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Fifth Grade Core Knowledge Units of Study:

• World Lakes

• The Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations

• The Renaissance 

• The Reformation

• England: Golden Age to Glorious Revolution

• The Age of Exploration

• Early Russia

• Feudal Japan

• Westward Expansion Before the Civil War

• The Civil War

• Westward Expansion After the Civil War

• Native Americans: Cultures and Conflicts*

• Geography of the United States

*As part of our study of study of Native American Cultures and Conflicts, we also study of the Dakota people.  Students travel to sites sacred to the Dakota including Bdote\Fort Snelling.  We learn of the history of the Dakota people at these important sites.