Language Arts Literacy: Grades 5

5th Social Studies

In social studies students are beginning to understand that there are many ways to study history and all aspects of a society.

Conducting a survey is a way to gather data that involves asking people questions. In order to complete a group survey about our heritage, we collected raw data and then organized it using a tally and frequency chart. The final step was to display the data in the form of a line graph. This allows us to identify patterns and trends about out ancestors. Our class concluded that most of our ancestors came from Europe. Now each student is ready to conduct an independent survey on a topic of their choice.