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THEMATIC UNIT CHART

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Indiana Academic Standards

English/Language Arts
Students should be able to outline important events from Jackie Robinsons life.
WRITING
5.W.5 Conduct short research assignments and tasks on a topic.

With support, formulate a research question (e.g., How did Jackie Robinson change American?)

Identify and acquire information through reliable primary and secondary sources.

Summarize and paraphrase important ideas and supporting details, and include direct quotations
where appropriate, citing the source of information.

Avoid plagiarism and follow copyright guidelines for use of images, pictures, etc.

Present the research information, choosing from a variety of sources.

Social Studies
Students should be able to discover and arrange a timeline of important events from Jackie
Robinsons life.
STANDARD 1 HISTORY
5.1.20 Using primary* and secondary sources* to examine an historical account about an issue of
the time, reconstruct the literal meaning of the passages by identifying who was involved, what
happened, where it happened, what events led to these developments and what consequences or
outcomes followed.

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Examples: Issues regarding quartering of troops, separation from Britain, issues regarding the
origins of slavery in the colonies, and the controversy over the presidential election of 1800

primary source: developed by people who experienced the events being studied (i.e.,
autobiographies, diaries, letters and government documents)

secondary source: developed by people who have researched events but did not
experience them directly (i.e., articles, biographies, Internet resources and nonfiction
books)

Music
Students should be able to compare different styles of music from Jackie Robinsons life and
current styles.
STANDARD 9 RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding music in relation to history and
culture
5.9.1 Investigate and perform music associated with historical periods, individuals, events, and
movements in the United States such as songs of the railroad, American heroes, the American Revolution,
or a specific decade.

Art
Students should be able to illustrate a baseball diamond or a sports related theme piece using
different medias provided.
Standard 7 Understand and apply elements and principles of design in personal works of
art, utilizing a variety of media, tools, and processes
5.7.4 Identify, control, and use a balance of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, techniques,
and processes to effectively communicate ideas, themes, experiences, and stories.

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ThefollowingrecommendedmediaandprocessesareappropriateforagradebandofGrade3through
Grade5:DRAWING::
Media: pencils, colored pencils, markers, chalks, crayons, oil pastels, charcoals Processes: contour line,
rendering, sketching, value, shading, crosshatching, stippling
PAINTING:
Media: tempera, watercolor, watercolor crayons; variety of surfaces, brushes and paint applicators
Processes: wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, sponge, wash, resist, watercolor techniques of sponging, salting, and
masking

Science
Students should be able to distinguish between the weight and the volume of a baseball.
Standard 1: Physical Science
5.1.1 Describe and measure the volume and weight of a sample of a given material.
5.1.3 Demonstrate that regardless of how parts of an object are assembled the weight of the
whole object is identical to the sum of the weight of the parts; however, the volume can differ
from the sum of the volumes.

Mathematics
Students should be able to develop the correct formulas to find the correct measurements of a
baseball field and the bases.
MEASUREMENT
5.M.3: Develop and use formulas for the area of triangles, parallelograms and trapezoids. Solve
real-world and other mathematical problems that involve perimeter and area of triangles,
parallelograms and trapezoids, using appropriate units for measures.

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5.M.5: Apply the formulas V = l w h and V = B h for right rectangular prisms to find
volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole- number edge lengths to solve real-world
problems and other mathematical problems.