4 th Grade Course Title: Social Studies Month: Sept., & Oct Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings The political, economic, historical and geographic development of Pennsylvania is a model of the pattern for the development of the United States. Geography has a great impact on the settlement of a state, region, or country. Essential Questions What makes one place different from another? What are the criteria to create a region? How can use of geographic tools help build understanding of place and history? Standards Content Skills/Competency Assessment 7.1.4.A: Political scientists, Students identify and use parts Describe how common geographic tools are used to organize and historians, of a map interpret information about people, places, and environment. geographers, and 7.1.4.B: economists all Scale Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and answer questions Key human features. differently. Cardinal 7.2.4.A: Political scientists direction Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions. study Latitude and 7.2.4.B: government. longitude Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical Economists study Students recognize different characteristics of places and regions. the economy. types of maps. Homework 7.3.4.A: Geographers Political Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the study the natural Physical following criteria: features of the Regional Population earth s surface. Population Culture Historians study density Settlement the past. Annual rainfall Economic activities Elevation Political activities 7.4.4.A: Identify the effect of the physical systems on people within a community. 7.4.4.B: Identify the effect of people on the physical systems within a community. 8.1.4.A: Identify and describe how geography and climate have influenced continuity and change over time. The five themes of geography are: location, place, human environmental interaction, movement, and regions. Describe geographic tools and their uses and apply to the regions of the United States. Students use maps to help them think about the five themes of geography. Quizzes and tests may include: multiple choice true/false definitions matching fill-in the blank open ended questions. Monitor and assess class work May include presentations, group work. Selected activities and assessments from the team created Neshaminy School District: Fourth Grade Lesson Plans notebook.
4 th Grade Course Title: Social Studies Month: November & December Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings Geography has a great impact on the settlement of a state, region, or country. The political, economic, historical and geographic development of Pennsylvania is a model of the pattern for the development of the United States. Essential Questions Why do people move? Which physical features encourage settlement and which discourage settlement? How does where I live impact how I live? Standards Content Skills/Competency Assessment 5.1.4.A: Examine school rules and consequences. The physical features of Pennsylvania. Landforms: Explain how the geography of Pennsylvania Quizzes and tests may include: 5.1.4.B: Explain rules and laws for the classroom, school, community, and state. Mountains: (Allegheny, Poconos, influenced the settlement of the state. multiple choice true/false 5.1.4.C: Appalachians), definitions Explain the principles and ideals shaping plateaus matching local and state government. plains fill-in the blank Liberty / Freedom Water forms: open ended Democracy Susquehanna questions. Justice Schuylkill Equality Delaware Homework 5.1.4.D: Identify key ideas about government found in significant documents: Declaration of Independence United States Constitution Bill of Rights Pennsylvania Constitution 5.1.4.F: Identify state symbols, national symbols, and national holidays. 5.2.4.A: Identify individual rights and needs and the rights and needs of others in the classroom, school, and community. 5.2.4.B: Describe the sources of conflict and Regions: Ohio Monongahela Allegheny Lehigh Lake Wallenpaupack Lake Erie Chesapeake Bay Delaware Bay canals. Atlantic coastal plain piedmont ridge and valley Allegheny plateau Monitor and assess class work May include presentations, group work. Selected activities and assessments from the team created Neshaminy School District: Fourth Grade Lesson Plans notebook.
disagreement and different ways conflict can be resolved. 5.2.4.C: Describe the roles of leadership and public service in school, community, state, and nation. 5.2.4.D: Describe how citizens participate in school and community activities. 5.3.4.A: Identify the roles of the three branches of government. 5.3.4.B: Describe how the elected representative bodies function in making local and state laws. 5.3.4.C: Identify the services performed by local and state governments. 5.3.4.D: Identify positions of authority at the local and state, and national level. 5.3.4.E: Explain the voting process. 5.3.4.F: Explain how different perspectives can lead to conflict. 5.3.4.G: Identify individual interests and explain ways to influence others. Erie plain The climate of Pennsylvania. Temperature range Precipitation 6.1.4.A: Identify scarcity of resources in a local community. 6.1.4.B: Recognize the difference between basic needs and wants. Explain the role of producers in making goods and providing services. 6.1.4.C: Illustrate what individuals or organizations give up when making a choice.
6.1.4.D: Explain what influences the choices people make 6.2.4.A: Explain how a product moves from production to consumption. 6.2.4.B: Determine how sellers compete with one another. 6.2.4.C: Differentiate between monetary and non-monetary incentives in advertising. 6.2.4.D: Explain the role of buyers and sellers in determining prices of products. 6.2.4.E: Explain why local businesses open and close. 6.2.4.F: Describe the role of a private economic institution in the local community. 6.2.4.G: Explain the three basic questions all economic systems must answer. What to produce? How? For whom? 6.3.4.A: Explain how government responds to social needs by providing public goods and services. 6.3.4.B: Describe the impact of government involvement in state and national economic activities. 6.3.4.C: Explore ways in which tax revenues are used in local community. 6.4.4.A: List and explain factors that promote specialization and division of labor. 6.4.4.B: Explain why nations trade. 6.5.4.B: Identify the requirements for different careers and occupations. 6.5.4.G: Compare different ways people
save. 6.5.4.H: Examine the basic operation of the banking system. 7.1.4.A: Describe how common geographic tools are used to organize and interpret information about people, places, and environment. 7.1.4.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features. 7.2.4.A: Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.2.4.B: Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.3.4.A: Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: Population Culture Settlement Economic activities Political activities 7.4.4.A: Identify the effect of the physical systems on people within a community. 7.4.4.B: Identify the effect of people on the physical systems within a community. 8.1.4.A: Identify and describe how geography and climate have influenced continuity and change over time. 8.1.4.B: Distinguish between fact and opinion from
multiple points of view, and primary sources as related to historical events. (Reference Civics and Government Standard 5.1.9.C.) 8.1.4.C: Identify a specific research topic and develop questions relating to the research topic. (Reference RWSL Standard 1.8.3 Research) 8.2.4.A: Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural, and economic groups from Pennsylvania. 8.2.4.B: Locate historical documents, artifacts, and places critical to Pennsylvania history. 8.2.4.C: Explain how continuity and change in Pennsylvania history have influenced personal development and identity. Belief systems and religions Commerce and industry Technology Politics and government Physical and human geography Social organizations 8.2.4.D: Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted the history and development of Pennsylvania Ethnicity and race Working conditions Immigration Military conflict Economic stability 8.3.4.A: Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural and economic groups in United States history.
8.3.4.B: Locate historical documents, artifacts, and places critical to United States history. 8.3.4.C: Explain how continuity and change in U.S. history have influenced personal development and identity. Belief systems and religions Commerce and industry Technology Politics and government Physical and human geography Social organizations 8.3.4.D: Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted the history and development of the United States. Ethnicity and race Working conditions Immigration Military conflict Economic stability 8.4.4.A: Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural, and economic groups in world history 8.4.4.B: Locate historical documents, artifacts, and sites, which are critical to World history. 8.4.4.C: Explain how continuity and change in world history have influenced personal development and identity. Belief systems and religions Commerce and industry Technology Politics and government
Physical and human geography Social organizations 8.4.4.D: Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted development of the history of the world.
4 th Grade Course Title: Social Studies Month: Early January Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings The political, economic, historical and geographic development of Pennsylvania is a model of the pattern for the development of the United States. Geography has a great impact on the settlement of a state, region, or country. Essential Questions Why do people move? Which physical features encourage settlement and which discourage settlement? How does where I live impact how I live? Standards Content Skills/Competency Assessment 6.2.4.A: Explain how a product moves from production to consumption. The resources of 6.4.4.A: Pennsylvania. List and explain factors that promote specialization and division of labor. 7.1.4.A: Describe how common geographic tools are used to organize and interpret information about people, places, and environment. 7.1.4.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features. 7.2.4.A: Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.2.4.B: Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.3.4.A: Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: Population Culture Settlement Economic activities Political activities 7.4.4.A: Identify the effect of the physical systems on people within a community. 7.4.4.B: Identify the effect of people on the physical systems within a community. 8.1.4.A: Identify and describe how geography and climate have influenced continuity and change over time. Fertile soil Forests Fossil Fuels (hard and soft coal, oil, natural gas) Mineral resources Livestock Human resources of Pennsylvania PA is a populous state. Population is centered in two areas Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Many people choose to live here. Explain how the geography of Pennsylvania influenced the settlement of the state. Describe population and settlement patterns in the state. Quizzes and tests may include: multiple choice true/false definitions matching fill-in the blank open ended questions. Homework Monitor and assess class work May include presentations, group work. Selected activities and assessments from the team created Neshaminy School District: Fourth Grade Lesson Plans notebook.
8.2.4.C: Explain how continuity and change in Pennsylvania history have influenced personal development and identity. Belief systems and religions Commerce and industry Technology Politics and government Physical and human geography Social organizations
4 th Grade Course Title: Social Studies Month: late Jan., Feb. & March Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings The political, economic, historical and geographic development of Pennsylvania is a model of the pattern for the development of the United States. Geography has a great impact on the settlement of a state, region, or country. Essential Questions Why do people move? Which physical features encourage settlement and which discourage settlement? How does where I live impact how I live? Standards Content Skills/Competency Assessment 5.1.4.C: Define: Explain the principles and ideals shaping local and state government. Identify where the following Ethnic Liberty / Freedom ethnic groups settled and their Prejudiced Democracy contributions to the United Justice States: Diversity Equality Native Americans immigrant 5.1.4.D: Identify key ideas about government found in significant documents: Declaration of Independence United States Constitution Bill of Rights Pennsylvania Constitution 5.1.4.F: Identify state symbols, national symbols, and national holidays. 5.3.4.B: Describe how the elected representative bodies function in making local and state laws. 5.3.4.C: Identify the services performed by local and state governments. 5.3.4.D: Identify positions of authority at the local and state, and national level. 5.3.4.E: Explain the voting process. 7.1.4.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features. 7.2.4.A: Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.3.4.A: Latinos European Americans Asian Americans African Americans William Penn is an English Quaker. William Penn started the colony of Pennsylvania for religious reasons. Penn called his colony the Holy Experiment. William Penn had two important laws the Great Law that states that all people are born equal and Freedom of Religion which allowed people to worship in the religion of their choice. Describe the impacts of physical systems on people and the impact of people on physical systems. Explain why the various different groups of people chose to settle in certain areas of Pennsylvania. Quizzes and tests may include: multiple choice true/false definitions matching fill-in the blank open ended questions. Homework Monitor and assess class work May include presentations, group work. Selected activities and assessments from the team created Neshaminy School District: Fourth Grade Lesson Plans notebook.
Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: Population Culture Settlement Economic activities Political activities 7.4.4.A: Identify the effect of the physical systems on people within a community. 7.4.4.B: Identify the effect of people on the physical systems within a community. 8.1.4.A: Identify and describe how geography and climate have influenced continuity and change over time. 8.2.4.A: Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural, and economic groups from Pennsylvania. 8.2.4.C: Explain how continuity and change in Pennsylvania history have influenced personal development and identity. Belief systems and religions Commerce and industry Technology Politics and government Physical and human geography Social organizations 8.2.4.D: Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted the history and development of Pennsylvania Ethnicity and race Working conditions Immigration Military conflict Economic stability 8.3.4.A: Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural and economic groups in United States history. 8.3.4.B: William Penn set up a government based on a set of laws called the Charter of Privileges. William Penn started the city of Philadelphia. The main groups of people who settled in PA were: English, Germans, Brethren, Pennsylvania Dutch (German and Swiss), Scotch-Irish, African-Americans. Many religious beliefs came to PA including: Quakers, Moravians, Brethren, Seventh Day Baptists, Presbyterians, Catholics, and Jews. The best known religious group that settled in Pennsylvania because it was a safe place is the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Locate historical documents, artifacts, and places critical to United States history. 8.3.4.C: Explain how continuity and change in U.S. history have influenced personal development and identity. Belief systems and religions Commerce and industry Technology Politics and government Physical and human geography Social organizations 8.3.4.D: Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted the history and development of the United States. Ethnicity and race Working conditions Immigration Military conflict Economic stability
4 th Grade Course Title: Social Studies Month: April, May Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings The political, economic, historical and geographic development of Pennsylvania is a model of the pattern for the development of the United States. Geography has a great impact on the settlement of a state, region, or country. Essential Questions Why do people move? Which physical features encourage settlement and which discourage settlement? How does where I live impact how I live? How is the geography of PA similar and different from the geography of the U.S.? How do Pennsylvania s and a region s geography affect its economy? How are the government and history of PA linked to the government and history of the U.S.? Standards Content Skills/Competency Assessment 6.1.4.A: Identify scarcity of resources in a local community. 6.2.4.G: Geographic features of Northeast States Cities Students can describe each of the five regions Explain the three basic questions all economic systems must answer. Bodies of water of the United What to produce? Landforms States using How? political, For whom? economic, historic and geographic facts. 6.4.4.A: List and explain factors that promote specialization and division of labor. 7.1.4.A: Describe how common geographic tools are used to organize and interpret information about people, places, and environment. 7.1.4.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features. 7.2.4.A: Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.2.4.B: Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.3.4.A: Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: Population Northeast Region Birthplace of our Nation First factories started here Identify large cities located in this region Pennsylvania begins its industries The importance of the Conestoga wagon Canals improved our transportation system and aided industrial growth Allegheny Portage differs from a canals Steamboats helped to develop the growth of Pittsburgh Quizzes and tests may include: multiple choice true/false definitions matching fill-in the blank open ended questions. Homework Monitor and assess class work May include presentations, group work. Selected activities and assessments from the team created Neshaminy School District: Fourth Grade Lesson Plans
Culture Settlement Economic activities Political activities 7.4.4.A: Identify the effect of the physical systems on people within a community. 7.4.4.B: Identify the effect of people on the physical systems within a community. 8.1.4.A: Identify and describe how geography and climate have influenced continuity and change over time. 8.2.4.A: Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural, and economic groups from Pennsylvania. 8.2.4.C: Explain how continuity and change in Pennsylvania history have influenced personal development and identity. Belief systems and religions Commerce and industry Technology Politics and government Physical and human geography Social organizations 8.2.4.D: Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted the history and development of Pennsylvania Ethnicity and race Working conditions Immigration Military conflict Economic stability 8.3.4.A: Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural and economic groups in United States history. 8.3.4.C: Explain how continuity and change in U.S. history have influenced personal development and identity. Railroads improve transportation Pennsylvania s resources helped the state become an industrial giant Pennsylvania changed from home industries to factory industries Geographic features of the Southeast States Cities Bodies of water Landforms Southeast Region Uses of the land Culture of this region Changes over time notebook.
Belief systems and religions Commerce and industry Technology Politics and government Physical and human geography Social organizations 8.3.4.D: Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted the history and development of the United States. Ethnicity and race Working conditions Immigration Military conflict Economic stability
4 th Grade Course Title: Social Studies Month: May & June Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings The political, economic, historical and geographic development of Pennsylvania is a model of the pattern for the development of the United States. Geography has a great impact on the settlement of a state, region, or country. Essential Questions Why do people move? Which physical features encourage settlement and which discourage settlement? How does where I live impact how I live? How is the geography of PA similar and different from the geography of the U.S.? How do Pennsylvania s and a region s geography affect its economy? How are the government and history of PA linked to the government and history of the U.S.? Standards Content Skills/Competency Assessment 6.1.4.A: Geographic features of Midwest Students can describe Identify scarcity of resources in a local community. States each of the five regions of 6.2.4.G: the United States using Cities Explain the three basic questions all economic systems must political, economic, answer. Bodies of water historic and geographic What to produce? Landforms facts. How? For whom? Midwest Region 6.4.4.A: List and explain factors that promote specialization and division of labor. 7.1.4.A: Describe how common geographic tools are used to organize and interpret information about people, places, and environment. 7.1.4.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features. 7.2.4.A: Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.2.4.B: Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.3.4.A: Meaning of nicknames America s Breadbasket America s Heartland Linking of agriculture, industry transportation Geographic features of Southwest States Cities Bodies of water Landforms Southwest Region Quizzes and tests may include: multiple choice true/false definitions matching fill-in the blank open ended questions. Homework Monitor and assess class work May include presentations, group work. Selected activities and assessments from the team created Neshaminy School District: Fourth Grade
Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: Population Culture Settlement Economic activities Political activities 7.4.4.A: Identify the effect of the physical systems on people within a community. 7.4.4.B: Identify the effect of people on the physical systems within a community. 8.1.4.A: Identify and describe how geography and climate have influenced continuity and change over time. 8.3.4.A: Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural and economic groups in United States history. 8.3.4.C: Explain how continuity and change in U.S. history have influenced personal development and identity. Belief systems and religions Commerce and industry Technology Politics and government Physical and human geography Social organizations 8.3.4.D: Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted the history and development of the United States. Ethnicity and race Working conditions Immigration Military conflict Economic stability Adapting to hot, dry climate Farming in the desert Water distribution Formation of the physical features Relationship with Mexico Geographic features of West States Cities Bodies of water Landforms West Region Natural resources Climate Sense of adventure Tourism and entertainment industry Lesson Plans notebook.