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Fourth Grade Social Studies Pacing Guide
week Unit Topic Weekly Learning Target Next Generation Science Standards Covered Interactive Science Location Suggested Lesson Plans Suggested Resources
Week 1 Fourth Grade Social Studies Introduction Classroom Rules and Expectations Students can follow the rules and understand procedures and expectations in social studies class.

6.5a

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 2 In Social Studies Students can work together to establish an agreed upon code for their learning community. Students can also learn skills related to social studies.

6.5a

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 3 Geography Land and Regions Students can identify regions by different features.

3.5b   3.5c 3.5h

Unit 1.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 4 Weather and Climate Students can define climate and understand that regions have different climates.

3.5a   3.5c 3.5d

Unit 1.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 5 Regions and Resources Students can analyze and classify natural resources, capital resources, and human resources.

4.5a  4.5b 7.5b

Unit 1.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 6 People and the Land Students can analyze how people affect the environment, including the effect of technology.

3.5d  3.5e 8.5c  8.5d

Unit 1.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 7 Economy Economy Students can summarize the ways in which an economy produces goods and services.

6.5b  7.5d

Unit 4.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 8 Trade and Markets Students can identify the forces of supply and demand in a market economy.

7.5e  7.5g

Unit 4.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 9 People and Economy Students can demonstrate an understanding of opportunity cost and how it shapes economic choices and daily lives.

5.5a  7.5b 8.5b

Unit 4.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 10 A Global Economy Students can identify globalization and describe the effects on today’s world.

7.5e  7.5g 8.5c  8.5d

Unit 4.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 11 Government Principles of Government Students can demonstrate that government and laws are necessary to a nation. The students can identify how the USA government was established.

1.5d  6.5c 6.5d

Unit 3.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 12 How Government Works Students can understand the system of checks and balances in the federal government.

6.5e  6.5h

Unit 3.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 13 Rights and Responsibility Explain what citizenship is and how citizens participate in government.

6.5f  6.5g

Unit 3.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 14 The Northeast Land of the Northeast Students can identify the physical characteristics of the Northeast of the USA.

3.5a  3.5b 3.5c  3.5h

Unit 5.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 15 Resources in the Northeast Students can identify and explain the natural resources in the Northeast of the USA.

7.5a  7.5b 7.5e

Unit 5.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 16 Birthplace of the USA Students can analyze the way of life of Native Americans and their interactions with early settlers. Students can analyze African Americans’ and women’s struggle to gain equal rights.

1.5b  2.5b
5.5b  5.5e
5.5f 6.5a

Unit 5.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 17 Growth and Change in the Northeast Students can determine the cause and effect of major political and economic changes in the Northeast of the USA.

1.5b  1.5c
2.5b  4.5d
7.5c   7.5f

Unit 5.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 18 The Northeast Today Students can describe examples of city revitalization and reasons cities have changed over time.

1.5b   1.5c
2.5c  3.5g

Unit 5.5 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 19 The Southeast Land and Water of the Southeast Students can identify the physical characteristics of the Southeast of the USA.

3.5a  3.5b
3.5c  3.5h

Unit 6.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 20 Climate of the Southeast Students can summarize the effects climate has on people living in a region.

3.5d  3.5f
3.5h

Unit 6.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 21 A Land of Many Resources Students can describe how natural resources available shape the lives of people in the Southeast of the USA.

4.5a  4.5b
7.5a

Unit 6.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 22 Settling in the Southeast Students can identify different groups in the Southeast and summarize their interactions.

2.5b  2.5c
4.5d  5.5d

Unit 6.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 23 Southern Life Students can describe the spread of culture and summarize social and economic changes in the Southeast.

1.5b  1.5c
2.5b  4.5d
4.5e  5.5c

Unit 6.5 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 24 The Midwest In the Heart of the Nation Students can identify the physical characteristics of the Midwest of the USA.

3.5a  3.5b
3.5c  3.5h

Unit 7.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 25 Resources and Farming Students can identify and explain the natural resources in the Midwest of the USA.

7.5e  7.5f
3.5e  3.5g

Unit 7.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 26 Settling in the Midwest Students can summarize the history and growth of the Midwest.

1.5c  2.5c
7.5e  7.5f

Unit 7.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 27 The Midwest on the Move Students can discuss the importance of trade and technology in the growth of the Midwest.

7.5e  8.5a
8.5b  8.5e

Unit 7.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 28 The Southwest Southwestern Land and Water Students can identify the physical characteristics of the Southwest of the USA.

3.5a  3.5b
3.5c  3.5h

Unit 8.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 29 Climate of the Southwest Students can identify the climate of the Southwest and give reasons for it.

3.5d  3.5f
3.5h

Unit 8.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 30 The Southwest’s Past Students can identify different groups in the Southeast summarize their interactions, and the lasting effect they had.

1.5b  1.5c
2.5b  4.5d
4.5e  5.5c

Unit 8.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 31 Growth of the Southwest Students can determine the cause and effect of major political and economic changes in the Southwest.

1.5b  1.5c
2.5b  4.5d

Unit 8.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 32 Life in a Dry Land Students can examine the effect the climate of the Southwest has on people living there.

3.5d  3.5f
3.5h

Unit 8.5 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 33 The West A Varied Land Students can compare regions’ landscapes and note how they change over time.

3.5d  3.5e

Unit 9.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 34 Climate of the West Students can describe the variety of climates in the American West.

3.5a  3.5b

Unit 9.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 35 Western Resources Students can identify and explain the natural resources in the West.

3.5d  3.5e
7.5e  7.5f

Unit 9.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 36 Growth of the West Students can summarize the history and growth of the West.

1.5c  2.5c
5.5d  5.5e

Unit 9.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 37 The West Today Students can describe challenges the West faces today and how they are addressed.

1.5b  5.5c 6.5b  6.5c

Unit 9.5 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 38 Fourth Grade Social Studies Review Review Students can review key concepts from Grade 4 social studies.

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