster

Alvin’s Secret Code, Clifford Hicks

The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat, Theoni Pappas

Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar, Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno

G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book, David Schwartz

Melisande, E. Nesbit

Murderous Math Series, Kjartan Poskitt:

Do You Feel Lucky: The Secrets of Probability

The Fiendish Angletron

Murderous Math

Numbers: Keys to the Universe

The Phantom X

and more

Lewis Carroll’s Games and Puzzles, Lewis Carroll

Math Trek: Adventures in MathZone, Ivars Peterson and Nancy Henderson

** Used with approval from St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, MD**