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Cross Curricular Standards Summary

During the week of The Circulatory System Unit, the teacher will be able to enhance
student learning by incorporating this science standard across curriculum. Government is a topic
that can easily be implemented across the curriculum. Integrating the content of government into
math, language arts, and art will give the students the opportunity to apply what they learning
and deepen their understanding. It will also allow the students to see the connections to other
subject areas and parts of their life. Taking a hands-on approach and interweaving the
government theme and topic throughout the school day enhances student learning and
achievement.
In the subject area of math, students will work through multi-step word problems about
the voting comparing the number of votes that different candidates get in an election. Students
will first work through problems all together with the teacher and then they will work in groups
to solve some multi-step problems. As their assessment, they will create their own real world,
multi-step word problems like they ones they have solved about the number of votes that
different candidates got in an election. This will allow the students to apply their knowledge of
voting to real-world situations with different candidates. This will stretch students mathematical
ability because they will have to write their own multi-step, math word problems and also
convert between different types of measurements. For Language Arts, students will do two cross
curricular activities. First off, students will conduct short research project on the current governor
of Alabama, Robert Bentley. They will learn how to research about a topic and then present on
their findings by writing a report about the life of Robert Bentley and the important contributions
that Robert Bentley has done for the state of Alabama as governor. This also incorporates in

Social Studies as well because they are learning about an important historical figure. In the other
activity for Language Arts, students will read a book titled Shh! Were Writing the Constitution
by Jean Fritz which is all about the background of creating the Constitution. Students will write a
short summary on what they learned about the Constitution including why and how the
Constitution was written. They will have to use vocabulary from the book, while also providing
3 sentences to describe why the Constitution and 3 sentences how the Constitution was written.
In order for students to explore the content creatively, art will provide opportunities to
use a couple of different materials to make a 3-dimensional model of a tree to model the 3
branches of government using a tree. This activity will serve to reinforce the idea of government
as a tree with different parts while also providing students with the opportunity to use multiple
materials to create a 3-dimensional work of art. Students will get to be creative while still have to
label the tree and the branches of the tree which will help to reinforce the content they have
learned. These cross-curricular activities will allow students to be engaged and immersed in the
content of The Alabama Government Unit to enhance learning and improve student achievement.

Cross Curricular Chart

Subject
Area

Standard

Objective

Activity

Assessment/Eval
uation

Math

3.) Solve multistep

word problems
posed with whole
numbers and
having wholenumber answers
using the four
operations,
including
problems in which
remainders must
be interpreted.
Represent these
problems using
equations with a
letter standing for
the unknown
quantity. Assess
the reasonableness
of answers using
mental
computation and
estimation
strategies
including
rounding. [4-OA3]

When given a
worksheet,
students will
create their own
multi-step math
problem about
voting scoring a
5 out of 5 on a
teacher-made
rubric.

Students will have

learned about the
importance of
voting and about
the voting process.
Teacher will review
multi-step word
problems and will
go over a couple of
story scenario
problems all
together as a class.
The teacher will
give the students
multi-step word
problems for
students that
involve comparing
the number of votes
that two different
candidates got in an
election. Students
will work in groups
to solve these
problems.

Students will
create their own
math problems
with a question
that results in a
multiplicative
operation that use
voting and
compare the
number of votes
that different
candidates got in
a Presidential
election.

Art

1.) Produce twoand threedimensional works

of art with a
variety of
traditional and
digital processes,
materials, subject
matter, and
techniques.

When given
brown crepe
paper, green
paper, white
paper, glue/tape
and markers,
students will
create a model of
a tree with the 3
branches of
government and

Students will
research and view
other artists
depictions of 3dimensional trees.
They will review
the function of each
branch of
government. They
will look up
pictures of trees to

Students will
create a model of
the human heart
using green and
brown crepe
paper. They will
label each part of
the tree with
paper and
glue/tape.
Students will be

the function of
each written in.

get an idea of how

to craft their tree.
They will also write
labels for each
branch-- one of the
legislative branch,
one of the judicial,
and one for the
executive.

able to print out

pictures or use
paper mache to
make their tree as
well.

Language
Arts/Writin
g

28.) Conduct short

research projects
that build
knowledge
through
investigation of
different aspects of
a topic. [W.4.7]

When given a
report, students
will research
about Robert
Bentley and
correctly identify
three of his
contributions.

Students will work

with a partner to
research
information about
Robert Bentley, the
current governor of
Alabama. They will
use the article in
the Encyclopedia of
Alabama
http://www.encyclo
pediaofalabama.org
/article/h-3100 and
other websites
about him and
books about him
from their library.
Then, they will
choose three
important facts that
they learned about
him and make a
report on his life
and 3 important
things he has done
for the state of
Alabama while in
office..

Students will use

the internet to
research
information about
the governor of
Alabama, Robert
Bentley. They
will write down
the most
important points
about his life and
three things that
Robert Bentley
has done for the
state of Alabama
while being in
office. Students
will be
considered
proficient if they
identify and
adequately
describe a
background of his
life and the three
contributions he
has done for
Alabama.

Reading

12.) Explain
events,
procedures, ideas,
or concepts in a
historical,
scientific, or
technical text,

When given the

book Shh! Were
Writing the
Constitution by
Jean Fritz,
students will
write a short

The teacher will

read aloud the book
while students
listen. The students
will then be broken
into groups and
each be given a

When given the

book Shh! Were
Writing the
Constitution by
Jean Fritz,
students will
write a short

including what
happened and
why, based on
specific
information in the
text. [RI.4.3]

summary on
what they
learned about the
Constitution
including why
and how the
Constitution was
written scoring a
10 out of 10 on a
teacher made
rubric.

copy of the book.

They will read back
through the book
and fill out a
planning worksheet
on the most
important points
from the text about
how and why the
Constitution was
written.

summary on what
they learned
about the
Constitution
including why
and how the
Constitution was
written. They will
refer back to the
book to find
details. They
must include
atleast 3
sentences why
the Constitution
was written and 3
sentences how it
was written.