| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. | Review |
Review | Lesson Plans | Resources |