Download District Collaborative Curriculum Map 2008

District Collaborative Curriculum Map 2008-2009
Grayslake Community Consolidated School Dist 46
Ellison, Katherine; Irish, Tim; Keer, Craig; Knapp, Jeff; Kolb, Susanne; Long, Sara; Morgan, Laura;
Schmidt, Monica; Schoenberg, Amanda / (D) Social Studies 4* / Grade 4 (District Curr. Elementary)
What Students
What Students Should
Essential
Curriculum
Should Know
Assessments
Be Able To Do (Skills)
Questions
Resources
(Content)
The
•Location of
•Locate and describe
•What are the
•2009 Harcourt
United States
hemispheres, continents, major land forms
Social Studies
United
•Longitude and
countries, and oceans
in the United
Text, "States and
States
(Week 1, 6
Latitude
•Describe the relative
States?
Regions: Illinois
Weeks)
•The American
location of the United
•Why are there big
Connections"
Landscape
States
differences in
•Elevation Map
•Use latitude and
climate across the
•Climate in the
longitude to describe
United States?
United States
absolute location
•What are some
•Line graph
•Use maps to identify
important natural
•Natural Resources and describe the
resources in the
•Famous people
locations of states and
United States?
who have helped major cities in the United •Why do
shape the US; John States
Americans have
Muir, Francis Scott •Compare and contrast different ways of
Key
major landform regions life, and what
•The American
of the United States
unites them?
People
•Identify and describe
•How is the
•United States
major rivers, lakes, and United States
Government
coasts in the United
government
•United States
States
organized?
Economy
•Use a map key and scale •How does the
•The Economy of to identify elevations of United States
Regions
places in the United
economy work?
•United States
States
•Why do people
Regions
•Compare and contrast divide places into
•Neighboring
elevations in the United regions?
Countries
States
•Understand the factors
that influence and define
weather and climate
•Compare and contrast
climates in the United
States
•Analyze and interpret
data displayed on a line
graph
•Describe typical weather
changes throughout the
year
•Identify natural
resources and the ways
people use them
•Understand how people
change their environment
to meet their needs
•Examine the life of John
What Students
Should Know
(Content)
What Students Should
Be Able To Do (Skills)
Muir and his role in the
conservation movement
•Understand cultural
diversity in the United
States
•Describe ideals that
unite Americans
•Analyze settlement
patterns and regions in
which Americans live
•Understand the origin
and meaning of songs
that express American
ideals
•Understand rights and
responsibilities of United
States citizenship
•Describe the three
branches of the federal
government
•Understand basic
economic concepts
related to scarcity
•Explain how the United
States economy has
changed over time
•Understand why people
must face scarcity when
making economic
choices
•Identify the trade offs
and opportunity costs in
a personal choice
•Understand how and
why people divide places
in to regions
•Explain how
transportation and
communication connect
regions
•Understand the three
levels of government and
the services that each
level provides
•Compare and contrast
the physical features of
North America's regions
•Identify the global
address of the state of
Illinois (How does the
location of Illinois relate
to the world? ie: North
Essential
Questions
Assessments
Curriculum
Resources
What Students
Should Know
(Content)
What Students Should
Be Able To Do (Skills)
Essential
Questions
Assessments
Curriculum
Resources
America, Western and
Northern Hemisphere)
•Identify the bodies of
water that make up the
natural boundaries of
Illinois, as well as the
bordering states
•Identify the geographic
regions and features of
Illinois and how location
affects Illinois's climate
•Describe the natural
resources of Illinois
The
•Geography of the
Northeast Northeast
(Week 7, 6
•Famous people
Weeks)
who have helped
shape the US:
Katharine Lee
Bates, Theodor
Geisel
•Early history of
the Northeast
•Growth of the
Northeast
•Primary and
secondary sources
•New England
States
•Middle Atlantic
States
•Population Map
•Illinois
connections
•Describe the geography
and climate of the
Northeast
•Explain how people in
the Northeast use natural
resources
•Examine the life of
Katharine Lee Bates and
her famous poem
•Describe the early
people of the Northeast
•Explain the Northeast's
role in the American
Revolution
•Analyze the history of
the Declaration of
Independence
•Explain the Declaration
of Independence's role in
American life today
•Explain how improved
transportation and
immigration helped
Northeast cities grow
•Describe the Industrial
Revolution
•Analyze the difference
between primary sources
and secondary sources
•Identify texts as primary
or secondary sources
•Explain how New
England's history shapes
•How do the
geography and
climate of the
Northeast affect its
economy?
•What important
role did the
Northeast have in
the early history of
the United States?
•What changes
helped the
Northeast grow?
•What features of
life in New
England today
came from the
region's past?
•How do cities
affect life in the
Middle Atlantic
states?
•2009 Harcourt
Social Studies
Text, "States and
Regions: Illinois
Connections"
What Students
Should Know
(Content)
What Students Should
Be Able To Do (Skills)
Essential
Questions
Assessments
Curriculum
Resources
life there today
•Explain how people in
the Northeast use natural
resources
•Examine the life of
Theodor Geisel and his
famous children's books
•Identify the major cities
in the Middle Atlantic
States
•Describe benefits and
challenges of city life
•Identify population
densities of different
areas of the United States
•Explore the cultures and
accomplishments of
Native Americans and
their interactions with
European settlers
•Describe how the
European colonies in
North America
developed politically
•Identify major causes of
the American Revolution
and its consequences in
Illinois
The
•Geography of the
Southeast Southeast
(Week 13, 6 •Early history of
Weeks)
the Southeast
•Ports of the
Southeast
•Atlantic Coast
states
•Famous people
who have helped
shape the US:
Thurgood
Marshall, Bill
Monroe
•Gulf Coast states
•Map scale
•Inland South
states
•Illinois
connections
•Compare and contrast •What are the
physical features of the major physical
Southeast
features of the
•Understand how people Southeast?
in the region use natural •What important
resources
events took place
•Understand how the
in the Southeast
geography of the
during its early
Southeast affected
history?
settlement and early life •How are ports
in the region
important to the
•Analyze the causes and Southeast's
effects of the Civil War economy?
•Understand regional and •What are some
global interdependence important
and trade
industries in the
•Analyze the economic Atlantic Coast
effects of advances in
states?
transportation
•How do the coast
•Analyze data displayed affect life in the
on a double-bar graph
Gulf Coast states?
•2009 Harcourt
Social Studies
Text, "States and
Regions: Illinois
Connections"
What Students
Should Know
(Content)
What Students Should
Be Able To Do (Skills)
Essential
Questions
•Understand economic •What is special
specialization in the
about the Inland
Atlantic Coast States
South states?
•Describe the three
branches of state
government
•Identify the
contributions of
important leaders in
United States
government
•Understand the cultural
diversity of the Gulf
Coast States
•Explain why tourism,
fishing, and farming are
major industries in the
region
•Read and interpret
geographic information
given on maps
•Use a map scale to find
actual distances between
places on a map
•Describe how
mountains affect the
culture and economy in
the inland South states
•Understand ways that
people can damage but
also protect the
environment
•Understand the
development of cultural
traditions in the United
States
•Describe the process of
settling the Northwest
Territory
•Understand who settled
the Illinois Territory,
where they came from,
how they lived, and how
roads and towns
developed in the area
•Describe Illinois
statehood , conflicts with
Native Americans, and
developments in farming
•Identify conflicts that
led to the Civil War,
Illinois's role in those
Assessments
Curriculum
Resources
What Students
Should Know
(Content)
What Students Should
Be Able To Do (Skills)
Essential
Questions
Assessments
Curriculum
Resources
conflicts, and Illinois's
role in the Civil War
The
Midwest
(Week 19, 6
Weeks)
•Geography of the •Describe the geography •How do the
Midwest
and climate of the
geography and
•Early History of Midwest
climate of the
the Midwest
•Explain how people in Midwest affect the
•Historical maps the Midwest use the land ways people use
•Transportation in •Describe the ways of
the land?
the Midwest
life of Native Americans •How did the
•Famous people
of the Midwest
Midwest's
who have helped •Describe the exploration environment affect
shape the US:
and settlement of the
early people there?
Samuel Clemens, region
•How did
Laura Ingalls
•Identify states and
changing
Wilder
territories of the United transportation
•Great Lakes States States by using maps
affect the
•Plains States
•Collect, analyze, and
Midwest?
•Illinois
compare information
•In what ways are
connections
given on historical maps the Great Lakes
•Examine artifacts used states centers of
by pioneers
industry and
•Describe changes in
culture?
transportation in the
•In what ways do
1800s and early 1900s
people in cities, on
•Explain how improved farms, and on
transportation helped the ranches in the
Midwest grow
Plains states
•Examine the life of
depend on one
Samuel Clemens and his another?
relationship with the
Mississippi River
•Identify the ethnic
groups and cultures of
the Great Lakes states
•Describe the economy
of the Great Lake states
•Describe the cities and
farms of the Plains states
•Explain how the region's
urban and rural areas are
linked
•Examine the life of
Laura Ingalls Wilder and
her books about the
plains
•Describe industrial
growth, immigration, and
•2009 Harcourt
Social Studies
Text, "States and
Regions: Illinois
Connections"
What Students
Should Know
(Content)
What Students Should
Be Able To Do (Skills)
Essential
Questions
Assessments
Curriculum
Resources
labor reform in the late
1800s
•Explain rapid urban
growth, the problems it
caused, and the reforms
that resulted
•Identify the importance
of innovations, the Great
Migration, and women's
suffrage
•Describe the impact of
the Great Depression and
World War II on Illinois
and the United States
The
•Geography of the
Southwest Southwest
(Week 25, 6 •Early history of
Weeks)
the Southwest
•Resources in the
Southwest
•Texas and
Oklahoma today
•New Mexico and
Arizona today
•Road maps
•Illinois
connections
•Describe the physical
•What are the land
features of the Southwest and the climate of
•Understand how people the Southwest
in the region use natural like?
resources
•What major
•Analyze the historical events affected the
basis of Southwest
history of the
culture
Southwest?
•Understand how and
•How have people
when the Southwest
in the Southwest
region became part of the developed the
United States
region's resources?
•Identify multiple causes •What is special
and effects of historical about Texas and
events
Oklahoma today?
•Understand causes and •How do people in
effects of the Mexican- New Mexico and
American War
Arizona make the
•Describe how and why most of scarce
the ranching, farming,
water resources?
and oil industries grew in
the Southwest
•Understand how people
cooperate to share and
protect natural resources
•Understand cultural
diversity in Texas and
Oklahoma
•Describe the leading
industry that has
developed in Texas and
Oklahoma
•Identify the
contributions of
important cultural leaders
•Understand how
•2009 Harcourt
Social Studies
Text, "States and
Regions: Illinois
Connections"
What Students
Should Know
(Content)
What Students Should
Be Able To Do (Skills)
Essential
Questions
Assessments
Curriculum
Resources
American citizens and
the United States
government work for the
common good in times of
need
•Describe the growing
economy of Arizona and
New Mexico
•Understand how and
why people conserve
water in the desert
regions
•Read and interpret
geographic information
given on maps
•Use a map scale to find
actual distances between
places on a road map
•Describe the Civil
Rights movement and
other 20th century events
that have affected Illinois
•Explain Illinois's
economy, its place in the
global market, and the
relation of education and
job training to career
success
•Describe Illinois's ethnic
diversity and pride and
recreational pastimes
available in Illinois
•Describe famous
Illinoisans and the
contributions they have
made
The West •Geography of the
(Week 31, 6 West
Weeks)
•Early history of
the West
•Environment of
the West
•Mountain states
•Pacific states
•Illinois
connections
•Describe the landforms
and natural resources of
the West
•Describe Native
Americans of the West
•Explain why settlers
moved to the West
•Understand the lives of
miners during the gold
rushes of the 1800s
•Examine artifacts used
by miners
•Describe how people
use the West's land and
waterways today
•What landforms
and natural
resources does the
West have?
•Why did settlers
move to the West?
•How do people in
the West use and
protect the
environment?
•2009 Harcourt
Social Studies
Text, "States and
Regions: Illinois
Connections"
What Students
Should Know
(Content)
What Students Should
Be Able To Do (Skills)
Essential
Questions
Assessments
Curriculum
Resources
•Identify ways in which
people in the West
protect the environment
•Analyze differing points
of view about how public
land should be used
•Describe life in the
mountain states today
•Identify the biggest
cities and main industries
of the Mountain states
•Describe the diverse
population of the Pacific
states
•Identify the main
industries in the Pacific
States
•Explain how state
government operates and
how taxes pay for public
goods and services
•Understand local county
and city government and
the rights and
responsibilities of
citizens and the ways in
which citizens may
participate in the political
process
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