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Aligned with Journeys Unit 3 Lesson 11 Weeks 12/13
Essential Question(s)/Guiding Questions/Lesson
Focus/Vocabulary
Activities/Materials/Resources
Essential Question:
1 What is unique about the Southeast Region?
2 What characteristics make this a region?
Guiding Questions:
A. Who are the leaders and what are their responsibilities?
Politics/government/civics?
B. What impact does the Southeast Region have on the Presidential
Election?
Social Studies Focus :
Literacy Focus:
Election Process in
Skill: Fact and Opinion
US/Southeast/Arkansas
Strategy: Infer/Predict
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction &
Readers’ Theater
Writing: Persuade
Book pass on the Southeast Region
Introduce Southeast by providing other books from the library on the SE or
states in the SE. Provide other printed related SE—brochures,
advertisements, news articles, magazine articles, train schedules.
 Fill in chart Content Book Pass
www.harcourtschool.com/ss1/Grade4/g4_unit2_.html
 Book Pass—Use anchor chart to identify fiction/nonfiction books.
(See fiction/nonfiction mini-lesson 1A.)
 STW2 Strategy Lesson—Building Background Knowledge of
Nonfiction Features pp. 150-161/
 SUW 8-16—(Good Listening Skills) pp344-347/
 Books to Use for the Daily 5—Read to Someone and Listen to
Reading and to Introduce the Southeast Region: Everglades, Sky
Path Quest, Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963;
Writing:
Vocabulary :
Lesson: Southeast Region Chart Resource
Identify 5 facts and 5 opinions
about the Presidential nominees.
Electoral votes, election, electoral
college, candidacy, primary, general
The Role of the Political Scientist Lesson
ASSESSMENT:
Do the following activity following the 2012 Presidential Election: Using the link
provided have students label a US map with the number of electoral votes for
each state. Identify the states that the Democrats won and the states the
Republicans won.
Use the 2010 Census State Population and Distribution of Electoral Votes and
Representatives Resource and List of Governors website:
http://www.nga.org/cms/render/live/governors/bios to complete Chart of U.S.
Data.
Using the chart of the Southeast, identify the number of electoral votes in the
Southeast and compare to the electoral votes from the chart from the
Northeast to determine which area has more affect on the 2012 Presidential
Election. Lead a discussion on what the students think.
Do the following activity following the 2012 Presidential Election: Using the link
provided have students label a US map with the number of electoral votes for
each state. Identify the states that the Democrats won and the states the
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Republicans won. Who has enough electoral votes to be President? Was
Arkansas instrumental in the voting for President?
STANDARDS
C.4.4.4 Describe how United State citizens apply fundamental principles of democracy.
C.5.4.4 Examine characteristics needed for active citizenship.
C.5.4.5 Analyze components of the election process: candidacy, primary, general.
Common Core
CC.4.RI.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web
pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
CC.4.RI.4 Determine the meaning of general academic & domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
CC.4.RI.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
CC.4.SL.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing
their own clearly.
Historical Thinking Skills:
 Historical Analysis and Interpretation
 Chronological Thinking
 Historical Comprehension
Process Skills:
 Compare/contrast
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Aligned with Journeys Unit 3 Lesson 12 Weeks 13/14
Essential Question(s)/Guiding Questions/Lesson Focus/Vocabulary
Activities/Materials/Resources
Unit: Southeast
Essential Question:
1. What is unique about the Southeast Region?
2. What characteristics make this a region?
Guiding Questions:
C. How does the past affect this region and the U.S.?
D. How does the past affect Arkansas and the United States?
E. How do geography, climate and natural resources affect the way people live and
work Arkansas?
F. Why is Arkansas a unique state?
Social Studies Focus :
Literacy Focus:
Southeast and Arkansas
Skill: Sequence of Events:
Geography
Strategy: Visualize
Author’s Craft: Point of View
History—
 Civil War
Genre: Historical Fiction and Informational
 Louisiana Purchase
Writing: Opinion Transitions/Elaboration
 Civil Rights
Writing:
Vocabulary :
Persuasive writing on geography of
Southeast Region Words:
Civil War, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement ,
Southeast.
slavery, peninsula, wetland, piedmont,
hurricane, plantation, abolish, Union, secede,
Confederacy, tourism,
Timeline of Southeast Region: Using pages TE/SE pages 184-191
create a timeline of the Southeast Region. Using Arkansas Activity
Book page 39 add important Arkansas dates. (Arkansas dates should
be in a different color than the Southeast dates. Add the following
dates to the timeline September 4, 1957 nine African American
students attempted to enter Central High School. September 23,
1957 nine African American students entered Central High School
with the assistance of the National Guard. November 14, 1960 Ruby
Bridges is the first African American student to integrate New Orleans
Public Schools. Also include the following dates on the timeline:
 June 18, 1541 Hernando de Soto of Spain-1st European to
explore Arkansas
 March 13, 1682 La Salle claims Mississippi Valley for King
Louis XIV of France
 1686-Henri de Tonti names settlement “Poste de Arkansea”
Arkansas Post
 1762-France cedes Louisiana Territory including Arkansas
to Spain
 April17, 1783 “Colbert Raid” only Revolutionary War action
in AR
 1803 US purchases Louisiana Territory from France who
had reclaimed area from Spain
 1818 Quapaw cede land between Red and Arkansas Rivers
 October 25, 1821 capital moves from Arkansas Post to Little
Rock
 June 15, 1836 Arkansas becomes 25th state in United States
 May 6, 1861 Arkansas secedes from Union
 January 10-11, 1863 Civil War battle at Arkansas Post
 June 22, 1868 Arkansas re-admitted to Union
ASSESSMENT:
Persuasion Essay: Based on Geography, Where Would You Prefer to Live in the
Southeast?—State an opinion and give 2-3 facts and examples to support your opinion.
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RESOURCES
From Arkansas Activity Book
The Decline of Native American Cultures p. 46
Territorial Arkansas p. 50
Arkansas and Civil War p. 58
Arkansas from Past to Present p. 61
Native American Cultures pages 42-43
Arkansas Explorers p.45
Artifacts from Arkansas History p. 44
Arkansas’s State Seal and Motto pages 40-41
Arkansas Time Line p. 39
Connecting Arkansas Communities p. 20
Stance taken by citizens of Arkansas about slavery prior to Civil War.
Analyze primary document:
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/mediadetail.aspx?mediaID=7352
Analyze currency issued by government of Arkansas during
succession from Union Civil War Era—analyze primary document:
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/mediadetail.aspx?mediaID=8010
TE/SE Lesson 2, Chapter 6 Early History of the Southeast pp.
184-190.
Lesson: Southeast Region Chart Resource
STANDARDS
H.6.4.1 Meaning of state motto of Arkansas
H.6.4.2 History of State Seal of Arkansas and its components
H.6.4.3 Historical Settlements in AR: Arkansas Post, Old Washington, Fort Smith
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H.6.4.6 Identify events that led to Arkansas’ involvement in the Civil War:: excise taxes, state’s rights, slavery
H.6.4.8 Discuss how differences between people lead to conflict (e.g., social, political, economic)
H.6.4.9B Evaluate data presented on a timeline of Arkansas history
H.6.4.10 Examine Artifacts relating to events in Arkansas History
H.6.4.12 Analyze changes of Arkansas from past to present
H.6.4.14 Identify Arkansas Indian Tribes: Osage, Quapaw, and Caddo
H.6.4.15 Reasons for decline of Native Populations
H.6.4.17 Identify areas in Arkansas that were explored by de Soto, LaSalle, and Joliet
H.6.4.18 Identify European nations that claimed authority over territorial Arkansas: France and Spain
Common Core
CCRI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCRI.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g. chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
CCRI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and
explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
CCRI.4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Historical Thinking Skills:
 Historical Analysis and Interpretation
 Chronological Thinking
 Historical Comprehension
Process Skills:
 Compare/contrast
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4th Grade
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Aligned with Journeys Unit 3 Lesson 13 Week 15
Essential Question(s)/Guiding Questions/Lesson
Focus/Vocabulary
Activities/Materials/Resources
Essential Question:
1 What is unique about the Southeast Region?
2 What characteristics make this a region?
Guiding Questions:
A. How does the past affect Arkansas and the United States?
B. Why is Arkansas a unique state?
Social Studies Focus :
Literacy Focus:
Skill: Cause and Effect:
 Civil Rights Amendments
Strategy: Summarize Author’s Craft
 Civil Rights Movement
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction &
Informational Text
Writing: Narrative Story
Writing:
Vocabulary :
Narrative: Tell the story of Ruby
Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement,
segregation, desegregation, integration,
Bridges
separate but equal, boycott
ASSESSMENT:
Narrative of the story of Ruby Bridges.
Because the Southeast Region is connected to the African American Civil
Rights Movement, it will be concentrated on during lessons 13 and 14.
During other Regions, the study of other plights on people will be focused
upon including Hispanics, women, Native Americans, Japanese Americans.
Ruby Bridges Lesson—Teaching Empathy: The Story of Ruby Bridges
http://www.nps.gov/chsc/forteachers/upload/rubybrideseduction.pdf Use The
Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles (ISBN 0-590-43968-5)
Timeline: Add important Civil Rights dates from the resources to the Southeast
timeline.
Civil Rights In Southeast
http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/
http://www.freedomridersfoundation.org/
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates Lesson:
http://www.nps.gov/chsc/forteachers/upload/daisybates.pdf
Resources:

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Civil Rights and Social Change
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entrydetail.aspx?search=1&entryID=4564
 Civil Rights Movement
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entrydetail.aspx?search=1&entryID=4704
 Sue Morris Cowan Williams
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detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=4063
Desegregation of Hoxie
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entrydetail.aspx?search=1&entryID=731
Central High School Crisis of 1957 by Candi Van Patter
Little Rock Nine
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entrydetail.aspx?search=1&entryID=723
http://www.littlerock9.com
Daisy Bates
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entrydetail.aspx?search=1&entryID=591
STANDARDS
H.6.4.8 Discuss how differences between people lead to conflict (e.g., social, political, economic)
H.6.4.9 Evaluate data presented on a timeline of Arkansas history
Common Core
CC4I1. Refer to details & examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly & when drawing inferences from the text.
CC4RI2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
CC4RI4 Determine the meaning of general academic & domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
CC4I5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or info. in a text
or part of a text.
CC4RI6 Compare & contrast a firsthand & secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus & the information
provided.
CC4RI7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive
elements on Web pages) & explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
Historical Thinking Skills:
 Historical Analysis and Interpretation
 Chronological Thinking
 Historical Comprehension
Process Skills:

Compare/contrast
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4th Grade
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Aligned with Journeys Unit 3 Lesson 14 Week 16
Essential Question(s)/Guiding
Questions/Lesson Focus/Vocabulary
Essential Question:
1. What is unique about the Southeast Region?
2. What characteristics make this a region?
Guiding Questions:
A. How does the past affect Arkansas and the United
States?
B. Why is Arkansas a unique state?
Social Studies Focus :
Literacy Focus:
Civil Rights
Skill: Text and Graphic Features
Strategy: Question
Civil Rights Movement
Genre: Informational Text and
Little Rock Nine
Fable/Traditional Tales
Writing: Narrative Story
Writing:
Vocabulary :
Mock Facebook Page
Civil Rights, Civil Rights
Movement, segregation,
desegregation, integration,
separate but equal, boycott
ASSESSMENT:
Students make a Mock Facebook Page of a person or an
event in Civil Rights Movement in the Southeast.
(http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page) or Discussion of
Courage
Activities/Materials/Resources
Continuation of Lesson 13:
Civil Rights
Central High Crisis of 1957 Lesson by Candi Van Patter
Every Person Has a Story of Courage: The Little Rock Nine
http://www.nps.gov/chsc/forteachers/upload/The%20Little%20Rock%20Nine%20lesson%20plan.pdf
Resources:
Civil Rights Movement Info
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia_contents
Little Rock Nine
http://www.littlerock9.com/
Civil Rights Movement Lesson Plan
See Lesson 13 for additional resources
STANDARDS
H.6.4.8 Discuss how differences between people lead to conflict (e.g., social, political, economic)
H.6.4.9 Evaluate data presented on a timeline of Arkansas history
Common Core
CC4I1. Refer to details & examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly & when drawing inferences from the text.
CC4RI2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
CC4RI4 Determine the meaning of general academic & domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
CC4I5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or info. in a text
or part of a text.
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CC4RI6 Compare & contrast a firsthand & secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus & the information
provided.
CC4RI7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive
elements on Web pages) & explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
Historical Thinking Skills:
 Historical Analysis and Interpretation
 Chronological Thinking
 Historical Comprehension
Process Skills:
Compare/contrast
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Aligned with Journeys Unit 3 Lesson 15 Week 17/18
Essential Question(s)/Guiding Questions/Lesson Focus/Vocabulary
Essential Question:
1. What is unique about the Southeast Region?
2. What characteristics make this a region?
Guiding Questions:
G. How do geography, climate and natural resources affect the way people live and
work in this region?
H. What are the economics of this region?
I. How do geography, climate and natural resources affect the way people live and
work Arkansas?
J. Why is Arkansas a unique state?
Social Studies Focus :
Literacy Focus:
Environmental Issues
Skill: Main Ideas and Details
Strategy: Monitor/Clarify
Genre: Informational Text & Poetry
Writing: Essays and Reports; Topic
Sentences
Writing:
Vocabulary :
Report on Arkansas entrepreneurs.
Peninsula, wetland, piedmont, hurricane,
plantation, entrepreneurs
ASSESSMENT:
Short report on the different entrepreneurs in Arkansas.
Activities/Materials/Resources
Langston Hughes poem Daybreak in Alabama –Identify Main Idea
and Details using SUW
Geography of Southeast—Complete the Southeast Region Chart
Resource
Geography and Role of Geographer in the SE Region: (Focus on
TE/SE pp. 176-181, Geography of the Southeast.) Leveled Reader:
Destination Southeast can be used to help with the geography
piece.
SE Region—Geography & Industry: Review the terms economy
and economist. Use the text and Southeast Land Use and
Resources map (TE/SE: p.180 & other resources) to identify
resources, major industries and businesses of the Southeast.
Compare and Contrast Maps
Using Maps 101 locate and identify the southeast states, capitals,
large cities, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River, etc.
Natural Regions of Arkansas from Arkansas Activity Book
pages 3-4.
Lesson: Profile: Arkansas Entrepreneurs
From Arkansas Activity Book
Arkansas Entrepreneurs p. 67
Arkansas Imports and Exports p. 75
Foreign Trade and Arkansas p. 76
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STANDARDS
Social Studies SLE’s:
G.1.4.2 Locate the six natural regions in AR
G.1.4.3 Locate each of the five regions of the United States and describe each region’s major physical features: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West
G.1.4.4 Determine absolute locations (latitude and longitude) of places studied using a grid map of the Southeast
G.1.4.11 Explore weather changes in various regions.
G.1.4.13 Utilize the map legend/key to interpret historical and political maps.
G.1.4.15Identify and label political map features: boundaries, capitals, cities
G.1.4.11 Explore weather changes in various regions
G.2.4.1 Research elements of culture in a community, state, or nation (e.g., food, clothing, housing, language, sports/recreation, customs, traditions, art, music, religion).
G.2.4.2 Describe the cultural characteristics of diverse population in the United States.
G.2.4.3 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of life in a suburban area.
G.2.4.4 Compare and contrast the human characteristics of early settlements and contemporary communities in the five regions of the United States.
G.3.4.2 Discuss the reasons for human settlement patterns (e.g., jobs, climate, family).
G.3.4.3 Explain how communities share ideas and information with each other.
G.3.4.4 Explain how people are influenced by, adapt to, and alter the environment (e.g., agriculture, housing, occupation, industry, transportation, communication, acid rain, global
warming, ozone depletion).
G.3.4.5Describe the social impact of extreme natural events on human and physical environments (e.g., fires, volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis),
G.3.4.1 Different types of transportation and communication links between communities in Arkansas.
Common Core Standards
CC4RL2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize text.
CC4RL4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
CC4RI4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
CC4RI5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
CC4RI7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively & explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears
CC4RI8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
Historical Thinking Skills:
 Historical Analysis and Interpretation
 Chronological Thinking
 Historical Comprehension
Process Skills:
Compare/contrast
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Aligned with Journeys Unit 4 Lesson 16 Week 19
Essential Question(s)/Guiding Questions/Lesson Focus/Vocabulary
Unit: Southeast
Essential Questions:
1.
What is unique about the state of Arkansas?
2.
What characteristics make this a region?
3.
What are the economic influences in Arkansas?
Guiding Questions:
A.
How do geography, climate and natural resources affect the way people live and
work in this region?
B.
How does the past affect this region and the U.S.?
C.
What are the economics of this region?
D.
Who are the leaders and what are their responsibilities?
Politics/government/civics?
Social Studies Focus :
Geography
Writing:
Write to Inform
Activities/Materials/Resources
Finish Arkansas Entrepreneurs from Lesson 15
Economics of Southeast Arkansas – Timber Industry
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entrydetail.aspx?entryID=2143
http://arkforests.org/resources-foresthistory.html
http://arkforests.org/resources-forestfacts.html
http://www.arkansastimber.info/intro.html
How paper is Made-- http://legacy.forestprod.org/cdromdemo/pf/pf8.html
Literacy Focus:
Skill: Compare and Contrast
Strategy: Monitor/Clarify
Genre: Historical Fiction/Biography
Writing: Informative Writing
Vocabulary :
Economics, entrepreneurs, timber industry,
forests
ASSESSMENT:
Write an informative piece on the step involved in making paper.
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STANDARDS
Social Studies
Social Studies SLE’s:
E.8.4.5 Identify Arkansas Entrepreneurs.
E..9.4.3 Research the productive resources that go into the production of a product.
E.9.4.5 Explain why countries trade
E.9.4.9 Indentify imported and exported goods
E.9.4.10 List exported goods associated with Arkansas
Common Core
CCRI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCRI.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g. chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
CCRI.4.6 Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same even or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
CCRI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and
explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
CCRI.4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Historical Thinking Skills:
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Historical Analysis and Interpretation

Chronological Thinking

Historical Comprehension
Process Skills:

Compare/contrast
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Using cartographer tools
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4th Grade
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Aligned with Journeys Unit 4 Lesson 17 Week 20
Essential Question(s)/Guiding Questions/Lesson Focus/Vocabulary
Activities/Materials/Resources
Unit: Southeast
Essential Questions:
1. What is unique about the region?
2.
What characteristics make this a region?
TE 196 #4 Visual Literacy Illustrations; Make It Relevant TE 197
Guiding Questions:
A. How do geography, climate and natural resources affect the way people live and
work in this region?
B. How does the past affect this region and the U.S.?
C. What are the economics of this region?
D. What are the environmental issues in the region?
Environmental Issues--
Social Studies Focus :
Economics
Environmental Issues
Writing:
Write an informative summary of the BP
Oil Spill including what happened and
how it was cleaned up.
Double Bar Graphs SE/TE 200-201 Exports/Imports
Economics—SE/TE 214-215 Tourism, Fishing, Gulf Port
Literacy Focus:
Skill: Sequence of Events
Strategy: Summarize
Genre: Trickster Tale
Writing: Informative
Vocabulary :
Oil spill, double bar graph, EPA, clear cutting,
environmental laws
ASSESSMENT:
Read a Double-Bar Graph--Homework and Practice Book p. 54
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BP Oil Spill—Use the following resources to write a summary of what
happened and how it was cleaned up.
Powerpoint Presentation
http://www.nwf.org/Kids/Ranger-Rick/People-and-Places/RangerRick-on-The-Big-Oil-Spill.aspx
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=745
Laws that come out of environmental accidents—See A River Ran
Wild in First Nine Weeks about environmental laws that come from
accidents.
http://www.epa.gov/
Clear Cutting in SE Region—An Environmental Issue—Use
information to make posters about the pros and cons of clear cutting
forests.
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STANDARDS
Social Studies
G.3.4.4 Explain how people are influenced by, adapt to, and alter the environment (e.g., agriculture, housing, occupation, industry, transportation, communication,
acid rain, global warming, ozone depletion).
Common Core
CCRI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCRI.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g. chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
CCRI.4.6 Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same even or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
CCRI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and
explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
CCRI.4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Historical Thinking Skills:
 Historical Analysis and Interpretation
 Chronological Thinking
 Historical Comprehension
Process Skills:
 Compare/contrast
 Using cartographer tools
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