Tennessee
Skills available for Tennessee fifth-grade social studies standards
IXL's fifth-grade skills will be aligned to the Tennessee Academic Standards soon! Until then, you can view a complete list of fifth-grade standards below.
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- Tennessee Academic Standards: Fifth Grade, Part 1: The History of the United States: Industrialization to the Civil Rights Movement Tennessee Academic Standards: Fifth Grade, Part 1: The History of the United States: Industrialization to the Civil Rights Movement
- Tennessee Academic Standards: Fifth Grade, Part 2: Tennessee History Tennessee Academic Standards: Fifth Grade, Part 2: Tennessee History
- Tennessee Social Studies Practice Standards: Grades 3-5 Social Studies Practices Tennessee Social Studies Practice Standards: Grades 3-5 Social Studies Practices
- Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Industrial America and Westward Expansion Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Industrial America and Westward Expansion
- Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Prior to Civil War Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): Prior to Civil War
- Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The Civil War and Reconstruction 1860-1877 Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The Civil War and Reconstruction 1860-1877
- Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The Modern United States Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): The Modern United States
- Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): World War I, The Roaring Twenties, and World War II Tennessee Curriculum Standards (2013): World War I, The Roaring Twenties, and World War II
Actions
Students will examine the history of the United States since the conclusion of World War II.
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5.61 Identify the reasons for the growth of suburbs, home ownership, mass media, Interstate Highway System, and a consumer society after the war.
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5.62 Examine the meaning and the main events of the "Cold War," including the Space Race, Berlin Wall, arms race, Rosenbergs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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5.63 Trace the Korean War, its outcome, and the use of United Nations peacekeeping troops.
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5.64 Refer to details and examples about the significance of Tennessee in popular music, including Sun Studios, Stax Records, Elvis Presley, B.B. King, and Memphis, Tennessee.
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5.65 Analyze the key events and struggles during the Civil Rights Movement, including:
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Non-violent protest and the influence of the Highlander Folk School
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Central High School-Little Rock, Arkansas and Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee
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Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Parks
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Tent Cities in Fayette and Haywood Counties
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Nashville Sit-Ins and Diane Nash
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Freedom Riders
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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5.66 Explain the effect President Kennedy's assassination had on the country, including passage of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, and continuing the space program.
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5.67 Integrate information from a variety of texts to explain the cause, controversy of, and outcome of the Vietnam War.
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5.68 Determine the main ideas surrounding the presidency of Nixon, including the end of the Vietnam War, the trip to China, Watergate, and resignation.
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5.69 Investigate the works of Alex Haley and his influence on American culture.
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5.70 Analyze the significant events of Reagan's presidency, including:
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return of national pride
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economic recovery
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decline of the Cold War
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immigration policy change
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5.71 Explain the events that lead to the Persian Gulf War and its outcome.
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5.72 Summarize the significant contributions to American culture of entrepreneurs and innovators, including:
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Ray Kroc
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Sam Walton
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Fred Smith
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Bill Gates
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Michael Dell
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Steve Jobs
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5.73 Analyze the increase in terrorism, the tragedy of September 11, 2001, and the role of the United States in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq.
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5.74 Identify the significance of the election of 2008, including the primary run of Hillary Clinton and election of Barack Obama.