Fifth graders compare the United States with other countries in our hemisphere. Fifth graders learn that they live in the Western Hemisphere. They compare our form of government and economics with other governments and economics in Canada and Latin America. The students look at how our society in the United States differs from life in these countries. They will also study the different symbols, events, religions and people of the Western Hemisphere.
Fifth graders learn to read world maps and atlases.
Fifth graders will spend much of this year becoming familiar with and locating countries and places on maps and in atlases. They learn to locate a point on a globe using longitude and latitude. They will become more familiar with the hemispheres. They will recognize oceans, mountain ranges, major lakes and rivers, islands and other physical land forms. Fifth graders study the way people adapt to their environments.