Wheeler Avenue School 4^th Grade
Social Studies Curriculum Map

Essential Question(s)

Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
September	Map skills Geography of New York	Concepts Identifying various kinds of Maps Regions NY Resources Landforms	Skills Keys Symbols Scale Distance Note Taking	Materials & Resources Desk Maps Map Skills wkbk Textbook The Union of Two Maps - Geology and Topography National Atlas.gov 1868 Map of New York and Waterways
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
October	Native Americans Hunter Gatherers	Culture Needs and Wants Physical Settings	Compare/ Contrast Iroquois and Algonquians Inference using pictures Sequence Cause/ Effect	Desk Maps Internet NY Text Children's Literature
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
November	Explorers The Three Worlds: Europe, Africa, and Americas	Major Explorers of NY Impact of Exploration Migration Physical Environment	Compare/ Contrast Iroquois and Algonquians Inference using pictures Sequence Cause/ Effect	History: Discovery and Exploration The Discovery and Exploration directory included here offers research tools with maps, travel literature, and atlases; links to bibliographies, journals, and biographies, as well as time lines and historic informatin. Young historians in upper-elementary, middle, and high school will find a wealth of easily accessed information.	v
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
December	Colonial Times Dutch English French influences Colonial Life Colonial Gov't Causes of Revolution Tensions between Colonial Powers	Change Government Economic Systems	Compare/ Contrast Iroquois and Algonquians Inference using pictures Sequence Cause/ Effect	v	v
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
January	American Revolution Significance of NY Geographic features that influence war Leaders in Revolution Loyalists/ Patriots	Change Geographic features Tension	Compare/ Contrast Iroquois and Algonquians Inference using pictures Sequence Cause/ Effect	v	v
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
February	New Nation and Constitution	Articles of Confederation Central Powers vs. State Powers	Compare/ Contrast Iroquois and Algonquians Inference using pictures Sequence Cause/ Effect	Iroquois of the Northeast (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) General information on the Iroquois Historical Information on the Iroquois Iroquois Oral Traditions The First Inhabitants North American Aboriginal Groups (Canada, United States, Mexico) Articles of Confederation - the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School	v
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
March	Industrial growth Transportation Inventions Technology	Technology and change	Compare/ Contrast Iroquois and Algonquians Inference using pictures Sequence Cause/ Effect	Iroquois of the Northeast (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) General information on the Iroquois Historical Information on the Iroquois Iroquois Oral Traditions The First Inhabitants North American Aboriginal Groups (Canada, United States, Mexico)	v
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
April	Urbanization Rural to urban to suburban Economics Labor Movement Child Labor	Environment Society Change	Compare/ Contrast Iroquois and Algonquians Inference using pictures Sequence Cause/ Effect	Iroquois of the Northeast (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) General information on the Iroquois Historical Information on the Iroquois Iroquois Oral Traditions The First Inhabitants North American Aboriginal Groups (Canada, United States, Mexico)	v
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
May	Government and Purposes of Government	v	v	v	v
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
June	Local and State Governments	v	v	v	v