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Little Rock School District 4th Grade Social Studies 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District Social Studies 4th Grade 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District 4th Grade Social Studies 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. LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District 4th Grade Social Studies 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District Social Studies 4th Grade 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District 4th Grade Social Studies 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: LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 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 wwhttp://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District 4th Grade Social Studies 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District 4th Grade Social Studies 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. LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District Social Studies 4th Grade 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District 4th Grade Social Studies 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District Social Studies 4th Grade 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District 4th Grade Social Studies 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. LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District Social Studies 4th Grade 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: Historical Analysis and Interpretation Chronological Thinking Historical Comprehension Process Skills: Compare/contrast Using cartographer tools LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District 4th Grade Social Studies 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 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. 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012 Little Rock School District Social Studies 4th Grade 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 LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees 4th Grade Social Studies and Integrated Curriculum Revised 2012