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Dear student:

The Social Studies 5 workbook, part of the Bridge to Social Studies series, has been designed with the aim of helping you to develop your social capabilities and your individuality. The workbook is made of fifteen chapters with activities designed according to the topics studied in the textbook. Practice exercises are fun and stimulating, in this way you strengthen your skills and your creativity as you learn.

Along with the textbook, workbook activities contribute to learning the basic Social Studies skills through communication, personal development, decision making, group interaction, social action, entrepreneurship, civic education, and time and space concepts.

We wish you a successful school year!

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Chapter 1: Learning about History Learning about History 1

1. Imagine that you are an investigator of history. Your first mission is to investigate the origin of the town in which you were born.

Answer:

a. In which town were you born?

b. When was your town founded?

c. Who founded the town?

d. Is there a book, blog or brochure about your town? Name it.

e. Who was the historian that wrote the book, blog or brochure?

f. Which historical fact of the historian, the book, blog or brochure could you highlight?

2. Find a photo of a historian and look for information about his or her life and work. Paste the image and write down the most relevant facts about their life and investigations.

Name:

Nationality:

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3. Mention the five steps of a historical research.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

4. Answer the questions about the steps of a historical research.

a. What is the importance of selecting various sources of information?

b. Which formats can be used to organize research data?

5. Mention three themes that you would like to investigate from a historical point of view. Explain why.

a.

b.

c.

Content pagesThe activities included in the workbook encourage reading comprehension, reflection, analysis and research. These activities reinforce the content and skills addressed in the text.

Know Your Workbook

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Chapter Title Page

1 Learning about History 8

2 The Earth’s Shapes 16

3 America’s Geography 24

4 The First Settlements in America 32

5 The Mesoamerican Peoples 40

6 South American Indigenous Cultures 48

7 Northern and Caribbean Indigenous Societies 56

8 The Beginning of a New Era 64

9 European Expansion 72

10 Spanish Conquests 80

11 Europeans in the New World 88

12 The Colonial Organization of America 96

13 The Colonies Fight for Independence 104

14 America’s Societies 112

15 America’s Challenges 120

Table of Contents

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Chapter 1: Learning about History Learning about History 1

1. Imagine that you are an investigator of history. Your first mission is to investigate the origin of the town in which you were born.

Answer:

a. In which town were you born?

b. When was your town founded?

c. Who founded the town?

d. Is there a book, blog or brochure about your town? Name it.

e. Who was the historian that wrote the book, blog or brochure?

f. Which historical fact of the historian, the book, blog or brochure could you highlight?

2. Find a photo of a historian and look for information about his or her life and work. Paste the image and write down the most relevant facts about their life and investigations.

Name:

Nationality:

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3. Mention the five steps of a historical research.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

4. Answer the questions about the steps of a historical research.

a. What is the importance of selecting various sources of information?

b. Which formats can be used to organize research data?

5. Mention three themes that you would like to investigate from a historical point of view. Explain why.

a.

b.

c.

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6. Classify the historical sources using the phrases from the box.

oral sources written sources audiovisual sources material sources

a. newspapers

b. buildings

c. songs

d. dresses

e. letters

f. movies

g. books

h. coins

i. monuments

j. interviews

7. Classify each source of information using the following key:

P - primary S - secondary

a. Ancient human bones

b. Digital technology

c. Ancient drawings in caves

d. A story told by an inhabitant of a certain place

e. A history book

f. The investigation of a historian

8. Write an example for ach type of source.

a. oral source

b. written source

c. material source

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9. Interview the oldest member of your family, such as a great-grandfather, a grandmother or a great uncle. Follow the model to interview them about their life.

Interview Model

Name of the interviewee:

Age: Decade when they lived their youth:

Questions:

Which year was it when you were ten years old?

Where did you live?

Who governed the country in which you lived?

Which was your favorite radio or television show?

Which was the most popular musical group?

10. Now, make a summary of the information that you gathered from the interview in activity 9 and title it “The History of…” (the name of your family member). Find a picture of the interviewee and paste it.

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11. Imagine that you are still an investigator of history. Your mission is to find the origin of your family.

Answer:

a. Which is your paternal or maternal last name?

b. Who is the eldest family member who carries your last name?

c. Who was the first ancestor to whom you can trace your last name?

d. The Taínos did not have last names. Our last names came from other countries.

From which country is your last name?

e. Which sources did you use to carry out this investigation? Explain.

12. Many last names have a shield or coat of arms related to them. Investigate on the Internet your last name’s coat of arms. Paste a picture or draw it. Explain what it means.

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13. Make drawings or graphic organizers with elements of our identity in regards to the contributions of each culture to our history as a country.

a. Taínos c. Africans

b. Spaniards d. Americans

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14. Answer the following questions:

a. What is a holiday?

b. Why do we celebrate the birth dates of some of our national heroes?

15. Imagine you are to receive a group of children that are coming to your school from a faraway country. They want to learn about our culture. Join two classmates to prepare a calendar of Puerto Rican holidays for tourists.

a. Write a Puerto Rican holiday or a birth date of a national hero for each month. Remember that these date commemorate our history and culture.

b. Write the date in which said holiday is celebrated this year.

Calendar of Puerto Rican Holidays

Year: Prepared by:

and

January February March

April May June

July August September

October November December

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16. Write a sentence for each concept taking into consideration its context in the studying of history.

a. perceive

b. clarify

c. validate

17. Write a summary about the theme that you selected for activity 3 of page 23 of your textbook. Use three reliable sources that you mentioned in the activity.

Theme:

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