John C. Diehl Elementary School
2327 Fairmont Parkway   Erie, PA 16510 (814) 874-6585

Overview of Core Knowledge Topics
Taught in 5th Grade at John C. Diehl Elementary School

(For further content details see Core Knowledge Sequence book available in the school office or bookstores)




Language Arts
I. Writing, Grammar, and Usage
  A. Writing and Research
  B. Grammar and Usage
  C. Vocabulary
II. Poetry
  A. Poems
  B. Terms
III. Fiction and Drama
  A. Stories
  B. Drama
  C. Myths and Legends
  D. Literary Terms
IV. Speeches
V. Sayings and Phrases

History and Geography
World
I. World Geography
  A. Spatial Sense
  B. Great Lakes of the World
II. Meso-American Civilization
  A. Geography
  B. Maya, Inca, and Aztec Civilizations
  C. Spanish Conquerors
III. European Exploration, Trade, and the Clash of Cultures
  A. Background
  B. European Exploration, Trade and Colonization
  C. Trade and Slavery
IV. The Renaissance and the Reformation
  A. The Renaissance
  B. The Reformation
V. England from the Golden Age to the Glorious Revolution
  A. England in the Golden Age
  B. From the English Revolution to the Glorious Revolution
VI. Russia: Early Growth and Expansion
  A. History and Culture
  B. Geography
VII. Feudal Japan
  A. History and Culture
  B. Geography

American
I. Westward Expansion
  A. Westward Expansion Before the Civil War
  B. Westward Expansion After the Civil War
II. The Civil War: Causes, Conflicts, Consequences
  A. Toward the Civil War
  B. The Civil War
  C. Reconstruction
III. Native American Cultures and Conflicts
  A. Culture and Life
  B. American Government Policies
  C. Conflicts
IV. U.S. Geography

Science
I. Classifying Living Things
II. Cells, Structures and Processes
III. Plant Structures and Processes
  A. Structure: Vascular and Non-Vascular Plants
  B. Photosynthesis
  C. Reproduction
IV. Life Cycles and Reproduction
   The Life Cycle and Reproduction
  B. Sexual Reproduction in Animals
V. The Human Body
  A. Changes in Human Adolescence
  B. The Endocrine System
  C. The Reproductive System
VI. Chemistry, Matter and Change
  A. Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds
  B. Elements
  C. Chemical and Physical Change
VII. Science Biographies

Mathematics
I. Numbers and Number Systems
II. Ratio and Percent
  A. Ratio
  B. Percent
III. Fractions and Decimals
  A. Fractions
  B. Decimals
IV. Computation
  A. Addition
  B. Subtraction
  C. Multiplication
  D. Division
  E. Solving Problems and Equations
V. Measurement
VI. Geometry
VII. Probability and Statistics
VIII. Pre-Algebra

Visual Arts
I. Art of the Renaissance
II. American Art: Nineteenth Century United States
III. Art of Japan

Music
I. Elements of Music
II. Listening and Understanding
  A. Composers and Their Music
  B. Musical Connections
III. American Musical Traditions (Spirituals)
IV. Songs