[kbrad9]

Hi. I'm looking for a new textbook for our 5th grade social studies curriculum. We've been using Build Our Nation (Houghton Mifflin) and the kids hate it. Anyone have any experience with a textbook that you/the students really love????

Or any ideas for curriculum/websites/lesson plans to use to supplement the textbook? I've used a few from the Zinn Education project and they were great. Looking for more like this....

Many thanks all. And happy summer to those out already!

[Teacherbee_4]

Do you have to have a textbook? Personally, I would rather use Teachers Pay Teachers and other ideas from online to teach. Then I can pick and choose exactly what I want and make it as engaging as possible.

[owl98]

Can you be a little more specific in the topics you teach in Social Studies? For example, we start with Native Americans chronologically through the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

[Eirelyn]

I've used parts of old curriculum History Alive that was in my classroom that the kids like. Not sure if it is around anymore. We have the same curriculum HM. I use it for finding information in text.