SS_Curriculum

Howell Road School
4th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map

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Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
September	Geography		Using maps Globes
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Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
October	Geography of New York	Land Waters Climate	Reading elevation maps	Soaring Scores - NY Social Studies with DBQ's Native Americans (pp.23-34) NY Social Studies DBQ resource page NY Social Studies DBQ's Primary Sources and Activities from the National Archives Document Based Questions - Internet resource guide	\
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Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
November	First people of New York (Native Americans)	People of the Eastern Woodlands Iroquois confederacy	Cause and effect compare and contrast	Soaring Scores - NY Social Studies with DBQs Native Americans (pp 23-24) NY Social Studies DBQ resource page NY Social Studies DBQ's Primary Sources and Activities from the National Archives Document Based Questions - Internet resource guide
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Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
December	Colonial New York	European explorers New Netherlands British New York New England	Using latitude and longitude Reading and interpreting graphs Cause and effect
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Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
January	Revolutionary Period	Causes for Revolutionary War French and Indian War Stamp Act Boston Tea Party Declaration of Independence	Time lines Cause and effect	Declaration of Independence Primary sources Primary Sources and Activities from the National Archives Picture of statue of King George being torn down State Activity Book
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Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
February	Post revolution Young NY State US becomes a nation Beginning of constitution for state/nation	Banking Wall Street NY Stock Exchange	Facts and opinions	"Teaching with documents" Primary Sources and Activities from the National Archives NY Social Studies DBQ resource page NY Social Studies DBQ's Political Cartoon Constitution PP 4-6 Chapter 12 for reference (government)
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Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
March	Western Frontier Industrial Revolution New forms of transportation Causes of War of 1812	Citizenship Construction of Erie Canal Change in growth of cities	Graphs Cause and effect	"Get a clue:" An introduction to primary sources - Citizenship pp. 28-31 "Soaring Scores: NYS Social Studies with DBQ's" Immigration PP 52-62 "Teaching with Documents" Ellis Island PP 140-145 Primary Sources and Activities from the National Archives NY Social Studies DBQ resource page NY Social Studies DBQ's
Essential Questions:
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
April	Underground Railroad Civil War Major battles Slavery	Freedom Sense of nationalism	Drawing conclusions from historical maps	"Consider the Source - Historical Records in the Classroom" Erie Canal PP 45-49 Erie Canal curriculum guide History of the Erie Canal - University of Rochester Erie Canal Bibliography - University of Rochester Erie Canal - New York History Net Erie Canal - A Journey through History
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Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
May	Industry in NY following the Civil War Inventions and inventors	Potato Famine Problems immigrants faced	Dictionary Encyclopedia CD ROM "Adventures" Importance of photographs	Erie Canal curriculum guide www.eriecanal village Life on the Erie Canal (historical fiction) History of the Erie Canal - University of Rochester Erie Canal Bibliography - University of Rochester Erie Canal - New York History Net Erie Canal - A Journey through History
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Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
June	World War I Great Depression How WWII helped to end the depression	Fight for fair treatment	Using scales to accurately measure distance on a map.	NY State text NY State Activity Book (Harcourt Brace)