5th Grade Outline

AMERICAN HISTORY


STATION #1 –A SAILOR’S LIFE
    1. Hierarchy 2. Duties 3. Food 4. Health 5. Sunday –day off

STATION #2 – NEW ENGLAND ECONOMY
  1. Trade triangle
      2. a. Europe/Africa/Americas b. Slave trade c. Amistad
  2. Whaling
      3. a. Whale oil b. Baleen c. Discovery of petroleum

STATION #3 – HISTORY OF THE U.S. NAVY
  1. American Revolution
      2. a. Halifax b. Oliver Cromwell
  2. War of 1812 – USS Constitution
  3. Civil War
      4. a. Kearsage/Alabama – steam b. Virginia/Monitor – Ironclads
  4. Olympia
STATION #4 – EAST TO WEST
    1. Louisiana Purchase 2. Lewis and Clark 3. River trade - furs 4. Gold Rush 5. Panama Canal 6. Steamboat (Optional)