Fourth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map

Note:  The following timeline and sequence is meant to be a guide only and is subject to change.

(Revised 2008-09 school year)

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4 – G1.0.1 Identify questions geographers ask in examining the United States (e.g., Where it is? What is it like there? How is it connected to other places?).

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4 – G1.0.2 Use cardinal and intermediate directions to describe the relative location of significant places in the United States.

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4 – G1.0.3 Identify and describe the characteristics and purposes (e.g., measure distance, determine relative location, classify a region) of a variety of geographic tools and technologies (e.g., globe, map, satellite image).

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4 – G1.0.4 Use geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures to answer geographic questions about the United States.

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4 – G1.0.5 Use maps to describe elevation, climate, and patterns of population density in the United States.

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4 – G2.0.1 Describe ways in which the United States can be divided into different regions (e.g., political regions, economic regions, landform regions, vegetation regions).

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4 – G2.0.2 Compare human and physical characteristics of a region to which Michigan belongs (e.g., Great Lakes, Midwest) with those of another region in the United States.

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4 – H3.0.1 Use historical inquiry questions to investigate the development of Michigan’s major economic activities (agriculture, mining, manufacturing, lumbering, tourism, technology, and research) from statehood to present. (C, E) • What happened? • When did it happen? • Who was involved? • How and why did it happen? • How does it relate to other events or issues in the past, in the present, or in the future? • What is its significance?

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Resources: MI History for Kids Magazines, Michigan Adventure

4 – H3.0.2 Use primary and secondary sources to explain how migration and immigration affected and continue to affect the growth of Michigan. (G)

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Resources: MI History for Kids Magazines, Michigan Adventure

Fourth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map

Note:  The following timeline and sequence is meant to be a guide only and is subject to change.

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4 – H3.0.3 Describe how the relationship between the location of natural resources and the location of industries (after 1837) affected and continues to affect the location and growth of Michigan cities. (G, E)

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Resources: MI History for Kids Magazines, Michigan Adventure

4 – H3.0.4 Draw upon stories, photos, artifacts, and other primary sources to compare the life of people in towns and cities in Michigan and in the Great Lakes region during a variety of time periods from 1837 to the present (e.g., 1837-1900, 1900-1950, 1950-2000). (G)

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Resources: MI History for Kids Magazines, Michigan Adventure

4 – H3.0.7 Use case studies or stories to describe the ideas and actions of individuals involved in the Underground Railroad in Michigan and in the Great Lakes region. (See 8-U4.2.2; 8-U4.3.2; 8-U5.1.5; USHG 7.2.4) (G, C, E)

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Resources: MI History for Kids Magazines, Michigan Adventure

4 – H3.0.9 Create timelines (using decades after 1930) to sequence and describe important events in Michigan history; annotate with connections to the past and impact on the future.

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Resources:  MI History for Kids Magazines, Michigan Adventure

4 – G4.0.1 Use a case study or story about migration within or to the United States to identify push and pull factors (why they left, why they came) that influenced the migration. (H)

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4 – G4.0.2 Describe the impact of immigration to the United States on the cultural development of different places or regions of the United States (e.g., forms of shelter, language, food). (H)

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4 – G5.0.1 Assess the positive and negative effects of human activities on the physical environment of the United States.

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4 – H3.0.8 Describe past and current threats to Michigan’s natural resources; describe how Michigan worked in the past and continues to work today to protect its natural resources. (G, C, E)

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Resources: MI History for Kids Magazines, Michigan Adventure

4 – E2.0.1 Explain how changes in the United States economy impact levels of employment and unemployment (e.g., changing demand for natural resources, changes in technology, changes in competition). (H)

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Resources: Mini Society

4 – H3.0.6 Use a variety of primary and secondary sources to construct a historical narrative about the beginnings of the automobile industry and the labor movement in Michigan. (G, E)

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Resources: MI History for Kids Magazines, Michigan Adventure

Fourth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map

Note:  The following timeline and sequence is meant to be a guide only and is subject to change.

1st Trimester

2nd Trimester

3rd Trimester

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Sept

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Nov

Dec

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Grade Level Content Expectations

4 – H3.0.5 Use visual data and informational text or primary accounts to compare a major Michigan economic activity today with that same or a related activity in the past. (E)

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Resources: MI History for Kids Magazines, Michigan Adventure