Grade 5 Literacy

Module 1: Cultures in Conflict

Explore the impact of the United States’ territorial growth through the eyes of one Native American tribe, the Nez Perce. The module examines the cultural conflict between Native American and European American societies by asking students to consider how the beliefs and values of a culture, specifically the Nez Perce tribe, guide the actions of its people.

Core Texts

• Thunder Rolling in the Mountain (L) by Scott O’Dell
• Chief Joseph’s Lincoln Hall Speach to Members of Congress 1879 (I)
• The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas (Art) by George Catlin
• Chief Joseph, Nez Perce Chief, Head-and-Shoulders Portrait (Art) by E.A. Burbank
• Landsdowne Portrait (Art) by Gilbert Stuart

L: Literary Text
I: Informative Text

Module 2: Word Play

Core Texts

• The Most Beautiful Roof in the World by Kathryn Lasky
• Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerton Johnson
• The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry