Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Map Skills
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Concepts/Content
7 Continents
4 Main bodies of water
Hemispheres
Equator
Latitude
Longitude
Cardinal Directions
Intermediate Directions
Physical map
Political map
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Desired Outcomes
Be able to name the 7 continents
Locate and name the 4 main bodies of
water on a world map
Name the hemispheres
Locate the prime meridian
Identify the intermediate directions
Identify the cardinal directions
Explain the difference between a physical
map and a political map.
Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 1
Concepts/Content
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Regions
Landforms
Climate
Regional Resources
Weather
Humidity
Equator
Elevation
Raw materials
Natural Resource
Renewable Resource
Nonrenewable Resource
Human Resource
Inset Maps
Desired Outcomes
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Be able to define key vocabulary terms.
Explain how each region’s resource shaped the
industries that grew there.
Explain differences between renewable and
nonrenewable resources.
Describe resources of their own region.
Define the purpose of an inset map.
Interpret information on an inset map.
Explain the difference between weather and climate.
Describe the climate of each region in the United
States.
Describe the 3 main factors that affect the climate of
an area.
Describe the major climates around the world.
Identify the 5 major regions of the United States.
Describe the major landforms of each region in the
United States.
Explain the difference between regional and state
boundaries.
Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit: Chapter 2
Concepts/Content
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Explorers
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Settlers
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Constitution
Three Branches of
Government
Time Zones in the USA
US citizens responsibilities
Three levels of Government
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Desired Outcomes
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Concepts/Content
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 3
Concepts/Content
 First Americans
 Westward Movement
 Goods and services traded by
barter
 Profit
 Supply and demand
 Globalization
 Economically Interdependence
 National and World Trade
Use key vocabulary appropriately
Explain why explorers and settlers came to North America
Describe the growth of the US from 1783-1853
Name the three levels of government
Describe the three branches and level’s responsibilities of government
Use a time zone map to calculate times at specific locations
Know the rights and responsibilities of US citizen
Desired Outcomes
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Desired Outcomes
Explain what might have drawn the first
Americans to North America.
Explain why Americans decided to move
westward in the 1800’s.
Describe how goods and services were
traded by barter.
Explain how business makes a profit.
Explain the difference between supply and
demand.
Describe what globalization is and why
countries of the world depend on each
other.
Explain what it means for regions to be
economically interdependent.
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Describe how fast transportation and
communication have made national and
world trade possible.
Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 4
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Concepts/Content
Glacier
Hydropower
Lighthouse
Vineyard
Hydroelectricity
States and capitals of the Northeast
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Desired Outcomes
Identify the two Great Lakes between
which Niagara Falls is located.
Identify the main mountain ranges in the
northeastern part of the Appalachian
Mountains.
Identify the key steps in the production of
maple syrup.
Explain why grapes grow well in certain
areas of the Northeast.
Identify the largest of the Finger Lakes.
Explain why water is essential to the
production and growth of cranberries.
Explain how pollution from factories gets
into Chesapeake Bay.
Explain how Chesapeake Bay is important
to the Northeast.
Know the states and capitals of the
Northeast.
Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 5
Concepts/Content
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Iroquois Confederacy
European immigrants
Vertical timeline
Women’s rights reformers
Abolitionist
Desired Outcome
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Describe what goods the Europeans and the Native
Americans traded.
Explain why the Iroquois Confederacy was
established.
Identify the city in the Northeast where most
European immigrants came to the United States.
Analyze a vertical time line to acquire information.
Identify important women’s rights reformers.
Explain why northeastern cities developed where they
did.
Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 6
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Concepts/Content
Endangered species
Barrier Islands
Hurricane
Fossil Fuel
Wetlands
Elevation
Locate the states and capitals of
the Southeast region
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Desired Outcomes
Identify and describe major landforms of
the Southeast.
Explain how barrier islands are formed.
Explain how to use an elevation map.
Describe the climate of the Southeast.
Identify ways in which resources the
Southeast are used.
Explain how coal is an important resource
in the Southeast.
Know your vocabulary words.
Class Title: Social Studies
Grade level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 7
Concepts/Content
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Trail of Tears
Consensus
Plantation
Union
Civil Rights
Gold Rush
Segregation
Civil War
Confederacy
Pioneers
Backwoodsman
Reconstruction
Secede
Desired Outcomes
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Describe how the Cherokee lived before Europeans came
to the North America and how their culture changed after.
Identify the Trail of Tears and describe its impact on the
Cherokee.
Identify important explorers of the Southeast and the areas
they explored and early leaders and their contributions to
the USA.
Evaluate the impact of agriculture in the Southeast.
Identify 2 causes of the Civil War
Explain the effects Civil War on the Southeast and how it
changed during Reconstruction.
Analyze the civil right movement.
Describe the first gold rush in the USA.
Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 8
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Concepts/Content
Badlands
Crop rotation
Erosion
Waterway
Prairie
Irrigation
Great Lakes
Barges/Shipping
Locate the states and capitals of the
Midwest
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Desired Outcomes
Explain how the Great Lakes were formed.
Define related vocabulary words.
Explain the advantages of shipping by
land.
Explain why the Midwest is an important
agricultural region.
Describe how the Great Lakes are
connected to the Atlantic Ocean.
Describe the landscape and climate of the
Badlands.
Explain why some farmers irrigate their
crops.
Identify the rainfall in the Midwest and
explain how it affects the growth of crops
and the different crops grown on the
Central Plains and the Great Plains.
Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 9
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Concepts/Content
Ojibwa culture
The French in the Midwest
Dust Bowl
Lewis and Clark
Trading post
Fur trade
Drought
Interstate highway system
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Desired Outcomes
Describe early Ojibwa culture and how it
has changed.
Define related vocabulary words.
Describe why the French came to the
Midwest in the 1600’s.
Identify the importance of trade and its
impact on America and the roles of the first
traders.
Explain the difficulties settlers faced in
farming the land and their ultimate success.
Describe the Dust Bowl.
Identify the goals of the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
Identify the different means of shipping.
Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 10
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Concepts/Content
Climate
Grand Canyon
Pueblo
Adobe
Desserts
Savanna
Oil and technology
States and capitals of the
Southwest
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Desired Outcomes
Know key vocabulary
Identify a nonrenewable natural resource in
the Southwest
Describe how technology has affected the
southwest in the US.
Describe different climates found in the
Southwest.
Describe how the Grand Canyon was caved
out by erosion by the Colorado River.
Explain that the Grand Canyon is a
magnificent landform that provides beauty
and adventure.
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Describe how erosion still continues to
shape the Grand Canyon.
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Describe the early culture of the Navajo people.
Describe the Long Walk.
Explain how the Navajo Council governs the Navajo Nation.
Describe the influence of the Spanish on the Southwest.
Describe the effects the missionaries had on some Native
Americans.
Explain how cattle helped to raise the economy of the
Southwest.
Describe the roles of cowboys and cowgirls in the
Southwest.
Explain the role the Chisholm Trail had on the cattle trade.
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Identify key vocabulary.
Name the states and capitals of the West region.
Compare and contrast mountain ranges in the Midwest
Compare geysers and volcanoes.
Identify the largest mountain ranges of the West.
Identify the climates in the west region.
Identify some of the resources of the West.
Identify where agricultural products are grown in the West.
Explain how people benefit from the resources of the West.
Class Title: Social Stuides
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 11
Concepts/Content
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Navajo
The Long Walk
Navajo Council
Navajo Nation
Missionary
Cowboys & Cowgirls
Chisholm Trail
Ranches
Drivers
Annie Oakley
Calamity Jane
Homestead
Desired Outcomes
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Class Title: Social Studies
Grade Level: 4th
Nine Weeks:
Unit:
Chapter 12
Concepts/Content
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West Region
Rocky Mountains
Geyser
Volcano
Lava
Magma
Continental Divide
Yellowstone National Park
Climates of the West
Tundra
Death Valley
Great Basin
Resources of the West
Agriculture of the West
Greenhouse
Livestock
Desired Outcomes