4th Grade Social Studies Yearly Plan

History and Social Studies Practice Standards

1. Demonstrate civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions. 5. Evaluate the credibility, accuracy, and relevance of each
2. Develop focused questions or problem statements and source.
conduct inquiries. 6. Argue or explain conclusions, using valid reasoning and
3. Organize information and data from multiple primary and evidence.
secondary sources. 7. Determine next steps and take informed action, as
4. Analyze the purpose and point of view of each source; appropriate.
distinguish opinion from fact.
Month Topics/content Skills Standards Projects/Field
Trips/Movie
September Topic 1. North America: geography and map skills elevation maps, [4.T1] Map Center-
Exploring What are the physical features and nations of line graphs, Copley Library
North America North America? absolute location
October Topic 2. Ancient civilizations of North America [4.T2]
Ancient How do archaeologists develop theories about
Civilizations ancient migrations?
November Topic 3. Early European exploration and conquest timelines , primary [4.T3]
Exploration What were the reasons for European voyages and secondary
across the Atlantic Ocean? sources, natural
resources
December Topic 4. The expansion of the United States over Read a population [4.T4]
The Expansion time and its regions today map, make an
How has the environment shaped the outline, read a
development of each region? double-bar graph
January The Northeast: Understanding regions, US Read a map scale, [4.T4a]
Exploring the regions, neighboring countries, land and resource read a flow chart,
Northeast past map, geography of the northeast, early history compare historical
and present and growth of the northeast, Declaration of maps
Independence
February The Southeast: Middle Atlantic State, geography Cause and effect, [4.T4b]
Exploring the of the southeast, early history of the southeast, resolve conflicts
Southwest past ports of the southeast
and present
March The Midwest: Inland states, geography, early [4.T4c]
Exploring the history, and transportation in the Midwest, Great
Midwest past Lakes states, plains states, neighbor Canada
and present
April The Southwest: Geography, early history, and Read a road map [4.T4d]
Exploring the resources in the southwest, Texas and Oklahoma,
Southwest past New Mexico and Arizona, neighbor Mexico
and present
May The West: Geography, early history, and Read a time zone [4.T4e] Old Sturbridge
Exploring the environment of the west, mountain states, Pacific map, fact and Village
West past and states opinion
present
June Review