Grade 4 Social Studies

District 2853

Timelines

Content

Technology Used

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

4 weeks

·         Geography

·         Researching on the Internet

·         Researching encyclopedias

·         Word Processing

-          Importing Pictures

-          Coloring text

-          Changing fonts/size

·         Understand the 5 themes of geography.

·         Define the vocabulary that pertains to the unit.

·         Use latitude and longitude to locate specific points on the globe.

·         Teacher observation

·         Teacher-adapted tests from book

·         Map work

32 weeks

·         Regions of the US

·         Researching on the Internet

·         Researching encyclopedias

·         Word Processing

-          Importing Pictures

-          Coloring text

-          Changing fonts/size

·         Dissect the US into 5 regions.

·         Identify the different climates in each region.

·         Use time line within the regions.

·         Compare and contrast each US region with a world region.

·         Understand the landforms of each region.

·         Know the vocabulary pertaining to the specific regions

·         Understand which region Native American tribes inhabited.

·         Know and locate the state in each region.

·         Know the capitols for each state.

·         Discuss prominent communities in each region.

·         Discuss how goods are transported from one area to another.

·         Discuss natural resources in each region.

·         Identify and discuss natural features of each region.

·         Understand how people adapted to the physical environment of each region.

·         Identify cultural differences in each region.

·         Teacher observation

·         Teacher-adapted tests from book

·         Vocabulary Test

·         States and Capitols Tests

·         State location Tests

·         Student State Report Packet

·         Chapter Reviews

·         Today’s Events with Time for Kids

·         Quizzes

·         Oral Report

·         Map Skills/Reading Maps and Graphs

·         Locating states and capitols, important rivers, and imp. landforms on maps