This Fort Bend (Texas) social studies curriculum guide for fifth grade covers six six-week periods, and the 15 course outlines include the topics to be covered, the main goals and their supporting objectives, and a materials correlation key. The 15 topics include social studies skills, globes, maps, physical maps, street and road maps, leadership, Indians, exploration, colonization, a growing nation, Civil War, expanding nation, industrial might, world leader, and U.S. geography. An Objectives Correlation Key describes the decimal system used to distinguish between main and supporting objectives. Materials correlated within the outlines are "The United States and Its Neighbors" (Silver Burdett), "Global Skills Learning Center" (Cram), "Childcraft Encyclopedia" (World Book),"Texas Almanac" (Dallas Morning News), and "World Almanac" (Doubleday). The guide also contains sample assessment items for each objective presented under each topic. (DJC)