GR+4+Social+Studies


 * IOWA **** CORE CURRICULUM – SOCIAL SCIENCES **
 * GRADE 4 **


 * BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE **
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * BS1. Understand the changing nature of society ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * BS2. Understand the influences on individual and group behavior and group decision making ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * BS3. Understand how personality and socialization impact the individual ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * BS4. Understand the process of how humans develop, learn, adapt to the environment, and internalized their culture ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * BS5. Understand current social issues to determine how the individual formulates opinions and responds to issues ||  || 12.1-Understand decision-making skills by studying how focusing on how political decisions are made ||^   ||   ||
 * BS6. Understand how to evaluate social research and information ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * ECONOMICS- 4TH GRADE

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 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * E1. Understand the role of scarcity and economic trade-offs and how economic conditions impact people’s lives ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * E2. Understand the functions of economic institutions ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * E3. Understand how governments throughout the world influence economic behavior ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * E4. Understand factors that create patterns of interdependence in the world economy ||  || 2.2-Define international trade and explain its impact on the United States economy ||^   ||   ||
 * E5. Understand that advancing technologies impact the global economy ||  || 9.1-Understand the impact of technology on major economic activities in each of the five United States regions

9.3-Describe the shift in the work force from agricultural to manufacturing and how it relates to technological innovation ||^  ||   ||
 * E6. Understand that all economies throughout the world rely upon universal concepts ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||


 * GEOGRAPHY – 4TH GRADE **
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||  ||
 * G1. Understands the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places and environments ||  || 1.2-Read and interpret physical and political maps || Chapter 1

All Regions

Wetlands Unit in Science and Social Studies || 1st Quarter/ All quarters ||  ||
 * G2. Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions ||  || 1.3-Analyze geographic features that make the five United States regions distinct from one another

1.4-Compare the factors affecting climate and weather in the five United States regions, including fertile soil, mineral deposits, waterways and forests

2.1-Understand the prevalent economic features in each of the five United States regions

2.3-Compare and contrast the development of types of transportation in the five United States regions

2.4-Compare and contrast the geographic influences on economies in the in the five regions of the United States

3.2-Understand the evolution of the major cultural characteristics of each of the five United State regions

11.1-Compare and contrast geographic, cultural and economic features of the five United States regions with regions on other continents ||^  || All quarters ||   ||
 * G3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of communities and the movement of populations ||  || 8.2-Explain how gold was discovered in the West and how this impacted growth of the area

10.3-Differentiates between rural and urban life and understand historic shift from rural or urban areas resulting in the development of a megalopolis ||^  || All Quarters ||   || ||  || 1.1-Describe the variety of environments found in United States national parks
 * G4. Understand how physical processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans

1.5-Describe the ecological and economic 1.5 continued: importance of rivers

7.1-Understand the effect of tourism and a growing population in the five regions of the United States (Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, Southwest and West) 7.2-Identify past and present Native American groups of the five regions of the United States and describe the contributions they have made to their respective regions ||^  ||   ||   ||


 * HISTORY – 4TH GRADE **
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * H1. Understand historical patterns, periods of time, and the relationships among these elements ||  || Teach at the beginning of each chapter for each region **(usually 1st lesson)** ||   || **Q1-Q4** ||
 * H2. Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of power, authority, and governance ||  || Chapter 2 **(beginning of the year)** ||^   || **Q1** ||
 * H3. Understand role of culture and cultural diffusion on the development and maintenance of societies ||  || 3.1-Define culture and customs **(Differs by region)**

7.3-Understand the impact of white migration west on the Native Americans living in the Midwest and the conflict that resulted **(Unit 4 Chapter 8 Lesson 2)**

10.1-Describe the life of European immigrants to New York City between 1890 and 1914 **(Unit 2 Chapter 4 Lesson 3)**

10.2-Name and match nationalities of immigrants with the main United States regions of entry and settlement (e.g., Irish, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, Scandinavian, Mexican) (Leveled Readers: Julia Alvarez, Shaji in New York, Goodbye to Angel Island, Elena in America, Roberto Clemente, and Daniel Inoyue. Stories: Grandfather's Journey-West Coast, A Very Important Day (New York City), Gloria Estefan (Southeast), ||^  || Q1-Q4

Q3

Q1-Q2 ||
 * H4. Understand individuals and groups within a society may promote change or the status quo ||  || 4.2-Identify contribution of civil rights leaders and changes in United States society resulting from the civil rights movement ||   ||   ||
 * H5. Understand the effect of economic needs and wants on individual and group decisions ||  || 4.1-Understand the role of slavery and how it divided the nation resulting in the Civil War ||^   ||   ||
 * H6. Understand the effects of geographic factors on historical events ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * H7. Understand the role of innovation on the development and interaction of societies ||  || 8.3-Identify how the building of the transcontinental railroad affected expansion in the United States

9.2-Analyze the impact of technology in each of the five United States regions ||^  ||   ||
 * H8. Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||

** POLITICAL SCIENCE/CIVIC LITERACY – 4TH GRADE **
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * PS1. Understand the rights and responsibilities of each citizen and demonstrate the value of lifelong civic action ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * PS2. Understand how the government established by the Constitution embodies the enduring values and principles of democracy and republicanism ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * PS3. Understand the purpose and function of each of the three branches of government established by the United States Constitution ||  || 5.1-Name and tell the function of the three branches of government ||^   ||   ||
 * PS4. Understand the differences among local, state, and national governments ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">PS5. Understand the role of the United States in current world affairs ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||

** IOWA **** CORE CURRICULUM – SOCIAL SCIENCES **
 * 5TH GRADE **
 * BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE **
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * BS1. Understand the changing nature of society ||  || 4.1-Understand the role of women and how that role changed throughout the settlement of North America, up to the women’s suffrage movement and in the United States today ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">BS2. Understand the influences on individual and group behavior and group decision making ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">BS3. Understand how personality and socialization impact the individual ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * BS4. Understand the process of how humans develop, learn and adapt to the environment and internalize their culture ||  || 4.4-Identify examples of stereotyping and conformity ||^   ||   ||
 * BS5. Understand current social issues to determine how the individual formulates opinions and responds to issues ||  || 6.3-Analyze the decision-making skills by studying how focusing on how political decisions are made

12.4-Explain how information and experiences may be interpreted differently by people from diverse cultures with different points of view.

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 * <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">BS6. Understand how to evaluate social research and information ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||


 * ECONOMICS – 5TH GRADE **
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">E1. Understand the role of scarcity and economic trade-offs and how economic conditions impact people’s lives ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">E2. Understand the functions of economic institutions ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||
 * E3. Understand how governments throughout the world influence economic behavior ||  || 2.4-Understand the concept of free enterprise and how it affected the economy of the colonies and how it affects today’s economy

5.8-Understand that taxes are used to fund projects at the state, local and federal levels ||^  ||   || 2.2-Understand the role of trade in the colonies (triangular trade) ||^  ||   || ** GEOGRAPHY – GRADE 5 **
 * E4. Understand factors that create patterns of interdependence in the world economy ||  || 2.1-Understand the early role of trade between the colonists and Native Americans in North America
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * G1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments ||  || 1.1-Interpret and use various representations of the earth (relief, elevation, historical maps, globes, photos)

1.2-Estimate distance, calculate scale and other geographic relationships ||  ||   ||
 * G2. Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions ||  || 1.5-Interpret and analyze the physical features of land and how they affected the colonial ways of life (southern, middle, New England colonies) ||^   ||   ||
 * G3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of communities and the movement of populations ||  || 1.6-Understand how the natural resources of the land affected the economy of the colonies

10.3-Understand the effects of the California Gold Rush on territorial expansion of the United States ||^  ||   ||
 * G4. Understand how physical processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans ||  || 1.4-Define physical system changes (seasons, climates, weather-climate graphs) ||^   ||   ||

** HISTORY – 5TH GRADE **
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||  ||
 * H1. Understand historical patterns, periods of time and the relationships among these elements ||  || 12.2-Interpret information given in the form of a timeline

12.3-Understand the chronology of events beginning with the establishment of the colonies leading up to the forming of the United States ||  ||   ||   ||
 * H2. Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of power, authority, and governance ||  || 5.1-Understand the conditions, actions and motivations that led to conflict between the colonies and Great Britain

5.2-Understand the different forms of government the colonists established (Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Articles of Confederation)

7.1-Understand how the Declaration of Independence led to a separation from Britain and the development of a self-governing nation

7.2-Understand how conflicts within the Articles of Confederation led to the development of the United States Constitution ||  ||   ||   ||
 * H3. Understand the role of culture and cultural diffusion on the development and maintenance of societies ||  || 3.1-Understand that Americans are a diverse people coming from many different countries and ethnic groups

3.2-Understand the influence of 3.2 continued: immigrants on the culture of the United States

3.3-Identify the influences of the French and Spanish on the American colonies

4.2-Analyze the effects of the settlement of North America had on Native Americans, individual tribes and overall way of life

10.1-Understand the reasons why immigrants from various places came to North America

10.2-Understand the effects of immigration on society today ||^  ||   ||   || ||  || 2.3-Understand the role of slavery and how it affected the economy of the different colonies and regions
 * H4. Understand individuals and groups within a society may promote change or the status quo ||  || 4.3-Demonstrate understanding of slavery and emancipation ||^   ||   ||   ||
 * H5. Understand the effect of economic needs and wants on individual and group decisions
 * H5. Understand the effect of economic needs and wants on individual and group decisions

8.3-Understand how tensions

about slavery and between regions of the United States led to the Civil War

10.4-Understand the impact of the slave trade on North America ||^  ||   ||   ||
 * H6. Understand the effects of geographic factors on historical events ||  || 1.3-Understand how various landforms affected the westward movement in the United States ||^   ||   ||   ||
 * H7. Understand the role of innovation on the development and interaction of societies ||  || 9.1-Understand the influence of technology on transportation in the United States
 * H7. Understand the role of innovation on the development and interaction of societies ||  || 9.1-Understand the influence of technology on transportation in the United States

9.2-Understand the influence of technology on warfare ||^  ||   ||   ||
 * H8. Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues ||  || 12.1-Understand the differences between primary and secondary sources ||^   ||   ||   ||

** POLITICAL SCIENCE/CIVIC LITERACY – 5TH GRADE **
 * ** Essential Concept and Skill ** || ** Standard ** || ** Aligned Benchmarks ** || ** What Taught ** || ** When Taught ** ||
 * PS1. Understand the rights and responsibilities of each citizen and demonstrate the value of lifelong civic action. ||  || 6.2-Understand obligations of paying taxes and obeying laws ||   ||   ||
 * PS2. Understand how the government established by the Constitution embodies the enduring values and principles of democracy and republicanism ||  || 5.3-Understand how conflict and cooperation helped develop the system of government we have today

5.4-Understand the purpose and meaning of the Constitution ||^  ||   ||
 * PS3. Understand the purpose and function of each of the three branches of government established by the United States Constitution ||  || 5.4-Use specific terminology to identify the three branches of government (judicial, legislative, executive) and explain the role each serves

5.6-Understands the concept of checks and balances in the United States government ||^  ||   ||
 * PS4. Understand the differences among local, state and national governments ||  || 5.7-Identify the three levels of government (local, state, national) and responsibilities of each ||^   ||   ||
 * <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">PS5. Understand the role of the United States in current world affairs ||  ||   ||^   ||   ||