CONTENT CONNECTION WORKSHEET Grade 4
Theme Title
IMAGINATION AT WORK
Content Connection
Theme #4 Lesson #19
Social Studies
Essential Questions
 What influences do diverse people have on our character traits?
Resources
Main Selection and Leveled Books
 Juan Verdades The Man Who Couldn’t
Tell a Lie
 The Mirror (Below-Level)
 Little Brave A Traditional Sioux
Folktale (On-Level)
 Grandpa’s Folktales (Advanced)
 Ranches and Farms Across America
(ELL)
 The Emperor and the Peasant Boy
(Comprehension)
 Hard Cheese (Paired Selection)
Core Program Vocabulary (Tier II)
 magnificent
 insisted
 declared
 confidently
 distressed
 gloated
 anxiously
Other Resources
 Classroom Library
Town Mouse Country Mouse
The Sign Painter
Maria Martinez
 Pablo’s Tree
 Under the Lemon Moon
 In a Circle Long Ago: A Treasury of
Native Lore from North America
Content Vocabulary (Tier III)
 consumer
 supply
 demand
 economy
 globalization
 immigrant
 producer
 technology
Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Monitor comprehension and selfcorrect when understanding breaks
down
 Use story context to determine the
meaning of unfamiliar words
Comprehension Focus Skill
 Understand the major theme in a story
 Understand the purpose of different
kinds of text
Connecting Social Studies Standard
 Standard II: Students will understand
how Utah’s history has been shaped by
many diverse people, events, and ideas
Objective
 1.b. Explore points of view about life in
Utah from a variety of cultural groups
using primary source documents
Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will learn of diverse peoples’ various backgrounds and what makes their
character
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts