Fifth grade social studies

IXL offers more than 100 fifth grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

IXL offers more than 100 fifth grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

A. Maps

  1. 1
    Read a map: cardinal directions
  2. 2
    Identify lines of latitude and longitude
  3. 3
    Use lines of latitude and longitude

B. Oceans and continents

  1. 1
    Identify oceans and continents
  2. 2
    Select oceans and continents
  3. 3
    Name oceans and continents

E. Cities

  1. 1
    Cities of the West
  2. 2
    Cities of the Midwest
  3. 3
    Cities of the Southeast
  4. 4
    Cities of the Northeast
  5. 5
    Major U.S. cities

I. The Civil War and Reconstruction

  1. 1
    The Civil War: the beginning of the war
  2. 2
    The Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run to Gettysburg
  3. 3
    The Civil War: war tactics and the home front
  4. 4
    The Civil War: the end of the war
  5. 5
    Reconstruction

K. Government

  1. 1
    Local government
  2. 2
    State government
  3. 3
    Federal government
  4. 4
    The Constitution
  5. 5
    The Bill of Rights
  6. 6
    Checks and balances
  7. 7
    Presidential elections

M. American national holidays

  1. 1
    Thanksgiving

N. Basic economic principles

  1. 1
    What is economics?
  2. 2
    Costs and benefits
  3. 3
    Opportunity cost

O. Banking and finance

  1. 1
    Banks

Q. Social studies skills

  1. 1
    Identify facts and opinions
  2. 2
    Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE