CONTENT CONNECTION WORKSHEET Grade 4
Theme Title
EXPLORING OUR WORLD
Content Connection
Theme # 6 Lesson #29
Social Studies
Essential Questions
 What do we learn from those who explore unknown regions?
 Why do populations grow in certain locations, while others are left as wilderness?
Resources
Main Selection and Leveled Books
 John Muir and Stickeen An Icy
Adventure with a No-Good Dog
 James Beckwourth Mountain Man
(Below-Level)
 John Wesley Pwell and the Mighty
Colorado (On-Level)
 John White’s Lost Colony (Advanced)
 The Great Land of Alaska (ELL)
 Matthew Henson: The Man “On Top of
the World”
 John Muir Extreme Explorer (Paired
Selection)
Core Program Vocabulary (Tier
II)
 dedicated
 determined
 dainty
 coddled
 pitiful
 endured
 memorable
Other Resources
 Classroom Library
Walking to the Creek
Togo
The Winking, Blinking Sea
 Alaska: Facts and Symbols
 John Muir and Stickeen: An Alaskan
Adventure
 Iditarod Dream: Dusty and His Sled
Dogs Compete in Alaska’s Jr. Iditarod
Content Vocabulary (Tier III)
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archaeology
artifacts
communication
erosion
excavations
landforms
natural resources
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regions
seismic activity
transportation
tourism
Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Use strategies to monitor
comprehension while reading
 Reread to clarify understanding
Comprehension Focus Skill
 Identify different types of figurative
language
 Understand and use figurative
language
Connecting Social Studies Standard
 Standard I: Students will understand
the relationship between the physical
geography in Utah and human life
Objective
 2.a. Identify population concentrations
in the state and infer casual
relationships between population and
physical geography
Intended Learning Outcomes
 Students will learn about the relationship of physical geography and the centers of
population
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts